PROGRAM SPECIALIST, LOKA INITIATIVE

The Loka Initiative is an education and outreach platform for faith leaders and culture keepers of Indigenous traditions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Our mission is to support faith-led environmental and climate efforts locally and around the world by helping build capacity of faith leaders and culture keepers of Indigenous traditions, and by creating new opportunities for projects, partnerships and public outreach. Loka’s vision is that inner, community, and planetary resilience are interdependent; we cannot achieve any one of these goals without working on the other two.
Loka will be launching a two-year project that consists of online courses for communities of faith on environmental and climate project design and management in the first year and culminates in an in-person symposium in the second year. The Program Specialist will help develop the curriculum, coordinate instructor and lecturer scheduling, manage the course implementation and resources, process honoraria, enrollment and user access to the education platform.
The Program Specialist will work with the Program Outreach Coordinator to help develop, organize and lead event planning processes for capacity building and public events (3 per year on average). This will involve working with external and internal partners, and supporting social media and follow up activities.
The Program Specialist will coordinate academic research and resources on ecoanxiety and climate distress. Duties will include organizing and helping develop resources on ecoanxiety and climate distress, including the Resilience in the Anthropocene summit in the Spring of 2023, and coordinating the internal research team and external partners on ongoing primary and secondary research.
Equity and inclusion are integral to achieving the vision of the Center for Healthy Minds. We seek candidates with an awareness of and commitment to the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion across all spectrums. Because inequities in our societies, including the fields of science and academia, disproportionately harm the most marginalized members of our society – especially women and Black, Indigenous, People of Color – we believe that these identities must be centered in the work of our center. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized groups. If this role speaks to you, we encourage you to apply.

• 10% Identifies, promotes, and maintains external partnerships to support the outreach program
• 10% Schedules and secures resources and communicates logistics in support of an outreach program
• 10% Delivers outreach program content and materials to community members
• 10% Researches, develops, and facilitates outreach program content and materials
• 40% Develops and evaluates curriculum and programs and provides recommendations for improvement
• 10% May assist with the monitoring of outreach program budget spending
• 10% Leads the implementation of programs, policies, and procedures through oversight of day-to-day activities for program staff and student and community volunteers

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background – people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Required
Bachelor’s Degree
Preferred
Master’s Degree in Education, Environmental, Development or Religious Studies

Required:
*Prior experience working in an academic/teaching capacity or has relevant Master’s Degree
*Familiarity with environmental issues and/or religious studies
*Excellent written and verbal communication skills
*First-hand multi-cultural experience or cross-cultural professional experience
Preferred:
*Strong organization skills with demonstrated attention to detail
*Experience presenting in front of different audiences and/or facilitating large groups
*Familiarity with social and environmental justice best practices and designing for accessibility methods
*Familiarity with online Learning Management Systems (e.g. Canvas, Google Classroom, edx)

Full Time: 100%
This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

Ongoing/Renewable

Minimum $53,675 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications

To apply for this position, please click on the “Apply Now” button.
You will be asked to upload a resume, cover letter, and contact information for at least three professional references, including your current supervisor as a part of the application process. Please ensure that the resume and cover letter address how you meet the required and preferred qualifications listed for the position. References will not be contacted without prior notice.

Brittany Thomson
brittany.thomson@wisc.edu
608-262-0037
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Outreach Specialist(OE009)

A483000-COL OF LETTERS & SCIENCE/CTR FOR HEALTHY MINDS

Academic Staff-Renewable

268283-AS