MSC 03 2020
Castetter (Biology), 163B
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: 505-277-3325
Fax: 505-277-0304
sust@unm.edu
QUIVIRA COALITION: COMANCHE CREEK WATERSHED RESTORATION INTERNSHIP
The Quivira Coalition is seeking a summer intern who is passionate about land health to assist with a variety of tasks linked to our Comanche Creek restoration projects. The Comanche Creek Watershed Restoration internship has been funded in part by a generous donation from the Taos Soil and Water Conservation District. The intern will have the opportunity to work closely with Quivira staff and professional restoration practitioners on a project that will require both field and office work. To apply for the internship email Mollie Walton at mwalton@quiviracoalition.org.
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DOWNTOWN GROWERS' MARKET - INFORMATION BOOTH COORDINATOR
The Information Booth at the Downtown Growers Market is the go-to tent for visitors and vendors inquiring about anything Market related; i.e. info on how to be a vendor; where to find cherry tomatoes; upcoming music and special events. Most importantly, it is the place for vendors and visitors to exchange and purchase Market tokens with an EBT or Debit card. The Info Booth is a friendly, welcoming, and often times busy place, that is reserved for the Market Manager, Info Booth Coordinator, selected volunteers, and DAT Ambassadors to greet and serve the DGM visitors and vendors.
It is the responsibility of the Info Booth Coordinator to ensure that the Info Booth functions with a strong commitment to excellent and efficient customer service. It is essential that the Info Booth Coordinator can assist in the evolution of the Market with a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and passion for improving Albuquerqueʼs food security and local economy.
Job Duties:
-Arrive at the Info Tent every Saturday, May 18-November 2, promptly at 6:30AM and work until the final token transaction and accounting records are complete, approximately 1PM
-Set-up debit card machine and organize tokens
-Manage the sales and transactions of EBT/Debit token purchases and exchanges
-Handle and sell merchandise
-Provide excellent customer service to all Market visitors and vendors
-Appropriately inform customers on the use of their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and market tokens
-Maintain accurate and timely record of all transactions, receipts, and market tokens that vendors receive, merchandise sold, raffle sales, and donations
-Complete balance sheet once a week and submit appropriate vendor reimbursements receipts to Manager
-Assist with managing volunteers in accordance with the needs of the Market and the Market Manager
-Work with Market Manager to improve all Info tent operations, including merchandise display, volunteer tasks, EBT/Debit sales, and creative projects
-Occasionally assist with Market duties during the week at the Downtown Action Team office
Skills Required:
-Must commit to the entire season
-Excellent communication and customer service skills with a positive can-do attitude
Deadline to Apply: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
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NEW MEXICO FARMERS' MARKETING ASSOCIATION - EDUCATION & OUTREACH COORDINATOR
The education and outreach coordinator will assist the New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association with a variety of projects that help promote farmers’ markets and local food programs across the state. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented and have excellent communication, computer, and writing skills. He/she will be a selfstarter who works well independently, but also enjoys collaboration and teamwork. Position is parttime, 20-32 hours per week. Schedule can be flexible, but some Saturdays are required. Bilingual in Spanish is a plus, as well as familiarity with web software such as Rapidweaver, and layout and photo/video editing software such as the Adobe Suite and imovie. The office is located in Santa Fe.
Interested applicants should submit a letter of introduction and resume as a Word document (.doc file) or a PDF file via email. Send to: questions@farmersmarketsnm.org. No phone calls please. Some of the job responsibilities include:
Website: Maintaining and updating/creating website content as needed.
Regular Communications: Writing and posting blog entries as well as videos. Social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.). Creating content and formatting consumer enewsletters. Sending out market manager communications. Promptly responding to phone calls and emails from the public.
Outreach & Education: Developing outreach materials (some layout, photo editing, basic graphics, etc. required). Producing educational webinars for market managers.
Presenting at various trainings, meetings, and other events.
Program Coordination/Assistance: Assisting with coordination of the WIC and Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Programs with the New Mexico Department of Health.
Providing training and technical assistance for markets implementing the SNAP program. Assisting the ED with development and implementation of new programs as they arise. Assisting the ED with grant writing and reporting.
Annual Projects: Helping plan and coordinate the annual market manager conference. Attending special events for outreach as needed, as well as market visits, market assessments, etc.
Database development: Compile annual market data, market schedules, maintain current contact lists, etc.
Other: Assisting the Board of Directors with tasks such as taking meeting minutes, research, maintaining records, attending the annual retreat, etc.
