Coastal Carolina University is accepting applications for a full-time Volunteer Monitoring Coordinator for the Waccamaw Watershed Academy’s (WWA) Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program. Since its founding in 2004, the WWA has delivered watershed and water sciences education, research, and outreach services to the local region. For more information about the Waccamaw Watershed Academy and our partners visit: www.coastal.edu/wwa/.
The Volunteer Monitoring Coordinator will work with WWA staff, graduate and undergraduate students, and community partners to deliver high-quality monitoring data to local stormwater managers. Additionally, the coordinator will help develop outreach and education materials that promote community science projects in the Waccamaw and Coastal Watersheds of Northeastern South Carolina.
Duties Include, but are not limited to:
· Coordinates volunteer monitoring program through regular communications with volunteers and community partners.
· Trains volunteer and student interns in proper sampling and analysis procedures to maintain compliance with program QAPP.
· Delivers volunteer recruitment, retention, and engagement activities following volunteer administration best practices.
· Conducts technical troubleshooting of equipment and methods.
· Assists with field and laboratory analyses of environmental samples for other projects in the Waccamaw Watershed Academy and Environmental Quality Lab.
· Assists with updates of volunteer monitoring Quality Assurance Project Plans, SOPs and datasheets.
· Assists with education and outreach efforts including written material for monthly newsletter, website content, and other reports as needed.
· Assists with the preparation of data reports, including data entry, report generation, and other record-keeping activities associated with QA/QC procedures.
Requirements: A bachelor’s degree in Science and two (2) years of related job experience or equivalent is required.
Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, South Carolina, just nine miles from the Atlantic coastal resort city of Myrtle Beach. Coastal Carolina University enrolls over 10,000 students from 49 states and 55 nations. The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the baccalaureate and master’s degrees of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services, a specialist degree in instructional technology, and PhD degrees in marine science: coastal and marine systems science and education sciences.
Coastal Carolina University is committed to fostering an environment that embraces diversity, equity and inclusion, and we seek candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports the growth and development of a diverse campus community. The University provides equal opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, veteran status or disability in admissions, employment and in all of its educational programs and activities. We encourage individuals from historically underrepresented groups to apply.
How to apply: Interested candidates may apply online at https://jobs.coastal.edu/postings/19787. For your application, please submit a cover letter, resume, and reference list. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Coastal Carolina University is an EO/AA employer.
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