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Washington Parks & People. |
| Categories: |
Program/Project Mgmt.
Agriculture Other |
| Travel Required: | None |
| Job Type: | Full Time |
| Preferred Degree: | None |
| Experience Required: | 1 year |
| State/Province: | DC - District of Columbia |
| City: | Washington |
| Salary: | n/a |
| Job Description: |
The DC Green Corps Director will develop and manage the launch and advancement of our expanded green jobs workforce development program through volunteer, apprentice, and training programs, based out of Parks & People's field headquarters and future Marvin Gaye Community Greening Center in the Watts Branch sub-watershed of the Anacostia River, the Oxon Run stream valley in Far Southeast DC, and Parks & People's headquarters in Columbia Heights at the Josephine Butler Parks Center, which is being developed as a permanent green job training center. The objective is to use parks across the city to provide gateways to diverse green career and enterprise tracks in urban and community forestry, forest-based ecosystem and watershed restoration, and a wide range of community-based green infrastructure and environmental justice. The DC Green Corps will collaborate with a broad rage of community partners, as well as such government agencies as the DC Department of Parks and Recreation, the DC Department of the Environment, the DC Department of Transportation and Urban Forest Administration, the DC Department of Employment Services, DC Public and Charter Schools, the National Park Service, the UDC Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station, the DC Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, the National Arboretum, and all relevant local universities and technical schools and training programs, with a special focus on youth populations. We are seeking to have special impact helping people with challenges for employment, including impoverished and under-served communities and people with a wide range of disabilities. Primary Responsibilities: Direct Parks & People's community park revitalization work across the city, connecting training, volunteer, service, and school and university programs with well-managed greening initiatives in under-served parks and green spaces throughout the city. Qualifications: Apply: Washington Parks & People is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or age. People of color are strongly encouraged to apply.
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| Post Date: | 08/06/2010 |
