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AmeriCorps Landowner Outreach Associate
Qualifications: Qualified candidates will possess:
* a strong work ethic and good time management skills;
* strong website development skills;
* a friendly, outgoing personality conducive to making new contacts, primarily via telephone, with groups and individuals in the region, including forest landowners;
* excellent writing skills;
* a knowledge of, or willingness to learn about, sustainable forestry;
* a desire to work in the non-profit sector;
* be 18 years of age and have documentation of citizenship / naturalization / resident alien status; and
* a four-year degree from an accredited university or college.
Members receive a taxable living stipend of $11,400. Some members have student loans that are eligible for deferment. Additionally, interest accrued on student loans during the term of service is paid after successful completion of service. Members will also be eligible to receive a $4,725 educational award to be used within 7 years of service completion. Members also receive health insurance benefits and are eligible for childcare assistance (if needed).
How to Apply: Download and fully complete the official application (here: http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/site/get_involved_2/C118/) and return all materials to:
Appalachian Voices
ATTN: Shelly Connor
191 Howard Street
Boone, NC 28607
http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/site/get_involved_2/C118/
Shelly Connor
07-07-2008 05:00 PM
Appalachian Voices
Boone, NC
Landowner Outreach Associate Position Description: Appalachian Voices seeks a motivated individual to play a central role in our effort to improve private forest stewardship in the southern mountains. Appalachian Voices is working to educate thousands of landowners about the importance and value of sustainable forestry via the creation and distribution of a sustainable forestry handbook. The handbook is designed to tackle one of the most important conservation challenges facing the Southeast—improving the management of private forests, which make up the vast majority of forestland in the region. The first edition, written by our staff forester and released in 2004, has enjoyed tremendous demand with more than 500 landowners requesting the handbook, representing a combined ownership of more than 25,000 acres. The second edition was released in December 2006 and we are currently distributing 5,000 copies across the region. The 2008-2009 AmeriCorps member will be responsible for connecting all these landowners by developing a new online forum. This forum will be a clearinghouse for regional sustainable forestry information. The centerpiece of the site will be an interactive version of the handbook where landowners can search for topics of interest and connect directly with thousands of resources across the region. In addition, the forum will include a section where landowners can rate loggers and other forestry professionals and share their positive and negative experiences. It will also include a calendar of sustainable forestry events, news clippings, and much more. In fulfilling their duties, the member will develop excellent skills in public education, website development, and outreach to landowners by working closely with the Appalachian Voices staff to develop and implement our landowner forum on the Appalachian Voices website to connect landowners with each other and resources; give public presentations to audiences across the region to promote the handbook and the landowner forum; write articles about the handbook and the landowner forum for appropriate publications, newsletters, and websites; and participate in AmeriCorps Project Conserve sponsored events, service days, and training days. AmeriCorps Description: Administered by the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy, AmeriCorps Project Conserve is a conservation-oriented AmeriCorps program located in communities across western North Carolina. North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains are among our nation’s most significant natural treasures. Unfortunately, population and growth trends pose a significant threat to the region’s outstanding natural resources. AmeriCorps Project Conserve is therefore striving to accelerate the pace of conservation in these mountains while we still have the opportunity. AmeriCorps Project Conserve, supported by federal, state and local funding partners, is focused on conservation, education, and volunteerism. Each full-time member devotes 1700 hours of service (part-times members devote 900 hours) over an 11-month term of service at one of 13 partnering sites. AmeriCorps Project Conserve partners include land conservancies, county and state agencies, and other local non-profits focusing on environmental conservation. Members’ specific duties vary greatly based on the service site.
