Environmental Jobs

CREATION CARE JOBS AVAILABLE in New Zealand

The Creation Care Study Program (CCSP) - a Christian environmental, social justice, and discipleship university study abroad program (http://creationcsp.org/) - is seeking a PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR.

CCSP’s mission is to develop and nurture, among all involved with the program, the knowledge, care, and practical competence necessary to be caretakers of the earth and its creatures, human and non-human. The Program Administrator (PAdmin) is directly responsible for managing all administrative aspects of the CCSP South Pacific program. S/he is responsible for organizing international student enrollment, arranging international travel, and coordinating home stays and other fieldtrip bookings and logistics of the CCSP South Pacific program.  S/he is also responsible for managing SoPac's financial system and keeping a general journal of all transactions. The PAdmin is also responsible for facilitating the spiritual formation of students, including a Christian environmental ethic, in this residential, undergraduate Christian education program.

Salary and benefits commensurate with experience and includes on-site housing and board during program dates. For qualification requirements, job description, and Staff Application and Questionnaire (General), see http://creationcsp.org/jobs.html.

Send completed documents and resume to courtnay@creationcsp.org with Subject line: “Program Admin.”

Start date: 18 August 2009.

Review of applications will begin March 15, 2009 but applications will be accepted until position filled.

The Creation Care Study Program (CCSP) - a Christian environmental, social justice, and discipleship university study abroad program (http://creationcsp.org/) - is seeking a STUDENT LIFE COORDINATOR.

CCSP’s mission is to develop and nurture, among all involved with the program, the knowledge, care, and practical competence necessary to be caretakers of the earth and its creatures, human and non-human. The Student Life Coordinator (SLC) works closely with the rest of the staff team in implementing the program.  S/he is responsible for facilitating student life activities (residential life), assisting students to engage in holistic/integrated learning (academic teaching assistant), and focuses extensively on building strong pastoral-care relationships with students (spiritual discipleship). SLCs should expect to spend a large proportion of their time with students, but also assist other staff members as required.

Salary and benefits commensurate with experience and includes on-site housing and board during program dates. For Staff Application and Questionnaire, see http://creationcsp.org/jobs.html.

Send completed documents and resume to courtnay@creationcsp.org with Subject line: “SLC.”

Start date: 18 August 2009.

Review of applications will begin March 15, 2009 but applications will be accepted until position filled.

Green Corp Activist Training – year-long paid position

Want to create lasting environmental and political change? Green Corps is looking for college graduates who are ready to take on the biggest environmental challenges of our day. This is a competitive program, but will give you skills that will open so many doors for lifelong employment and engagement. Alexis Illyn is into her seventh month – it is a challenging but powerful opportunity to take your passion for creation care to the next level.

In Green Corps’ year-long paid program, you’ll get intensive training in the skills you’ll need to make a difference in the world. You’ll get hands-on experience fighting to solve urgent environmental problems — global warming, deforestation, water pollution and many others — with groups such as Sierra Club and Greenpeace. And when you graduate from Green Corps, we’ll help you find a career with one of the nation’s leading environmental and social change groups.

If you think you’re one of those people, visit www.greencorps.org/apply to submit your application to join the 2009-2010 class of Green Corps’ Field School for Environmental Organizing.

For more information, visit www.greencorps.org or contact Noelle Janka, Recruitment Director, at jobs@greencorps.org.