[Oppslist] Upcoming job opportunity at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC: SunWise Program

[Rosseel.Kevin at epamail.epa.gov]

Attached is a description of a position with EPA's SunWise children's
education program, which we will be advertising in June.  Please send
materials to the contact person listed if you are interested.

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POSITION AVAILABLE – PROTECTING CHILDREN’S HEALTH

      U.S. EPA’s Stratospheric Protection Division (SPD), in the Office
of Atmospheric Programs (OAP), is seeking a highly motivated individual
to support the EPA’s sun safety education program, the SunWise Program.

      SPD works to protect the ozone layer under the Montreal Protocol
and the Clean Air Act.  SPD phases out the production and import of
ozone-depleting substances, reviews and approves substitutes for
prohibited chemicals, participates in international negotiations with
other Parties to the Montreal Protocol, works with schools and
communities to foster sun-safe behaviors, and supports OAP’s activities
to mitigate human contributions to global climate change.

SunWise is an environmental and health education program that teaches
children how to protect themselves from overexposure to ultraviolet
radiation that can lead to adverse health effects later in life, like
skin cancer and cataracts.  Over 13,000 schools in all 50 states are
signed up to use the program.  SunWise is also taught in over 900
community-based education institutions, like summer camps and science
and children’s museums.  Participating schools or institutions sign up
to receive a tool kit containing over 40 interactive, cross-curricular
educational activities that meet national educational standards for
health, physical education, language arts, mathematics, science, and
social studies.

      Position available:  This position’s duties and responsibilities
include internal and external communications and outreach for the
SunWise Program.  The position involves forging strong working
relationships with a wide range of partners, including national
environmental, education, and public health agencies, government
organizations, and not-for-profit groups; assistance in the development
of a range of outreach and education materials, in both printed and
electronic form; coordination of information requests from teachers,
schools, parents, dermatologists, meteorologists, and others;
coordination of focus groups and other information-gathering efforts to
ensure success of communications and education efforts; coordination
with EPA=s Office of Public Affairs, Office of Children=s Health
Protection (OCHP), Office of Research and Development (ORD), and other
organizations inside and outside of EPA.  The position also involves
analyzing technical material, including public health and economic
information, with a specific focus on ultraviolet (UV) radiation health
effects, economic analyses, program evaluation, and national educational
standards.

      The position is likely to be advertised at a GS-9 level (salary
range $44,865-58,318), with promotion potential to GS-13, on EPA’s
EZ-Hire website at http://www.epa.gov/ezhire/.  Potential applicants are
invited to send resumes to Linda Rutsch, SunWise Program Director, at
rutsch.linda at epa.gov, and to check the EZ-Hire site starting in mid-June
for application information.

      EPA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Selection for this position
will be based solely on merit without regard to race, color, religion,
age, gender, national origin, political affiliation, disability, sexual
orientation, marital or family status, or any other non-merit factors.

      More information about the stratospheric ozone program is
available at www.epa.gov/ozone/. More information about the SunWise
Program is available at www.epa.gov/sunwise/.