Local Engagement Volunteers Job Northern Kentucky USA,Non-Profit & Social Impact

Do you believe the STEM community brings a valuable perspective to challenges faced by cities, counties, and states? Engineers & Scientists Acting Locally seeks to inspire, encourage, and empower people in STEM to be active civic participants. We are a dedicated group of volunteers working to help our fellow members of the STEM community more effectively engage with their local communities and governments.

And we would be thrilled to have you join our team.

Engineers & Scientists Acting Locally is seeking Local Engagement Volunteers in communities across the United States. These volunteers will work closely with ESAL’s Program Manager to create and support regional hubs people in STEM acting locally in their communities. These volunteers have access to support, funding, and guidance from ESAL to educate and help motivate local community members to act locally.

By joining our team, new volunteers will help us to expand our reach to new audiences and will shape the overall direction and themes of civic engagement programming in your community. Ideal candidates will have a current or former background in STEM. Experience with organizing is preferred but not required. ESAL will be prioritizing candidates from the Southeast, Pacific Northwest, Midwest, and Southwest regions of the United States.

ESAL is a national, non‑partisan, non‑advocacy nonprofit. We seek to inspire, encourage, and empower people with backgrounds in STEM to be active civic participants. And we would be thrilled to have you join our team!

As an ESAL Local Engagement Volunteer you will:

Work with Program Manager to build out volunteer response network and virtual local action projects for community members
Recruit and build relationships with your peers of STEM backgrounds in your region to join a local hub
Research and share local engagement opportunities and resources with group members and contribute your insights on our online network, ESAL Community
Coordinate events, virtual and in‑person, that help you reach your community members with this local engagement information.
Help identify, contact, and communicate with local civic leaders who are seeking STEM expertise to support their decision making.
Maintain communications with group members using ESAL Community as an online tool
Contribute about 5‑10 hours per month of your time to do the above
Make at least a 6 month commitment to volunteering with ESAL

In return, by volunteering with ESAL you will gain the opportunity to:

Network with engineers and scientists across the country who are passionate about improving their communities
Demonstrate a concrete commitment to science policy and community engagement
Work with ESAL leadership – a dedicated team of engineers and scientists with deep experience in public policy
Influence and shape a growing, high‑profile science policy and engagement organization

If you are interested in helping us change how engineers and scientists think about policy engagement, please contact us with a paragraph describing your interest and a link to a bio or an attached resume at info.