Available Positions

Montana Wildlife Federation
Education and Outreach Assistant

The Montana Wildlife Federation’s (MWF) Regional Office in Billings seeks an AmeriCorps Member to assist the Outreach Coordinator and Eastern Field Representative with promoting environmental stewardship and engaging communities, schools, and partners in opportunities that help develop and connect community stewards, support sustainable environmental education, and restore/protect wildlife habitat. This work will be conducted in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), and will include education programs like Community Wildlife Habitat, Eco-Schools USA, Be Out There, and community outreach.

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Park County, MT and the City of Livingston
Education and Outreach Assistant

The Montana Wildlife Federation’s (MWF) Regional Office in Billings seeks an AmeriCorps Member to assist the Outreach Coordinator and Eastern Field Representative with promoting environmental stewardship and engaging communities, schools, and partners in opportunities that help develop and connect community stewards, support sustainable environmental education, and restore/protect wildlife habitat. This work will be conducted in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), and will include education programs like Community Wildlife Habitat, Eco-Schools USA, Be Out There, and community outreach.

• Assessing the efficiencies of city utilities and starting to integrate the facilities inventory with utility bills so that there is a central source for evaluating and managing energy consumption.
• Working as a project manager to install the first Electric Vehicle charging stations and PV installations.
• Public outreach to improve city recycling, composting and water consumption.

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Clark Fork Coalition
Education and Outreach Assistant

This Energy Corps member works closely with the director and fully participates in the cross-sector community Leadership Team working to advance energy and climate initiatives. The member helps set strategic direction and assists with the Climate Smart Missoula project.

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Home ReSource
Zero Waste Educator

This Energy Corps service member will work collaboratively with Home ReSource staff and Missoula County Public Schools (MCPS) to implement actions from the MCPS Zero Waste Plan, act as primary coordinator and educator for the Home ReSource Zero Waste Ambassadors Program (ZWAP!), and work to build community support and leadership necessary to continue moving Missoula toward Zero Waste.

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The University of Montana and St. Patrick’s Hospital
Education and Outreach Assistant

The University of Montana and St. Patrick’s Hospital are two separate Missoula entities that collaborate and support each other’s sustainability efforts. The University of Montana’s Office of Sustainability, housed within the division of Administration and Finance, is tasked with facilitating and tracking campus-wide sustainability efforts and seeks to weave social, environmental, and economic sustainability throughout students’ educational experiences, research initiatives, and campus culture. St. Patrick Hospital’s sustainability program “Green4Good” focuses on energy conservation, waste reduction, avoidance of toxic chemicals, and employee engagement/education. The Energy Corps member will serve at both organizations, 20 hours per week per organization, serving each department’s sustainability assessment and programmatic efforts.

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Home ReSource
Zero Waste Educator

This Energy Corps service member will work collaboratively with Home ReSource staff and Missoula County Public Schools (MCPS) to implement actions from the MCPS Zero Waste Plan, act as primary coordinator and educator for the Home ReSource Zero Waste Ambassadors Program (ZWAP!), and work to build community support and leadership necessary to continue moving Missoula toward Zero Waste.

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Climate Smart Missoula
Energy and Climate Educator

POSITION FILLED
This Energy Corps member works closely with the director on clean energy and energy efficiency efforts and participates in a cross-sector community Leadership Team working to advance myriad climate initiatives. The member helps set strategic direction and assists with all Climate Smart Missoula’s programs and the Community Climate Action Plan implementation.

City of Missoula
Sustainability Educator

POSITION FILLED
This Energy Corps member integrates energy conservation and climate change into employee and organizational culture and structure. They also work on Missoula’s Climate Action plan, focusing on reaching the waste reduction targets and greenhouse gas reduction targets.

National Wildlife Federation
Education and Outreach Assistant

This Energy Corps member helps to develop a multi-year plan to achieve Community Wildlife Habitat certification and establish benchmarks to assess success, including specific goals for initial year of project work. Collects information about existing Eco-Schools in Montana and identify opportunities to expand program in the state. Provides support for existing Eco-Schools, e.g. recruiting and training volunteers, achieving program goals, seeking recognition through Eco-School awards, and researching grant and other funding opportunities.

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Missoula County
Sustainability Educator

POSITION FILLED
Missoula County’s Energy Corps member will advance a variety of initiatives in the County’s Sustainability Program, including a climate action plan for county operations, community-wide climate resiliency planning, and integration of sustainability principles into county operations.

Opportunity Link, Inc.
Education and Outreach Coordinator

Opportunity Link is a regional nonprofit agency committed to finding systemic ways to reduce poverty and help the communities of north central Montana achieve independence, prosperity, and a better way of life. This Energy Corps member will assist in increasing energy awareness through education and outreach efforts to those groups most affected by energy and climate fluctuations, which will increase the sustainability of the community and the resiliency of our rural residents.

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Montana State University Northern Advanced Fuels Center
Education and Outreach Coordinator

This Energy Corps member will assist in curriculum development for a Summer Science Camp in addition to participation in educational outreach efforts including tours of the center, biofuels learning seminars, and science fair education opportunities.

