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ACE EPIC Diversity and Inclusion Special Program Manager Jobs at Mellon Fellowships

ACE EPIC Diversity and Inclusion Special Program Manager Jobs at Mellon Fellowships

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ACE EPIC Diversity and Inclusion Special Program Manager

ACE EPIC Diversity & Inclusion Special Programs Manager

Position Location:                 Salt Lake City, Utah (Downtown Sugarhouse)

ACE Website:                         www.usaconservation.org

Position Level:                      Full-Time Professional

Position Contact:                  Shane Barrow, Executive Director ACE EPIC                                     

Start Date:                            Immediate, Position open until filled

 

Job Description:

Conservation is a Human Endeavor

American Conservation Experience, 501c3, a national non-profit Conservation Corps located in Salt Lake City, Utah, is diversifying its Outreach and Recruitment team for the Emerging Professionals Internship Corps (EPIC) Program, a National internship program dedicated to developing, training, and diversification of the conservation workforce nationwide. 

As a youth conservation corps, and member of the 21st Century Service Corps, ACE is becoming increasingly more involved in assisting Federal resource management agencies, such as BLM and NPS, in working to diversify their workforce so that it better represents the face of the nation.  ACE's Partnership responsibility is to provide a bridge between academia and career for young professionals from non-traditional, economically disadvantaged, and culturally diverse backgrounds.   

ACE is seeking an individual to join our team to bring expertise and relevance on how best support our partners in utilizing the Public Land Corps Act as a tool to recruit minority populations into exploring careers as public servants within the Interior and Agricultural Departments.

 

Responsibility

  • Manage specific national diversity programs authorized under the Public Land Corps Act.  Current ACE EPIC programs include the BLM Direct Hire Authority – Resource Assistant (DHA-RA) program and the NPS Cultural Resource Diversity Internship Program (CRDIP).
  • Directly implement, coordinate, and facilitate the outreach portion of the ACE EPIC programming including forming and maintaining new partnerships with historically black colleges, associations, tribes, corps, and local community groups for prospective candidates and recruitment pools. 
  • Full recruitment program management for special projects including advertising, reviewing, interviewing and placement of selected interns.
  • Coordination and facilitation of trainings using online resources, webinars, video, and other interactive digital resources.
  • Organization of data on collected recruitment statistics, and reporting of program success.
  • Become intimately familiar with Federal Financial Assistance Uniform Guidance, 2 C.F.R 200, in order to assure organizational compliance with current rules and regulations (GAAP, CFR, OMB).
  • Mentoring of interns through the hiring, internship, alumni services, and career placement.
  • Understanding and desire to recruit for workforce diversity as agency directives desire.
  • Maintain and report detailed recruitment and retention statistics for special projects.
  • Understand and appreciate the complexity and uniqueness of various federal agency cultures.

 

Experience and Skills:

Qualifications:

  • Extremely strong communication skills, and a deep interest in the welfare of ACE's Agency partners and represented interns.
  • Knowledge of Youth Conservation Corps structure.
  • Posses relevant experience and understanding of working with diverse, minority, disadvantaged, and underrepresented youth and young professionals.
  • Commitment to ACE's mission to public service through youth development & volunteerism.
  • Prefer some Knowledge of Federal Grants & Agreements under Federal Uniform Guidance.
  • Knowledge and professional acceptance of the varied missions of the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and other relevant federal agencies.  
  • Ability to maintain organization of hundreds of interns and dozens of projects nationwide.
  • Strong computer management skills.
  • Experience with recruitment software and online personnel databases, iOs, Filemaker, Excel, and Adobe Suite software.
  • Highly flexible with the ability to work well as part of a highly mobile, highly functional team.
  • Very strong time management skills and the ability and desire to perform multiple and variable tasks.
  • Must have a solid understanding of the rigors of earning a BA/BS degree (or higher) in biological, cultural, geoscience, or Environmental Science fields.
  • Work schedule is dynamic and flexible.  Evening, weekend and/or holiday work will be necessary as college students/graduates are not always available during normal business hours.
    • Valid driver's license and clean driving record; willingness to travel to project sites nationwide.
    • Ability to pass a federal criminal background check will be required.

 

Job Benefits:

  • Extremely flexible full-time work schedule.
  • National travel to Partner duty stations throughout the nation will be necessary.
  • Casual, yet professional non-partisan work environment, with a shared outdoor & conservation ethic.
  • Compensation depending on experience.  Estimated salary range $26,000-$40,000.  Degree of Agency experience, especially BLM, will be a strong consideration.
  • Benefit package includes health & dental insurance, vacation & sick leave accrual.

 

To apply:

Please provide a cover letter expressing your specific interest in working for ACE, a resume outlining your experience and relevance, and three professional references who can speak to your technical abilities and interpersonal skills. 

Applications can be submitted here:

                                   

 

 

 

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