Cincinnati Zoo Unto Others Urban Forestry Member

Not found for 'AmeriCorps; Ohio; On-site; USD 15,000 - 17,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare assistance

Education award

Health Coverage

Living Allowance

Job summary

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden offers a full-time Urban Forestry AmeriCorps Member position in Cincinnati, OH. This role supports pollinator conservation through hands-on garden care and data collection.

You will serve 1,700 hours over 11 months, with five 8-hour days per week, contributing to habitat projects and community education efforts.

Qualifications

• Full-time AmeriCorps position serving 1,700 hours (40 hours/week) over 11 months.
• Schedule includes 5 days a week, 8-hour days.
• Experience with plants or pollinators is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Grow and maintain plants and gardens designed for pollinator conservation.
• Collect observational data and photograph documentation.
• Identify plants and pollinators and analyze data relationships.
• Collaborate with institutional and industry partners.
• Support teen volunteers in data collection (Buzz Troop) in gardens.

Skills

Environment

Job description

Cincinnati Zoo Unto Others Urban Forestry Member

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden offers opportunities for everyone!. CZBG and AmeriCorps have partnered to bring a variety of fun, engaging, and conservation-based opportunities to audiences including youth, visitors, animal ambassadors, and more!. Together, CZBG and AmeriCorps will provide quality STEM education to economically disadvantaged PreK-12th grade students, will engage Zoo visitors, volunteers, Zooteens, and community members in environmentally conscious practices and behaviors, grow and maintain Zoo and community garden spaces, facilitate data coordination for animal welfare excellence and conservation research, and support a variety of sustainability initiatives.

Member Duties : The incumbent is a full-time AmeriCorps position serving 1,700 hours (40 hours per week) over an 11-month term of service. Schedules will serve 5 days a week, 8-hour days, and assigned as needed. Service Goals: Growing and maintaining plants and gardens designed for the conservation and promotion of pollinators Regular observational data collection Photo documentation Identification of plants and pollinators Assist with analyzation of data and subsequent plant-pollinator relationships Collaborate with institutional and industry partners Contribute to our ability to recommend particular plants and cultivars that promote pollinator species to the public, retailers, and plant breeders, ultimately influencing future conservation efforts for pollinators in the urban landscape Provide guidance/assistance to horticulture volunteers gathering plant-pollinator data If needed, act as Hort point person for teen “Buzz Troop” volunteers collecting data in the gardens.

Program Benefits : Childcare assistance if eligible , Education award upon successful completion of service , Health Coverage , Living Allowance .

Terms : None

Service Areas : None

Skills : Environment

Tagged as: REC