Academic Wage-Salary: Oregon Coast STEM Hub Coordinator (South Coast)
Oregon State University
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Posted: 22-Dec-24
Location: Corvallis, Oregon
Internal Number: 163135
Internal Job Number: P08732UF
Description:
The Oregon Sea Grant is seeking a salaried Academic Wage: Oregon Coast STEM Hub Coordinator (South Coast). This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, fixed-term position.
This position is based on Oregon's south coast and focuses on the coordination of south coast Oregon Coast STEM Hub (OCSH) operations and activities. This is a one-year appointment with the potential for extension, contingent on funding availability and the discretion of OCSH and Oregon Sea Grant leadership.
This position will be a member of the Oregon Sea Grant (OSG) – Oregon Coast STEM Hub (OCSH) Team, housed at Oregon State University's Port Orford Field Station. The OCSH is a regional cross-sector collaborative that works to improve and guide transdisciplinary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in Oregon coastal communities. This Hub is a collective impact partnership that is overseen by OSG and is part of a larger statewide network of STEM Hubs funded and supported by the Oregon Department of Education. The OCSH is charged with leading the efforts of partners to create and deliver STEM educational programs designed to break through systemic barriers, provide inclusive access, expand opportunities, and build confidence in K-12 students.
The South Coast Coordinator will support the OCSH Director with planning, development and implementation of educator professional development, community events, and student activities to support Hub initiatives such as STEM Early Learning and Career-Connected Learning (job shadows, internships, etc.). This Coordinator will work closely with OCSH leadership, existing Program Coordinator, community partners, and educators. This position will design, develop, maintain and/or carry out educational programming and outreach activities to serve broad and diverse populations, including those that have been historically marginalized/excluded from participation, in an accessible, inclusive, equitable, and socially just manner. This includes complying with Civil Rights and Language/Visual Access regulations.
Collaborative work across disciplines, organizations, and programs areas is expected. Active and effective communication with colleagues, partners and key audiences is critical to the success of this position; wireless access may be necessary.
Oregon Sea Grant has built the capacity and expectation for employees to use digital communications and technologies in the modern-day workplace. This reflects our demonstrable commitment to using digital communications tools and changing technologies as a primary way to raise Oregonians' awareness of and engagement with our organization, programs and resources.
Oregon State University strives to ensure that all educational programs, services, activities, and materials we offer to the public are identified, developed, delivered, and evaluated in an accessible, inclusive, equitable, and socially just manner. OSU division's educational programs, services, activities, and materials are available to all people. OSU division prohibits discrimination in all its programs, services, activities, and materials. All employees are responsible for and expected to comply with Civil Rights obligations and actively work to expand access to all eligible populations.
The defined qualifications will need to be identified in the Minimum/Required Qualifications field.
Requirements :
Bachelor's degree in science, education or other STEM-related field.
5 years of informal education and/or K-12 classroom experience.
Experience creating and maintaining partnerships.
Experience providing STEM educational programming, professional development, and/or training.
Strong verbal and written skills, with ability to communicate successfully with a broad and diverse audience.
Demonstrated ability to promote collaboration, teamwork, and partnerships, both internally and externally.
Demonstrated project management, people, and relationship-building skills.
Ability to organize, prioritize and manage workload with competing demands.
General knowledge and ability to use computers, including proficiency with information technology, professional office software and collaborative work platforms.
Ability to learn and adapt to using multiple forms of digital communication systems, including websites, email newsletters, social media, and other tools in a changing technological environment.
Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and accessibility. Commitment to collaborative and respectful learning and working environments that are safe, inclusive, and welcoming.
This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per University Standard: 05-010 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.
This position requires driving a university vehicle or a personal vehicle on behalf of the university; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a motor vehicle history check, possess, and maintain a current, valid driver's license in their state of residence, be determined to be position qualified and self-report convictions as per University Policy 05-030.
Type:
Combination of office work and facilitating programs in various locations on the south coast, including outdoors or in industry or education facilities
Requires driving vehicle and frequent in state travel
Oregon State is a leading research university located in one of the safest, smartest, greenest small cities in the nation. Situated 90 miles south of Portland, and an hour from the Cascades or the Pacific Coast, Corvallis is the perfect home base for exploring Oregon's natural wonders. Oregon State University has always been a place with a purpose - making a positive difference in quality of life, natural resources and economic prosperity in Oregon and beyond. Through discovery, innovation and application, we are meeting challenges, solving problems and turning ideas into reality.Founded in 1868, Oregon State is the state's Land Grant university and is one of only two universities in the U.S. to have Sea Grant, Space Grant and Sun Grant designations. Oregon State is also the only university in Oregon to hold both the Carnegie Foundation's top designation for research institutions and its prestigious Community Engagement classification.As Oregon's leading public research university, with $261.7 million in external funding in the 2011 fiscal year, Oregon State's impact reaches across the state and beyond. With 12 colleges, 15 Agricultural Experiment Stations, 35 county Extension off...ices, the Hatfield Marine Sciences Center in Newport and OSU-Cascades in Bend, Oregon, State has a presence in every one of Oregon's 36 counties, with a statewide economic footprint of $2.06 billion. Oregon State welcomes a diverse student body of over 26,000 students from across Oregon, all 50 states and more than 100 countries. They can choose from more than 200 undergraduate and more than 80 graduate degree programs, including over 30 degrees online offered through Oregon State Ecampus. Oregon State increasingly attracts high-achieving students, with nationally recognized programs in areas such as conservation biology, agricultural sciences, nuclear engineering, forestry, fisheries and wildlife management, community health, pharmacy and zoology. Oregon State also ranks high in sustainability, fourth among universities nationwide for using renewable energy and first in the Pac-12 Conference. And our students literally help power the university: 22 exercise machines at Oregon State University has always been a place with a purpose - making a positive difference in quality of life, natural resources and economic prosperity in Oregon and beyond. Through discovery, innovation and application, we are meeting challenges, solving problems and turning ideas into reality. For more information visit http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/about/index.cfm.The 400-acre main campus in Corvallis includes a Historic District, making Oregon State one of only a handful of U.S. university campuses listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district includes such icons as Weatherford Hall, the Memorial Union and Benton Hall, the oldest building on the oldest building on campus.OSU commits to inclusive excellence by advancing equity and diversity in all that we do. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.