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Beaverhead County Solid Waste Management
Solid Waste Management Assistant

POSITION FILLED
The Solid Waste Department struggles with public education about what we can recycle here and how to keep our product viable by not recycling contaminated material. Our remote and rural location limits what we can recycle and we struggle with “wishful” recyclers. There are no incentives for local restaurants and food vendors, or rental units to use biodegradable single use items or recycle. Currently the culture of making sustainable choices over economic choices is lacking. The Energy Corps member will research these issues and develop effective ways to educate others and remediate the lack of sustainability and green practices.

City of Red Lodge
Sustainability Educator

POSITION FILLED
This Energy Corps member researches historic electricity costs for city facilities. Inventories available rooftop space for solar PV systems and estimates total power production capacity of different PV systems. Provides support to engineers and architects as the appropriate PV system is selected and structural analysis is conducted and investigates alternative electric lighting service delivery options, including the downtown area, and potential removal of selected lighting in residential neighborhoods.

City of Whitefish
Sustainability Educator

POSITION FILLED
The Whitefish City Council, through help from the previous Energy Corps member, has approved the City’s first Climate Action Plan, which seeks to conserve energy, reduce GHG emissions, and prepare for impacts of a warming and more volatile climate. The Energy Corps member for the 2018-2019 service year will work with the City Sustainability Committee to begin implementation of the plan.

Glacier National Park
Sustainability Educator

This Glacier National Park based member is an individual who can focus their full-time energy towards developing a community sustainability plan. The Energy Corps member will develop a community-based plan to create a sustainable culture in Glacier National Park, involving visitors and the surrounding neighborhood.

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Department of Environmental Quality
Smart Schools Coordinator

This Energy Corps member targets schools to enroll in Smart School challenges, provides onsite assistance and delivers educational presentations to school management, teachers and students on energy efficiency, resource management, chemical use and indoor air quality and also provides professional presentations to a multitude of audiences for Smart School initiatives.

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National Center for Appropriate Technology
LIEAP Outreach Coordinator

This Energy Corps member will assist the Butte Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) to create and conduct a program that engages volunteers in rural communities to serve as Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) ambassadors. The Energy Corps members will recruit community volunteers from a list of key organizations in rural areas, which includes food pantries, other social services, senior centers and faith based communities.

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National Center for Appropriate Technology
Farm Energy Educator

The SIFT (Small-Scale Intensive Farm Training program) was created to help every community increase their food security by producing their own healthy food. This farm serves as the backdrop for an intensive, hands-on training program that teaches farmers and future farmers, urban food producers, community leaders, and citizens how to commercially produce high-value, nutrient-rich food on small parcels of land. This member will develop farm energy education materials, conduct energy audits, research efficiency improvements, and work on public outreach.

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National Center for Appropriate Technology
Armed to Farm

Armed to Farm provides sustainable agriculture training to military veterans. This member will be responsible for contacting ATF participants and will help determine sustainable agriculture training, technical assistance, and resource needs for veterans operating sustainable farms.

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National Center for Appropriate Technology
Resiliency Outreach Coordinator

ATTRA is developing a pilot rural resileiency outreach project. We will explore how best to assist rural communities in one state with resiliency planning by focusing first on offering trainings and workshops to reduce community energy and water use and explore community based recycling and transportation options. The Energy Corps member will help develop and distribute a Resiliency Guide for Rural Communities interested in developing their rural economy and improving their quality of life.

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National Center for Appropriate Technology
Sustainability Management Educator

This member works within the Energy Services department of NCAT conducting energy audits. They will be researching aspects of community sustainability and identifying key components of successful programs in order to create a template for a community sustainability report that can be utilized by Montana municipalities.

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National Center for Appropriate Technology
Energy Corps Team Leader

This member will focus on member support through team building, mentorship, project coordination, and serve to expand the capacity of the program to conduct educational presentations that meet the full scope of the program’s data quality goals. Additionally, they will help organize and direct service projects, like the day of service on MLK day.

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Butte-Silver Bow County
Residential Metals Abatement Program/Superfund

POSITION FILLED
Butte-Silver Bow is responsible for implementing the Residential Metals Abatement Program as part of its requirements to Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as Superfund. Butte-Silver Bow has been provided funding to remediate and abate residential properties found to have elevated concentrations of Lead, Arsenic, and Mercury found in soils and indoor dust. One challenge the program faces is gaining access to rental properties to sample and abate the property. This position would be tasked with conducting outreach with property owners and landlords to facilitate access or determine why access is not granted, and prepare a report and supporting documentation for use in Superfund planning and policy decisions at the local government level. In addition to this task, the successful applicant may be tasked with strategic planning, data analysis, and recommendation development assignments as they relate to Superfund and the Residential Metals Abatement Program.

Butte-Silver Bow County
Solar Energy

POSITION FILLED
Butte-Silver Bow is interested in exploring the potential of siting and developing a solar energy facility within the city limits and potential for using solar energy to power municipal or private market operations. The Energy Corps member service activities will include research, analysis, and deliverable development. The Energy Corps member will explore various types of solar energy and determine preferred technologies in various scales and author a report about policies and regulations relating to solar energy development, land use and development best management practices and requirements, and cost benefit analysis including exploration of financing options to fund development of necessary infrastructure. The outcome of this work may potentially inform development of local renewable energy policy, solicitation of grants, and implementation of solar energy projects in Butte-Silver Bow.