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BUILDING MOVEMENT - SERVICE AND SOCIAL CHANGE COORDINATOR
Too often in the nonprofit sector, service providers, advocates and organizers have little opportunity to connect on a personal level, learn from each other and collaborate on cross-cutting issues. Given this reality, a group of nonprofit professionals – representing an array of organizations and approaches – is interested in working more closely together to increase their collective impact for lasting social change that builds the voice and power of New Mexico’s vulnerable children and families. At an initial meeting, held in the Fall of 2012, organizational staff aspired to stop working in siloes, and instead begin a process of building relationships and exploring common issues, challenges and opportunities.
In order to move this process forward, we are seeking to contract with a part-time “Service and Social Change Coordinator” who will help guide the organizations who have committed to collaborate, and build out the project for future opportunities to grow and expand.
The coordinator will be responsible for:
An ideal candidate will have the following skills and qualifications:
The coordinator will report to a small advisory team consisting of:
This is a part-time contract position. The total budget allocated to this position is between $30,000 and $35,000 over the course of a full twelve months. The coordinator will be expected to manage their work schedule with minimal supervision. Office space may be arranged with one of the advisory team members. The work hours spent on this project will likely be low initially and increase as work demands pick up, but we anticipate the coordinator devoting an average of 15 hours a week to the project.
To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume to info@buildingmovement.org
Application Deadline: April 19, 2013
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ERDA GARDENS - ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Help Erda Gardens keep its members and volunteers up to date with information, events, volunteer opportunities and workshops. Update online calendar, post events to Facebook and ensure our growing community stays connected! Computer experience necessary! Current Erda members will be given first consideration. If you’re interested, please contact us immediately.
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BERNALILLO COUNTY EXTENSION - EXTENSION 4-H AGENT
The Bernalillo County Extension Office is hiring an Extension 4-H Agent. See the position posting details and encourage qualified applicants to apply. In addition to typical 4-H duties, the County Extension hopes the applicant will be willing to engage in work that supports school gardens.
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FOODCORPS - SERVICE MEMBER
Apply to become a FoodCorps Service Member. Several positions focusing on school gardening will be in available in Albuquerque starting August 2013. Apply by March 24th. Find out more and apply online.
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UNM EARTH DATA ANALYSIS CENTER - GEOGRAPHIC DATA SERVICES AIDE
UNM's Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC) is hiring a student Geographic Data Services Aide. The student does not need to be work-study qualified to apply for the position.
Duties include:
Customer Service - Performs searches and provides aerial photography, satellite imagery, and other geographic data requested by EDAC clients. Includes scanning aerial photography and other documents. Prepares invoices for client jobs upon completion. Record payments when they are received.
Data Entry - Catalog new collections and enter the appropriate data into our Aerial Photo Archive database.
Archive - Organization and maintenance of Aerial Photo Archive. Includes filing photos and maps. Includes shelving of books and journals in the EDAC library.
GIS - Create indices for historic aerial photography and mosaics from current aerial photography.
For further information about the position, you may contact Laura Gleasner at 277-3622 x230 or e-mail lgleasner@edac.unm.edu. Apply through UNM Jobs.
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CITY OF LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO - SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER
Develops, recommends, implements, and assesses sustainability programs, policies, systems or initiatives for City of Las Cruces operations and the community. Position involves frequent reading, writing and the use of a personal computer; ability to move about project sites; perform light physical field work involving motor skills; requires visual acuity sufficient to comprehend written work instructions, technical documents and diagrams, strong verbal and auditory abilities; manual dexterity to operate standard office equipment, and a motorized vehicle; ability to lift and carry items weighing up to 20 pounds. Position works 80% in an office setting with no adverse environmental conditions and 20% working outdoors with exposure to all types of weather conditions. Protective clothing/devices used include eye protection, safety helmet and hearing protection. For more information about the position, see the online job posting.
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ENVIRONMENT NEW MEXICO - FIELD ASSOCIATE
Environment New Mexico is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy group, working to protect Otero Mesa from drilling and mining, bring more solar energy to New Mexico, and ensure that we have clean water to drink. We are hiring a field associate, who will work on all of our campaigns to protect air, water, and open spaces. The early application deadline for this position is February 15.
Environment New Mexico is part of the Environment America federation, a federation of 29 state-based citizen-funded environmental advocacy groups hiring recent college graduates who have the passion, the commitment and the talent it takes to fight for our environmental values across the country.
