Dutiesand Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the KRWC Eat Safe Fish Local Coordinator and partner River Walker to provide education and outreach in English and Spanish (if possible) to shoreline anglers who consume fish from the Kalamazoo River.
• Engage with anglers and distribute Eat Safe Fish materials at predetermined fishing sites along the Kalamazoo River on various days and times, including mornings, afternoons, early evenings, weekdays, and weekends. The fishing sites cover multiple areas on the Kalamazoo River within Allegan and Kalamazoo counties.
• Communicate weekly schedule to KRWC Eat Safe Fish Coordinator.
• Attend occasional special events, engage with community members, and distribute Eat Safe Fish information and materials.
• Coordinate with KRWC Eat Safe Fish Local Coordinator to maintain a supply of outreach supplies.
• Accurately fill and maintain MDHHS observational forms.
• Submit observational forms to the KRWC Eat Safe Fish Local Coordinator weekly.
• Work minimum 10 hours, maximum 20 per week.
• Attend monthly (virtual) staff meetings.
• Submit timesheet and mileage forms bi-weekly.
• Always represent the best interest of MDHHS and MPHI.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Must have own transportation or ability to secure public transportation to complete duties.
• Excellent communication skills are important, especially the ability to convey technical information to the lay public.
• Must be able to work amenably with and coordinate routes with the other River Walker.
• Professional demeanor required.
• Knowledge of fishing, ecology, and/or healthcare and experience working with local organizations preferred.
• Preference will be given to bilingual individuals (English and Spanish).
• Ability to read maps (maps on phone and/or paper maps) to travel to pre-select sites will be helpful.

• This person is required to maneuver across various surfaces, including potentially uneven surfaces to reach angling locations.
• Must have means of transportation to reach angling locations and transport outreach supplies throughout the Kalamazoo River Watershed (Travel is possible across Kalamazoo and Allegan counties). (Mileage costs incurred for site visits will be reimbursed at the current State of Michigan rates).
• Must have the means to store up to 2 medium boxes of outreach supplies.
• Schedule will vary based on weather, ensuring access to a maximum number of anglers – with primary work hours during peak fishing times; including mornings, afternoons, early evening, weekdays, and weekends.
• Because this work is primarily outside, this person will be exposed to a variety of weather conditions.
• Attendance at some meetings and events may be required - including indoor and outdoor events, with evenings and weekends a possibility.
• This person may need to transport boxes of outreach items that can weigh up to 40 pounds to area events.
• This person will need access to a computer and internet to enter and submit time and mileage incurred during working hours.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WORK OF OTHERS: No assigned responsibility.

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