Salary: $18.00+ per hour
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Position Summary:
The Conservation Student Assistant will support conservation activities and coordinate efforts with customer city staff.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to this position.
· Support all water conservation programs and activities
· Support adult education program planning, in-person activities, scheduling, inventories, and reports
· Assist with youth education program planning, in-person activities, scheduling, inventories, and reports
· Create social media posts and event advertisements
· Maintain familiarity with strategic District levels of service
· Continuous improvement monitoring and innovation efforts
· Perform other duties as required
Required Experience:
· Less than one (1) year of related experience
· Excellent organization, analytical and communications skills
· Strong working knowledge of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
· Ability to use computers, copiers, cameras, and other office equipment
· Ability to work on several concurrent assignments
· Work effectively with a team or independently with minimal supervision
· Under guidance, ability to assemble, evaluate and disseminate information
· Must have a dependable vehicle, valid car insurance and good driving record
· Able to occasionally work evening and/or weekend hours
· Able to occasionally lift and carry materials up to 25 pounds. Duties may require maintaining a physical condition necessary for sitting, kneeling, crouching, standing, or walking for prolonged period of times both indoors and outdoors
Desired Experience:
· One (1) year of experience in water conservation, environmental management, horticulture, ecology, or related field
· Experience with graphic illustration software
· Proficient in Spanish
Required Education/Certification/License:
· Current graduate or undergraduate student attending an accredited college. Completed coursework in Environmental Science, Water Resources, Public Administration, Communications or in a related field
· Valid Texas driver’s license
Desired Education/Certification/License:
· Two (2) years of completed coursework in Environmental Science, Water Resources, Public Administration, Communications or in a related field
Success Factors/Job Competencies:
· Communications – Job requires the ability to adapt messages and connect to different audiences
· Time Management – Job requires managing one’s own time and working efficiently
· Innovation – Job requires creativity and ability to adapt to educational audiences
· Collaboration – Job requires the ability to work closely in a team environment
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
· Physical demands: While performing duties of job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hand to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, talk or hear. Employees must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
· Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee typically resides within an office or cubicle and may have occasional fieldwork that will expose the employee to weather conditions prevalent at the time.
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