Everglades Fellow

We're protecting and enhancing America's National Park System for present and future generations.

National Parks Conversation Association (NPCA) is the nation’s oldest and largest national parks nonprofit, advocacy organization. NPCA has an exciting opportunity for an Everglades Fellow to join our Sun Coast Regional Office.

Location: Remote (Miami-Dade County)

Work Status: Part-time (20 hours/week); Term six-month position with possibility for extension

Salary: $18 per hour (Grade J)

Position Overview:

NPCA’s Sun Coast office seeks an individual passionate about environmental conservation to support our goals for advancing Everglades protection and restoration. This is a part-time, remote opportunity (20 hours per week) with a flexible schedule, with hours to be completed within normal workweek hours (M-Th, 9-5), plus occasional weekend field trips.

The right candidate will be based in Miami-Dade County and will be comfortable attending in-person meetings and events as well as working virtually on writing and research projects. The goal of this position is to support NPCA’s policy and engagement work in South Florida related to protection and restoration of Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, Biscayne National Park, and the surrounding waters and ecosystems.

This will involve a combination of policy work (example: analyzing restoration projects and writing summary memos), ecosystem protection advocacy (example: attending public meetings to speak against development threats which may harm the Everglades) and developing outreach materials (example: researching polling data, creating bilingual fact sheets).

Tangible deliverables that will be achieved:

• Advance NPCA’s goal to connect with community leaders about national park issues by meeting with local elected and agency officials in Miami-Dade County.
• Participate in meetings, phone calls, and events with environmental and community partners to protect Everglades National Park and the surrounding ecosystem from development threats, including representing NPCA on the Hold the Line Coalition.
• Draft language for NPCA advocacy alerts and updates to members in South Florida.
• Develop a suite of outreach materials, which may include PowerPoint slides, one-pagers, and other visuals that will support NPCA’s ongoing engagement of new national park advocates and education among local community leaders on national park issues.
• Support virtual and in-person events in South Florida as opportunities arise.

Minimum Qualifications, Competencies, Skills, Education, and Traits:

• Strategic thinking skills with the ability to perform thorough, self-directed research and produce concise memos and reports.
• Excellent writing, research, and editing skills.
• Strong public speaking, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently, reliably, and as part of a team in a virtual setting.
• Capacity to respond to requests and complete tasks in a timely, high-quality manner.
• Outgoing individual comfortable with community engagement and public speaking.
• Enthusiasm, positive attitude, and interest in national park and environmental issues.
• Background or experience in environmental issues preferred but not required.

Green 2.0 Pledge: Our organization is committing to conducting a pay equity analysis of staff compensation to look at differences in compensation in regard to race, ethnicity, and gender, to collect and analyze relevant data, and take corrective actions to remediate pay disparities.

Physical Effort and Dexterity: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is typically required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; talk or hear. The employee may lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job may include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

NPCA is committed to diversity among its employees and hiring practices. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.

Physical Environment: Home office setting

Employer’s Rights: NPCA reserves the right to revise this position description at any time. The duties listed above 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 the position. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the NPCA and employee and is subject to change by the NPCA as the needs of the NPCA and requirements of the job change. The above is in no way an exhaustive list of the requirements for the position.

COVID-19: Please be aware that NPCA requires all employees who are required to work onsite, whether regularly or sporadically to be vaccinated for COVID-19. This position will require the successful candidate to show proof of vaccination. NPCA is an equal opportunity employer and will provide reasonable accommodation to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated consistent with federal, state, and local law. *This does not apply to applicants residing in Montana, Tennessee, and Florida.