Region - Senior Community Outreach Associate

Must be located in EPA Region 9: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Islands

(CA preferred).

Priority Deadline:
October 25th

The Environmental Protection Network (EPN) is composed of more than 800 EPA alumni from across the country who volunteer their time to protect the integrity of EPA and its mission. We harness the expertise of former EPA career staff and confirmation-level appointees from Democratic and Republican administrations to provide the unique perspective of former regulators with decades of historical knowledge and subject matter expertise.

EPN is currently focused on building, defending and reimagining the capacity of environmental health agencies and the communities they serve to truly address the most urgent health and environmental crises.

• We work to ensure that EPA advances policies, programs, budgets, and institutional changes to address climate and environmental injustices, as well as other pressing public health needs
• We provide pro bono capacity-building technical assistance and training to frontline communities, NGOs, and under-resourced state/local/tribal government agencies
• We offer pro bono support to civil servants
• We educate Congress and serve as a critical resource for facts, objective analysis, and scientific rigor for reporters and NGOs

About The Position:

The Senior Community Outreach Associate will partner with and act as a support across the Technical Assistance Community Outreach Team and coordinate efforts with other teams (comms, policy, and operations) across EPN. They will leverage their strong organizational skills and relationship-building skills, combined with environmental justice and/or social justice expertise, to meet the evolving needs of a growing environmental justice nonprofit.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who loves working in deep collaboration with others and can quickly adapt to changing landscapes and conditions. This staff member will continue to take directives from the Technical Assistance leadership team, continue to support their assigned region(s), and will also project-manage a core project across the Technical Assistance team. The person in this role will lead all technical assistance support efforts for EPA Region 9 ( Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Islands).

Responsibilities:

Oversee the management and operations of our technical assistance work in Region
9. This includes but is not limited to:

• Connecting frontline communities, non-profits, and under-resourced government agencies (including tribes) with our volunteers for community-driven projects, including problem-solving meetings, research, reporting, and comprehensive actionable emails
• Connecting communities with technical, grant, legal, and scientific resources such as decision-makers within government, advocacy, and academia; federal and foundation grants; and pro bono legal support
• Engaging in active outreach to frontline communities, non-profits, and under-resourced government agencies to get the word out about EPN and our pro bono technical assistance services
• Collaborating and coordinating with the partners in Region 9
• Assisting entities in identifying and applying to grant opportunities where relevant and contributing to a monthly funding bulletin for funding opportunities in Region 9
• Recruiting and activating volunteers across Region 9 and our EPN network
• Tracking work in EPN’s database and various Google spreadsheets
• Tracking next steps for EPN staff, volunteers, and key partner organizations
• Scheduling meetings for communities, potential experts, and organizations
• Forming truly collaborative partnerships between community leaders and government agencies to ensure that communities’ voices are represented in infrastructure investments
• Growing individual and local partnerships to provide more holistic community support
• Producing webinars, trainings, templates (including grant templates), and other capacity-building tools so that additional communities can benefit from our work
• Traveling throughout the local EPA regions, and sometimes beyond to attend events and/or conferences
• Broadly sharing findings formally and informally
• Adhering to and meeting all goals and priorities outlined in the core expectations document

Manage special projects across the TA team as assigned.

• Special projects may include: supporting onboarding for new members, volunteer activation, regional coverage during periods of staff turnover, etc.
• Project management for…