Community Science Soil Testing Fellowship

Public Lab; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 101,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stipend $2,500

Job summary

Public Lab invites applications for a Community Science Soil Testing Fellowship from Jan 5 to Apr 5, 2019. The fellowship requires ~20 hours/week (200 hours total) and includes a stipend of $2,500.

The program supports Gulf Coast residents and flexible, open collaboration with the Public Lab community across the environmental field. The Fellow will create soil testing resources, engage with local groups, document case studies, and participate in Public Lab activities and weekly calls.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills in online, written, and verbal formats.
• Ability to work collaboratively with in-person and remote colleagues.
• Ability to facilitate activities amongst a diverse community.
• Technical proficiency with support from colleagues to learn and teach about technology and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Create easy to use walkthroughs for soil testing choices.
• Collaborate with 1-2 Gulf Coast community groups and document processes on PublicLab.org.
• Provide overview of regulatory pathways and testing methods with relevant links.
• Document case studies on soil testing usage, especially for oil and gas contamination.
• Attend Public Lab monthly OpenHours and weekly staff calls.
• Engage in Public Lab Q&A on soil questions.
• Help develop formats for sharing soil testing data with staff and coding community.
• Note: transportation, food and housing may be covered for Barnraising events.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Facilitation

Technical proficiency

Job description

Community Science Soil Testing Fellowship

by stevie | December 07, 2018 21:19

December 07, 2018 21:19 | Tags: soil , jobs , fellows , fellowship , soil-sampling , fellow

When: Jan 5th - April 5th, 2019
Where: this fellowship is not geographically restricted, however residents of the Gulf Coast are encouraged to apply.
Commitment: roughly 20 hours/week (200 hours over approx. 8-12 weeks)
Fellowship Stipend: $2,500

The Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science (Public Lab) is a community, supported by a 501(c)(3) non-profit--which develops and applies open-source tools to environmental exploration and investigation. By democratizing inexpensive and accessible Do-it-Yourself techniques, Public Lab creates a collaborative network of practitioners who actively re-imagine the human relationship with the environment.

Fellowship Summary

A fellowship with Public Lab, is an opportunity to work with the Public Lab non-profit team and broader community on a specific project. The major goals of this fellowship are to create a foundational set of soil related resources that can be built upon by others in the Public Lab community.

The Fellow will:

• Create easy to use walkthroughs for how individuals decide which type of soil testing is most appropriate for their questions. This may include:
  • Overview of soil types and breakdown of regional concerns
  • What kinds of issues might be traced to presence of industrial or agricultural (or other) activity.
• Work with 1-2 community groups in the Gulf Coast on soil testing projects, documenting the process on PublicLab.org.
• Work on an overview of existing regulatory pathways, and what testing methods may be recognized, with links to relevant agencies.
• Document case studies on how soil testing has been used, particularly those related to oil and gas contamination, and post them to PublicLab.org
• Attend Public Lab monthly OpenHours.
• Engage in the Public Lab Q&A system on soil related questions.
• Help develop formats for people to share their soil testing data online with Pubic Lab staff and coding community.
• Attend a weekly call with Public Lab staff.-If available, attend the Public Lab Barnraising in Houston February 22-24th. (transportation, food, and housing will be covered by Public Lab)
• Maintain and adhere to nonprofit policies and procedures, Public Lab values, and the Code of Conduct.

Skills, knowledge, and abilities required:

• Excellent communication skills in online, written, and verbal formats;
• Ability to work collaboratively, both in-person and with remote colleagues, to envision and promote positive change, and to be supportive of others;
• Ability to facilitate activities amongst a highly diverse community of people from many different fields and experience sets;
• Technical proficiency (with full support from colleagues)--ability to learn, disseminate, and teach about technology and reporting in the context of advocacy;

Public Lab is committed to a diverse, multicultural work environment. We encourage people with different ability sets, people of color, and people of diverse sexual orientations, gender expressions, and identities to apply.