As an Environment America fellow, recent grads get a two-year crash course in the nuts and bolts of environmental activism – working alongside senior staff to plan and run grassroots campaigns, lobby lawmakers, set up and speak at news conferences, organize town hall meetings, identify new members, raise money, recruit and manage staff and much more. And after two years, fellows are ready to take on an even bigger leadership role.
We're also looking to hire a small group of talented undergrad interns to work on the campaign to protect Otero Mesa from drilling and mining this spring.
Find out more. Contact Sanders Moor at sanders@environmentnewmexico.org with questions.
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TALKING TALONS YOUTH LEADERSHIP - COLLABORATIVE FOREST RESTORATION (CFRP) PROGRAM EDUCATOR
About Talking Talons: Talking Talons Youth Leadership (TTYL) specializes in connecting youth with the natural world by offering educational programs that give participants an up-close and personal experience with rescued live birds of prey, bats, reptiles, and wilderness environments. Students not only learn about the animals and the environmental issues that threaten them, but also how to convey that information to others through public speaking and peer leadershi.
About the CFRP: The CFRP is a U.S. Forest Service (USFS) grant unique to New Mexico; grant recipients partner with community organizations, businesses, and the USFS to restore a portion of national forest. The TTYL CFRP site is located south on old Rt. 66 in Tijeras, in the Cibola National Forest and focuses on reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire, and improving wildlife habitat, watershed, and forest health.
CFRP Educator job description: This is a part time position. CFRP educators work with elementary through high school age students in the classroom and on field trips to the project site to conduct ecological monitoring. Educators also work with the collaborative partners to organize community events, multi-party meetings, and compile reports for grant compliance. Educators regularly attend conferences, expos and other community events to educate the community about the CFRP and forest health issues.
Primary duties:
-Organizing field trips with Albuquerque area schools
-Classroom presentations on a variety of subjects including wildlife biology, forestry, and environmental science etc.
-Report writing
-Creating informational materials (posters, brochures, newsletters etc.)
-Ecological monitoring
-Data management and analysis
Desired qualifications/experience:
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills
-Experience working with youth
-Prior teaching or leadership experience is preferred
-Experience in ecological monitoring protocols (such as the USFS common stand exam) is preferred
-Graphic communication skills
-Ability to hike long distances over difficult terrain and in difficult conditions
-Bachelor’s degree in the natural sciences, education or related field is preferred
To apply send a cover letter, resume, and three references to program director Laurie Wearne at lauriew@talkingtalons.net. Call Laurie at 505-604-0098 for more information.
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RIO GRANDE COMMUNITY FARM - DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
To bolster the Farm's current programming, and build capacity for future growth, the Rio Grande Community Farm (RGCF) is now hiring a Development Director! Do you know someone who is passionate about local food production, deeply connected with the Albuquerque philanthropic community, and willing to work more out of love for the local food mission than for money? Please spread the word, and help this incredible 'local food asset' find the right match! Read the full description, and check out the December feature article on RGCF.
For further information or to submit a Letter of Interest contact Minor Morgan, Executive Director at (505) 379-1640 or email: minormorgan@northvalleyorganics.com.
FIG-MAN OF NEW MEXICO - SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN
Help the Fig-Man of New Mexico connect with the local community by creating and maintaining a website, e-newsletter, Facebook page and Twitter account. Computer experience necessary! Contact Lloyd Kreitzer at 505-266-8000 or lkreitzer@juno.com for more information. The Fig-Man of New Mexico runs a small nursery dedicated to figs, Chinese dates and Pomegranates. He also makes delicious fig leaf tea, and is a familiar face at many of the local area growers' markets.
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LOS POBLANOS INN & ORGANIC FARM - FARM VOLUNTEERS
Have you been looking for an excuse to spend more time at Los Poblanos?
Are you trying to be more active this year? Do you want to learn more
about local agriculture and horticulture? Well this is your chance!
Farmers Kyle and Will are going to have their hands full this Spring and
are now accepting volunteer applications. In the coming weeks, they
will be preparing the fields to begin expanding our lavender and
vegetable gardens. This is a great opportunity for
anyone looking to get their hands dirty while learning more about
sustainable farming. We also have spots available assisting Farmer
Christine with the barnyard animals. Learn how to raise chickens and
goats in your spare time, flexible schedules available.
