New York Sea Grant

Applications are due by August 31, 2024 for New York Sea Grant's NYC Sustainable and Resilient Community Extension Educator, who will engage with and provide education and outreach for local governments, organizations, and Long Island Sound Study coastal communities in the Bronx and Queens: https://lnkd.in/dmfypprc

New York Sea Grant (NYSG) seeks a dynamic and high energy individual to join our team as a full time Science Writer for the program. Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application. Deadline to submit applications for either: Aug 1, 2024, 11:59:00 PM. Salary: $57,000-$65,000 The Science Writer will have a demonstrated ability to communicate research, extension, outreach, and education projects to a variety of audiences that would be reflective of NYSG’s coastal stakeholders and partners, and be able to translate that information through a diverse set of communications platforms and products. These include writing, among other things, stories for New York Coastlines (the program's e-newsletter), press releases for media, deliverables such as fact sheets and website content. More on responsibilities and how to apply at: https://lnkd.in/ePitciu6 The person in this position will help to effectively raise awareness of the program’s efforts and impacts across the State, and enhance access by our coastal communities and partners to information, products, and tools of relevance and importance to them. The position, which will be under the supervision of NYSG’s Communications Manager, will be based at Stony Brook University (SBU), but support the program across the State, which includes travel. Regarding telecommuting — Consistent with SBU's current employment and telework policies, after completion of a full year of employment and a satisfactory performance review, eligibility to participate in the SBU telework program will be available and evaluated. As per SBU's policies, employees will be expected to have a regular in-person presence at the official work location. Employees should not expect to be approved to telecommute on a full-time or near full-time basis. Since 1971, New York Sea Grant, a cooperative program of Cornell University and the State University of New York, has been one of 34 university-based programs working with coastal communities under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Sea Grant College Program.

New York Sea Grant (NYSG) seeks a dynamic and high energy individual to join our team as a full time Digital Media Specialist for the program. Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application. Deadline to submit applications for either: Aug 1, 2024, 11:59:00 PM. Salary: $57,000-$65,000 The Digital Media Specialist will be responsible for, among other things: (a) social media posts (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube); (b) Website maintenance (www.nyseagrant.org); and (c) Graphic design and layout for NYSG’s e-newsletter, as well as publications such as brochures, fact sheets, letterhead, business cards and other various promotional items. More on responsibilities and how to apply at: https://lnkd.in/eQA6Gqmr The person in this position will help to effectively raise awareness of the program’s efforts and impacts across the State, and enhance access by our coastal communities and partners to information, products, and tools of relevance and importance to them. The position, which will be under the supervision of NYSG’s Communications Manager, will be based at Stony Brook University (SBU), but support the program across the State, which includes travel. Regarding telecommuting — Consistent with SBU's current employment and telework policies, after completion of a full year of employment and a satisfactory performance review, eligibility to participate in the SBU telework program will be available and evaluated. As per SBU's policies, employees will be expected to have a regular in-person presence at the official work location. Employees should not expect to be approved to telecommute on a full-time or near full-time basis. Since 1971, New York Sea Grant, a cooperative program of Cornell University and the State University of New York, has been one of 34 university-based programs working with coastal communities under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Sea Grant College Program.

Applications are now being accepted for NYSG’s Summer 2024 Community Engaged Fellowships.? ? Deadline for submission is March 4, 2024, by 5PM EDT.? ? Applicants will be notified around March 29th.? ? Fellowships, which begins on June 3rd and extends over 10 weeks, each include a $6,000 stipend.? ? The seven fellowship opportunities, also fully detailed in NYSG’s flyer at https://lnkd.in/ecXBQUs7, include: ? ? — Buffalo, NY: Join partners at the University at Buffalo’s Krabbenhoft Aquatic Ecology Lab, in Buffalo, NY, to explore the world of native freshwater mussel research.? ? — Oswego, NY: Work with NYSG Recreation and Tourism Specialist, based at SUNY Oswego, to learn more about the value of recreational boating in communities along Lake Ontario.? ? — Stony Brook, NY: Work closely with Friends of Flax Pond partners to help coordinate and conduct the group’s diamondback terrapin monitoring.*? ? — Kingston, NY: Help environmental science educators from the Hudson River Estuary Program (overseen by the NYSDEC), and NYSG’s Hudson Estuary Resilience Specialist, based at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, with microplastics research and education.? ? — NYC: Conduct field work along the Bronx River, Long Island Sound, and their tributaries as part of a Natural and Nature Based Feature shoreline data partnership project with Long Island Sound Study (LISS), NYC Parks, and Natural Areas NYC.? ? — NYC: Join the Sea Grant team (in partnership with LISS and Columbia University) to conduct in-person or online workshops on marine debris. Two fellowships available.? ? — Stony Brook, NY: Assist NYSG’s Fisheries Specialist, based at SBU, along with investigators from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County and Stony Brook University (SBU)’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, with research and outreach related to the “Sea Grant Hard Clam Selective Breeding Collaborative”.? ? * Mentorship and training on science communication and outreach will also be provided by one of NYSG’s LISS Outreach Coordinator, based at SBU and NYC Department of Environmental Protection in Queens, NY.?

The deadline is January 15, 2024 to apply for New York Sea Grant's Great Lakes Resilience Specialist, who will focus their outreach efforts on enhancing resilience and adaptation in New York’s Great Lakes Watershed at the local government level: https://lnkd.in/gj5UqvEm