Park Service Aide (Part-Time)
MIAMI ECOADVENTURES BACKGROUND:
Mission
Create environmental stewards and advocates through quality nature and heritage based recreation and education experiences.
UNIT OBJECTIVES
- Tell the Miami-Dade Environmental Story
- Answer the question – Why should I care?
- Examine planning as a constructive link between the present and the future.
- Promote the Miami-Dade Parks Department Master Plan as the unifying vision for a livable, sustainable Miami-Dade County through conservation and resiliency focus.
- Nurture the sense of wonder to foster sensory and emotional responses to the beauties of the environment and to suggest satisfying, creative ways of expressing these feelings through behavioral-changes with action-driven conservation efforts.
The Extension/Education, Conservation and Outreach (E.C.O.) Division is tasked at leveraging the core competencies, academic resources and experience of its units to achieve select departmental goals and be a driving force within the conservation and stewardship pillar of the Parks, Recreation and Opens Spaces (PROS) Department. E.C.O. staff are focused on delivering on its namesake priorities of outreaching to people, internally and externally, so that we can connect with and educate them in order to improve their well-being and transition them to environmental stewards and advocates who help us conserve our precious resources.
The E.C.O. Division is comprised of the following units: Camp Owaissa Bauer, Redland Fruit and Spice Park, EcoAdventures (A.D. Barnes Interpretive, Arch Creek Park, Bill Sadowski Park, Castellow Hammock Park, and Crandon Adventures), Larry and Penny Thompson Park & Campground, Natural Areas Management (N.A.M.) and the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension Office.
JOB DESCRIPTION
PARK SERVICE AIDE
POSITION SUMMARY
Park Service Aides will be working for Miami EcoAdventures out of one of five nature centers or as required. Miami EcoAdventures was established by the nationally renowned Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces department. It is one of the largest networks of parks, beaches, wildlife landscapes, wetlands, and recreational gems in the United States. With five nature centers, we offer education programs and outdoor adventures tailored to all ages, abilities, and skill levels. Experts of outdoor discovery, we are adventurers, educators and stewards of the fascinating subtropical south Florida ecosystem.