Location: United States Virgin Islands (St. Croix)

Job Type: Hybrid, Contract 

Wage Rate: $28 per hour 

Requirements: Some weekend and evening availability may be required for special events or programming

Opening Date: June 17, 2025

Closing Date: July 7, 2025 or until filled

About Us: 

The Virgin Islands Conservation Society (VICS) is the oldest non-profit conservation organization in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Our mission is to promote the conservation and restoration of island ecosystems, sustainable development, and awareness of conservation issues. We strive to protect our islands, fostering community resilience and preserving our natural resources for a sustainable future. We believe in working with local conservation-related organizations and community members to build capacity and address common challenges and opportunities within the Territory.  Join us in safeguarding the Virgin Islands’ beauty and vitality!

The Eco-Schools Program is the world’s largest international environmental education program engaging students, faculty, administrators and community volunteers in a comprehensive, environment‐based program to improve student environmental literacy and skills. In addition to direct environmental benefits, the program helps to dramatically improve student skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM). It also promotes youth leadership and community service. The Virgin Islands Conservation Society is the USVI delegate to run Eco-Schools programming. Eco-Schools offers hands‐on learning opportunities and supports inquiry‐based education, critical thinking, use of technology and problem solving. The Eco-Schools model enhances content and teaching methods while engaging the students in a positive transformation of their physical, social, and mental learning environments, while also providing improved aesthetics to schools and school campuses.

Job Overview: The Eco-Schools Coordinator will work to develop, implement, and facilitate the Eco-Schools program in public schools on St. Croix. This will include advancing the program materials, identifying interested schools, and developing outreach to multiple schools, staff, and students. The Eco-Schools Coordinator will be a liaison and relationship builder between VICS, schools, and other sustainability partners in the Territory. The Coordinator will deliver educational activities, promote sustainability within the schools, provide staff training and resources to enhance Eco-Schools curriculum. This includes general support to assist schools in their progress towards environmental literacy while connecting with local curriculum.

Responsibilities:

Build relationships and work effectively with VI Department of Education administrators, faculty, students, and representatives on environmental initiatives. Provide orientation to new schools and faculty as needed.

Help coordinate the Eco-Schools Project Advisory Committee

Work with partners to coordinate the Roots for Reefs program including:

• Facilitate construction and manage ongoing maintenance of native coastal plant and mangrove nurseries at partner schools on St. Croix
• Propagate mangroves and coastal plants at school nurseries, participating in outplanting and monitoring these plants
• Work with teachers and school administrators to implement the new Resilient Coastlines curricula for 5th-12th graders at partner schools.
• Organize field trips for Eco-Schools participants. 
• Survey Eco-Schools participants

Identify and/or build an action team at participating schools. Assist schools in creating profiles on the Eco-Schools dashboard, conducting an audit, creating their action plan for the school year, and moving their school toward certification. 

Track and monitor level of school engagement, highlighting successes, and quantifying results (ie. number of students reached, student contact hours, environmental impacts, behavioral changes and targets reached). 

Write quarterly, spring, summer, and fall reports. Provide any other reporting, as required by the program, including expense reporting, as requested by the VICS Board or VICS Director.

Provide input into VICS and Eco-Schools presentations, providing program information and highlights.

Create communications content for media including website updates, social media posts, writing press releases, and developing program promotional documents

Work with relevant organizations, businesses, and government departments, fostering effective relationships and encouraging them to apply their expertise to schools.

Required Qualifications:

• Must be located on St. Croix with knowledge and respect of local culture 
• Passion for sustainability and environmental education
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to create work plans and write reports while also executing them in an efficient and timely manner
• Proficiency using Microsoft and Google Suite, including word processing and spreadsheets, and video conferencing tools, including Zoom and Google Meet
• Ability to provide independent transportation on St. Croix and travel within the U.S. Virgin Islands (travel reimbursement opportunities available)

Contact VICS To Apply

If you are enthusiastic about contributing to our mission of promoting sustainability and conservation in the U.S. Virgin Islands, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Please apply by submitting a cover letter and resume using this link: https://form-usa.keela.co/eco-schools-stx-coordinator. We look forward to reviewing your application and learning more about how you can be a valuable addition to our team!