RAY Conservation Diversity Fellow: Communications Specialist with US Fish and Wildlife Service

Inspired by efforts to increase racial diversity in conservation and clean energy, the Roger Arliner Young (RAY) Diversity Fellowship Program aims to increase and facilitate environmentally-related career pathways for emerging leaders of color. The RAY Fellowship Program is a paid fellowship designed to equip recent college graduates with the tools, experiences, support, and community they need to become leaders in the conservation and clean energy sectors—one that, in our visions of the future, fully represents, includes, and is led by the diverse communities, perspectives, and experiences of the United States.

Our mission is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. We are dedicated to the conservation, protection, and enhancement of fish, wildlife and plants, and their habitats. We are the only agency in the federal government whose primary responsibility is the conservation and management of these important natural resources for the American public. We are dedicated to working with private landowners; federal, state, and local governments; and other traditional and non-traditional partners to conserve our nation’s wildlife and plants. It is important to us to bring nature to the American public to all different communities and backgrounds. We build trust through empathy, competency, equity, and inclusion, and we are committed to creating a more diverse workforce.

 

The RAY Fellow will work with our Delaware River Basin Restoration Program team in the Chesapeake Bay Field Office. The office works with a variety of partners to achieve on the ground conservation by connecting people to nature; working on endangered and at-risk species; and addressing aquatic connectivity and coastal resiliency. The fellow will also work remotely with our External Affairs and Science Applications programs out of our Regional Office located in Massachusetts.

The Fellow will serve as a communications specialist supporting the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program. Specific duties include generating content for blogs, web, and social media; building relationships with media within the watershed and regularly pitching stories; working with the FWS Delaware River Basin Restoration Program to develop and implement internal and external communications and outreach strategies in support of program goals and objectives.

The fellow would focus on identifying and producing stories about funded projects and activities of the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program, and could include the following tasks:

In addition to the responsibilities at the host institution outlined above, RAY Fellows will spend, on average, 2-4 hours per week (5-10% of work time) on the following:

 

RAY Fellows will also attend:

 

Eligible RAY Fellow applicants will:

 

This is a two-year, full-time fellowship (one year with a one year renewal) starting on or after July 15, 2021.

The Fellowship is compensated. The Fellow will be provided all necessary field and office equipment. More details to follow.

To apply for the RAY Fellowship Program, applicants must:

 

 

Applications must be submitted to the RAY Fellowship Program no later than March 26, 2021. Transcripts and additional writing samples are not required. Questions about the application process can be submitted to the RAY Conservation Program Manager, Guilu Murphy, via email at guilu@elpnet.org.