Alliance for Watershed Education Fellow

Alliance for Watershed Education Fellow

Requirements

• Age 18+ by June 2, 2025, start date.
• Must be people oriented, have a team-focused attitude, and the ability to professionally represent Audubon Mid Atlantic and the network to the public.
• Ability to work outdoors in the summer to maintain gardens. Willingness to get your hands in soil and reservoir water.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, interpersonal skills with a demonstrated commitment to cultural diversity also necessary.
• Ability to work in a dynamic fast-paced environment and juggle multiple, changing priorities. Strong time and project management skills needed.
• Must be self-motivated and willing to work in a flexible, non-structured environment.
• Occasional evening and weekend hours required.
• Must provide your own housing since AWE and Audubon Mid-Atlantic do not provide housing.
• Must have access to reliable vehicle OR proficient with public transportation.

Responsibilities

• Fellows will participate in a 3-day watershed education training, at the Pocono Environmental Education Center (overnight, June 11-13).
• Fellows will help their host Center lead programs and activities, whether in-person or virtually, for community members and visitors to their site.
• Fellows will attend in-person meetings with Fellows from other AWE Centers.
• With guidance from their supervisor and mentors, Fellows will focus their efforts on a specific Capstone Project and present their work at the end-of-program Summit event (August 15). Creating a self-sustaining capstone project that focuses on community engagement around watershed education, trail use and/or waterways. A project that practices inclusive watershed education that reflects community priorities, increasing and enhancing constituent attitudes (e.g., self-efficacy, pride, and appreciation), knowledge, and the intention to ensure a healthy Delaware River watershed.
• Fellows will participate in 2 one-on-one calls with the Fellowship Manager.
• Digital versions of capstone materials will be submitted to the Fellowship Manager (via Basecamp), as well as submitting a final grant report at the close of the Fellowship program.
• Fellows will document their progress by completing a short log report bi-weekly.
• The Discovery Center Fellow will specifically engage target communities (Strawberry Mansion) in Philadelphia through stewardship, education, recreation, and civic engagement. Explore ways to engage new and diverse communities, including underrepresented audiences in the city. Research participation within adjacent green spaces in East Fairmount park, brainstorming ways of cross-collaboration.
• Represent Audubon Mid Atlantic at resource fairs and/or festivals around Philadelphia.
• Assist with leading environmental programming at Discovery Center or within the neighborhood. Have the freedom to create your own public program at the center.
• Assist with maintaining educational resources within the center like the resource library, community science materials, signage creation, organizing scientific results, etc.
• Attend one or two Discovery Center’s Community Engagement Council meetings, or a neighborhood meeting, to join conversations within Strawberry Mansion.
• Assist with coordinating and participating in volunteer events that include: Plant removal or planting at the center and/or within the neighborhood. Measuring water quality around the reservoir, creating a system for volunteers and the staff.
• Complete other tasks as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• A background in environmental education is not required.