We value the hard work done by our volunteers as we do not receive any
donations or grants. As a token of our gratitude, volunteers will earn
gift certificates redeemable for a variety of things around the farm
including free breakfast or dinner, lavender gift
sets, cooking classes or a free night at the Inn.
Our first Spring Farm volunteer orientations will begin on March 30 and April 3. Fill out an application.
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FEED THE HOOD FARMS - GROWERS' MARKET INTERN
Feed the Hood Farms is looking for volunteers to help us run our booth at the Nob Hill and Northeast Heights farmer’s markets. You get to be outside, in the shade, talking with people and helping us sell our veggies! If you are interested, please contact Marisol (Marisol@swop.net, 400-4815). The training will take place on March 23rd at 1 PM, immediately following the SWOP Member Meeting at 805 Riverside Dr. SW in Albuquerque.
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CHISPAS ORGANIC FARM - FARM INTERN
Chispas Farm is looking for interns for 2013! Chispas is a 5-acre, certified organic, community focused, urban farm in Albuquerque's South Valley. Chispas Farm grows heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables and maintains a collection of garlic seed for the Seed Savers Exchange that includes 350 kinds of garlic. Chispas Farm actively sells produce at Albuquerque growers’ markets and to local restaurants.
Intern housing is available on site. Contact Amanda at 505.247.4088 for details.
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AMPERSAND SUSTAINABLE LEARNING CENTER - SUMMER INTERNSHIP IN SUSTAINABLE LIVING
The internship is a very special time at Ampersand. Our site comes to life as amazing folk gather for an intensive learning and community living experience. We share in a lifestyle that is abundant with the essentials.
Our rustic living conditions include solar electricity, running rainwater (frugal use is expected with both), hot showers, an indoor bathroom with composting toilets, and wireless internet access. We cook primarily with solar ovens and live off rainwater that we harvest throughout the year. We build with earth and salvaged materials.
Living with Ampersand's sustainable systems is an education in itself. We also teach workshops that the public is invited to. The internship includes several day field trips that highlight local culture, innovation and sustainable practices. We schedule weekly for personal time and exploration. Learn more about the various internship work projects and classes that will be offered.
The internship application deadline is March 30, 2013 for the May 17 - July 12 internship.
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GEORGE MELENDEZ WRIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE YOUTH INITIATIVE - 2013 INTERNSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS
The call for the 2013 George Melendez Wright Climate Change Youth Initiative applications is now open. Opportunities include: Research Fellowships, awarded to advanced graduate students (Masters and Doctorate levels) to support independent research, and Park Internships, 12-week paid positions for undergraduate or beginning graduate students to work on projects in research, interpretation, park operations, policy development, or other fields. Additional information, along with application instructions, can be found at http://ccyi.org/. Fellowship applications are due January 18, 2013 and priority consideration will be given to Internship applications submitted by January 21, 2013.
The George Melendez Wright Climate Change Youth Initiative (CCYI) is sponsored by the National Park Service (NPS) Climate Change Response Program and managed by the University of Washington College of the Environment. This program provides opportunities for young people to work on diverse issues related to climate change and its effects in national parks.
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CREATIVE ALBUQUERQUE - CULTURAL PLANNING INTERNS
Creative Albuquerque is the region’s premier nonprofit provider of cultural planning strategies with the purpose of affecting policy that results in a vibrant creative economy. We, at Creative ABQ, are looking to hire 1-2 interns for the spring 2013 semester. We are looking for graduate students who are interested in cultural landscapes and cultural planning, and who have the skills to contribute to the projects we are currently working on. This is an unpaid internship; students can choose to apply for college credit or take the unpaid internship as an opportunity to learn about cultural planning work.
The Creative Albuquerque Intern will assist Creative Albuquerque’s Cultural Planner with current cultural assets inventory and mapping projects in Albuquerque and
Bernalillo County. Interns will have a variety of responsibilities depending on what is most needed on a given day or week, such as site documentation, database development and data entry, written communication, media outreach and public engagement, and administrative tasks related to cultural planning projects. The intern
reports directly to the Cultural Planner. Interns should be available for the entire Spring 2013 term beginning the week of 14 January 2013. Interns should be available
to work 12-15 hours per week.
Interested candidates should send, as a single pdf, the following to Joni Palmer, Cultural Planner, Creative Albuquerque, joni@creativeabq.org: cover letter, unofficial transcripts (current program), resume, and list of 3 references (include name, title, phone, email, and information about how long you have known the referee and under
what circumstances). Any questions about this position should be sent via email. No phone calls please.
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