Summer Education Volunteer

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The Environmental Volunteers seeks dedicated volunteers for summer. College students and rising seniors are welcome. Summer Education volunteers will report to Christine Zack, the Education Manager. A Summer Education volunteer may work anywhere from 4-20 hours a week (June-August/September), based on their availability. The schedule is flexible and volunteers will be assisted to either the Santa Clara office or virtually from home. An interest in nature, science, and education is a must. Summer volunteers will take on the following responsibilities.

Office based tasks include:

• Look through learning materials to confirm that they are in good repair and ready for the new school year.
• If materials are in disrepair or missing, work with Christine to ensure they are ready for the new school year
• Assist with basic office tasks like inventorying or photo copies.
• Other projects may be available based on volunteers interest.

• Make updates to our educational google site. Training and assistance will be available this if needed.
• Assist in creating new educational materials including visuals, scripts, and models.
• Assist with reformatting scripts or visuals.
• Translating education materials into Spanish.

Qualifications:

Summer Volunteers should be students who display the following qualities:

• Attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, and clear communication skills.
• Comfortable with computers and ability to learn new software (Canva).
• Ability to work independently and complete tasks assigned.
• Previous crafting, art, design or building/tinkering experience desirable.
• Desire to work cooperatively with a variety of people and ages.

This is an unpaid volunteer position.

To apply, please email a resume or letter of interest to:

Christine Zack, Education Operations Manager

czack@evols.org

Applications will be accepted until June 13th. Interested Volunteers will be contacted by mid-May with more details.