• Job Description

  Req#: R107235

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  Job Title:

  EPN Senior Continuing Education Specialist

  Department:

  FAES | School of Environment and Natural Resources

  The Environmental Professionals Network (EPN) is a service of the School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) that connects and grows environmental professionals in-person and online. EPN participants can access many online services and are linked to thousands of professionals in Ohio and beyond. Professionals are thus connected in a “community” of people who share their passion for our world and its environment, natural resources, people, and communities -- local to global. The EPN seeks to help those working on and passionate about the environment and natural resources of Ohio and beyond to grow professionally and to be more effective and inspired in their career. The EPN was started in 2012 and was recognized as a Program of Excellence in Engaged Scholarship in 2024 by the Ohio State Office of Outreach and Engagement.

  The EPN Senior Continuing Education Specialist leads the EPN and works full-time to enhance the profile and collective impact of the Network and SENR. The EPN Senior Continuing Education Specialist collaborates with the EPN Director, and other SENR program staff, as well as department leaders within Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), Extension, the Sustainability Institute and other university-based entities, and organizational leaders external to Ohio State, to ensure a mutually rewarding EPN expansion to connect, inspire and grow Ohio’s network of environmental professionals.

  
  The EPN Senior Continuing Education Specialist establishes the program topic, set of partnerships, budget (and necessary fundraising), speaker format, and hosts at least 10 EPN events per year. These events are based upon one or more of the EPN’s six Program Topic Areas: Air Quality; Education, Health, and Policy; Energy, Materials, and Sustainability; Land Use; Water; and Wildlife. These “hybrid” programs feature both in-person participation options with food and beverage catering as well as virtual, livestream participation via the EPN YouTube channel.

  The EPN Senior Continuing Education Specialist oversees the EPN budget, including SENR-provided funds, development associated sponsorship and gifts as well as the EPN earnings account. The Senior Continuing Education Specialist supervises the EPN Program Assistant at 40 hours/week and other SENR staff who interact with EPN, and coordinates regularly with the SENR Communications Team for event promotions and marketing.

  
  In addition, the EPN Senior Continuing Education Specialist will collaborate with the Columbus Environmental Networking Tool (CENT) research team and the CFAES Web and Digital Strategy Team to incorporate the CENT system within the forthcoming CFAES-hosted EPN program website. The EPN Senior Continuing Education Specialist will integrate the current EPN Membership system, which currently hosts over 2,200 active profile users, with the CENT to create the Ohio State Environmental Networking Tool (OSENT). The EPN Senior Continuing Education Specialist will ensure that the OSENT system is operable within the EPN website and is available for use by interested environmental professionals and their respective organizations. The EPN Senior Continuing Education Specialist, in collaboration with SENR stakeholders and EPN members, will utilize OSENT to serve as an expanded directory database and environmental organization hub that produces user-friendly tools and guidance for EPN members to enhance professional collaborations and career development. The EPN Senior Continuing Education Specialist will also use this tool to enhance the Environmental Career Ambassadors program in collaboration with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Environmental Education Council of Ohio.

  Minimum Required Qualifications

  Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. Advanced degree in relevant field is desirable; 4 years of relevant experience required; 4-8 years (preferred) minimum years of relevant experience in program leadership and development; Knowledge of the Environmental Professionals Network as well as other environmental and natural resource organizations in Ohio; Writing and demonstrating
  effectiveness through email, interpersonal, various social media platforms, and other communication forms; Prepared and designed publications and media materials and assessed effectiveness; Leading or co-leading interdisciplinary research teams.

  Additional Skills Desired

  Passion for leading, facilitating and participating in diverse networking programs and opportunities; Optimistic, kind disposition, coupled with a realistic, solutions-oriented outlook on work; Customer service and client oriented; Diligent with a high standard for quality of work; Strategic thinker who is able to prioritize and organize multiple projects, meet deadlines, analyze issues, problem solve and multi-task; Competent in key environment and natural resource issues in Ohio; Confident in discourse and discussion with Ohio’s leading governmental, nongovernmental, and private sector leaders in diverse sustainability and natural resource topic areas; Able to view situations through multiple lenses to make well-informed decisions; Analyzes and diagnoses situations using sound judgment; Communicates in a manner that is transparent, straight-forward and concise; Organized and managed volunteers; Capable of supervising full-time staff; Motivated self-starter who performs well with minimal day-to-day oversight.

  Additional Information:

  This EPN Senior Continuing Education Specialist position is a 1.0 FTE and will report directly to the SENR Director on all EPN program activities. This position is regular full-time (40-hours per
  week). During FY 25, this position will also report to Dr. Joseph Campbell, SENR Senior
  Lecturer, on specified EPN related activities.

  The salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limit to, education, years of experience, internal equity, etc.

  Location:

  Kottman Hall (0340)

  Position Type:

  Regular

  Scheduled Hours:

  40

  Shift:

  First Shift

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