Fwd: Accepting Applications for Trees Count Peer Mentor (DUE WEDNESDAY 6/27)

[Tobias Fox]

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From: Newark Sustainability <sustain...@newarknj.gov>
Date: Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 9:53 AM

Hello,

Now Accepting Applications for Part-Time Position

The Office of Sustainability is now accepting applications for a part-time Trees Count Peer Mentor position for the Trees Count project. The Peer Mentor will direct and monitor students working with the Summer Youth Employment Program who are working on the Trees Count project in the Vailsburg neighborhood. The job description is posted below as well as in an attachment to this email. If you know 2 or 3 people who may be a good fit, please have them send a cover letter, resume and writing sample to sustain...@newarknj.gov. Applications are due Wednesday, June 27th at 11:59pm. 

Newark Trees Count Senior Peer Leader

Paid (part time) $15 hour, minimum 20 hour week

Start Date: July 9th, 2018

End date: August 17th, 2018

Position Description

The Trees Count Peer Leader (paid) is primarily responsible for supervising students hired through the Summer Youth Employment Program and hosted by partnering community organizations to support the Trees Count project. The peer leader is responsible for managing and monitoring students while completing the tree inventory in a group setting. The Peer Leader will also assist in logistic support for the Trees Count project. An ideal candidate is proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel. The Peer Leader will be expected to work primarily outdoors with the students at a variety of sites throughout the City in the first half of the summer. The second half of the summer will involve more data management and analysis. The ideal candidate has deep knowledge of the Vailsburg neighborhood, and can successfully lead students through this neighborhood. Newark residents are preferred.

 

This position is part-time, five-hour days Monday through Thursday, for the six-week period of July 9th through August 17th.  The Peer Mentor works a minimum 20 hours a week, with opportunities to work more on other projects. The hours for this position are 8am to 1pm. The Peer Mentor reports directly to Sustainability Project Coordinator Gunnar Wainwright in the Office of Sustainability. The peer mentor also reports to the Office of Sustainability at Newark City Hall (920 Broad Street Room B-12) and/or the Unified Vailsburg Service Organization (12 Richelieu Terrace Newark, NJ 07106). The first three weeks of the summer will be mostly inventorying neighborhoods in Newark. The last three weeks of the Summer Youth Employment Program will mix outside inventorying and data management and analysis. The peer mentor should also be available for the two weeks after the Summer Youth Employment Program ends for any follow up from the Office of Sustainability. This includes data analysis of the data collected in the peer mentor’s specific neighborhood after the Trees Count project ends.

Roles and Responsibilities

·         Manage a group of 6 Summer Youth Employment Program students participating in the trees Count project.

·         Assist students on a need-basis in carrying out the Trees Count project in their block section, including data gathering.

·         Monitor students for compliance with the Summer Youth Employment Program rules and code of conduct.

·         Draft weekly block section progress-reports for the Office of Sustainability. 

.      Write final recommendations for future tree inventories and similar projects at the end of the summer session.

 

To apply submit a cover letter, resume and writing sample to sustain...@newarknj.gov with subject line “Trees Count Peer Leader Application [LAST NAME]”. The deadline to apply is June 27th at 11:59pm. Selected applicants will be asked to interview between the days of June 28th and July 3rd at Newark City Hall room B-12.

The Office of Sustainability would also like to announce new Trees Count training dates The list of upcoming dates is posted below:

Wednesday, June 20th, 6pm - 8pm Vailsburg Park 

Saturday, June 23rd, 10am - 12pm Military Park

Thursday, June 28th, 6pm - 8pm, Mildreds Helm Park

Tuesday, July 10th 6pm - 8pm Branch Brook Park

To register for a trees count training, sign up here.

Thank you,

Nathaly Agosto Filión

Chief Sustainability Officer

Office of Sustainability

Department of Administration

City of Newark

920 Broad Street, Rm. B-12 (*NEW LOCATION*)

Newark, New Jersey 07102

973-877-9587

agosto...@ci.newark.nj.us

newarknj.gov/sustainability

Twitter: @NwkSustainability

 

The City of Newark Office of Sustainability works with representatives from various municipal departments, the Environmental Commission, and members of the Newark community to advance a multi-pronged agenda aimed at making Newark a healthier and greener city. The Office of Sustainability is regularly recruiting volunteers for programs and projects in green infrastructure, disaster preparedness and more. To learn more about our projects, visit https://www.newarknj.gov/sustainability. If you are interested in signing up for Prepared Together programs, click here.

 

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