Air Quality & Environmental Justice Specialist

Air Quality & Environmental Justice Specialist

JOB DESCRIPTION:
In collaboration with Blueprint Geneva, we are assessing air quality in the city of Geneva with a particular eye on state-identified disadvantaged communities that border current and legacy industry areas and major traffic routes. We have deployed a series of air quality monitoring sensors across the city. During Fall Semester, we will be gathering, cleaning, processing, visualizing, and analyzing these data as well as preparing outreach materials for the community. We may also do “snapshot” measurements on an as-needed basis. Work will vary from week to week and include some field work within the City of Geneva, computer work, and potentially some community outreach that may include collaboration with high school teachers in the Geneva City School District. The job will require your full attention during work hours—you will not be able to do homework or be on your phone during work hours. Work hours are flexible in coordination with supervisor. Candidates should be prepared to take intellectual ownership of the project, solve problems and learn independently, communicate well, and work productively as part of a team.

HOURS PER WEEK:  5 

COMPENSATION: $15 hr

QUALIFICATIONS:

Growth mindset, initiative, ability to learn and find answers to questions independently, ability to follow instructions precisely. The ability to work productively as part of a team in which good communication and personal accountability are essential. Some experience with the basic methods of scientific research (ability to design methods to answer specific questions and to work with technology) would be helpful. Basic familiarity with the R statistical computing language and ArcGIS online important.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Download data from sensors distributed across the City of Geneva weekly; some form of transportation would be helpful; all sites are within 2 miles of campus.

• Prepare data as .csv files. Upload, clean, and visualize data in R. Explore data to look for patterns that require interpretation or further investigation. Map data.

• Design, carry out and analyze “snapshot” monitoring campaigns as suggested by ongoing monitoring.

• Work with high school teachers to advance citizen science projects in their classrooms.

• Prepare engaging non-technical reports and story maps to communicate findings to the community.