JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Eco Apprentice: Winter-Spring 2023
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Join LEJ’s Eco-Apprenticeship program this winter and spring!
Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) is a community-based nonprofit organization which works to strengthen at-risk communities and the natural environment in southeast San Francisco, with an emphasis on engagement with youth. Our work, spanning the last twenty four years, has ranged from campaigns to address food deserts in the Bayview/Hunters Point District, organizing grassroots momentum to shut-down polluting energy plants, the development of southeast San Francisco’s first LEED Platinum-Certified green building, and spearheading a major infrastructure and habitat improvement project for Candlestick Point State Recreation Area on the San Francisco Bay Shore.
Our core activities have always revolved around connecting youth and other San Franciscans with nature by getting their hands on the land’ through experiential environmental education, service-learning, ‘green-collar’ workforce development, habitat stewardship, and outdoor recreation. Under the rubric of our Candlestick Point Eco-Stewards Program, LEJ provides an experience of ‘nature in the city’ and environmental learning to upwards of 1,000 mainly underserved youth of color annually and operates our Eco-Apprenticeship job training program for up to 20 young adults each year. We engage hundreds of Southeast San Francisco residents in parks planning and development, and in hands-on open-space stewardship and recreation.
Position Overview
Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-3PM
January 10th-April 29th, 2023
Environmental Education Programs: 35%
- Learning best practices of Environmental Education and site-specific knowledge of Southeast San Francisco
- Co-leading kayaking, environmental education, and stewardship programs at Candlestick State Recreation Area
- Supporting all LEJ events which include: community advocacy, outreach/networking meetings, and campaigns
- Representing Literacy for Environmental Justice at outreach events
Restoration, Nursery and Stewardship 30%
- Working alongside Urban Greening Team to germinate, cultivate, propagate and plant native plant species around San Francisco
- Helping coordinate volunteers in stewardship activities on the landscape Citizen Science & Civic Engagement: 35%
- Learning about the environmental quality and health concerns facing the Bayview Hunters Point region
- Performing air and soil quality monitoring in and around Candlestick Point State Recreation Area
- Learning and applying ArcGIS mapping techniques to analyze data
- Presenting findings to the local environmental health oversight board.
This position reports to the Community Programs Manager and works closely with the Urban Greening Team to determine Nursery and Restoration goals for and goals for Environmental Education, Eco-Adventure and Volunteer Programs.
Terms– $20/hour 1099 contractor employment status. Must be 18 years or older to apply. To Apply: Email cover letter and resume to russ.aguilar@lejyouth.org
1150 Carroll Avenue, San Francisco 94124
415-847-5697