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Join a team of purpose-driven nature educators
Green Steps is a TEAL organization which is aligned by an evolutionary purpose: reforming education towards more empathy for the environment. We are guided by this higher purpose because our ecological system is close to a tipping point of a no return climate change. It is now that we must act.
We live self-mangament and ask for contribution. Contribution happens when people are engaged and fulfilled in their tasks. The effective person focuses on contribution. He looks up from this work and outward toward goals. He asks, “What can I contribute that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve?” His stress is on responsibility.
Learn more about our Code of Conduct
Internships
Are you looking for a meaningful internship? Do you need to collect social work credits to apply for a school or university? Do you want to enrich your course work?
Shoot us an email and join Green Steps in Asia or Europe for a minimum three months long internship or ten months European Solidarity Corps volunteership. For further details check out the internship job description.
IMPACT communities
Gaining empathy for the environment often starts with taking over stewardship for your own land and community. Implement our activities in your local eco system. Learn to design your own activities and add them to our growing library of best practices. Turn your place into a Impact Community, enjoy the support of our team and join the growing number of communities boarding the Green Steps ARK.
Job openings
Are you looking for a meaningful profession? Do you want to become part of a TEAL organization? Have a look at our current vacancies. You can either join our team in Shanghai (China), St. Pölten (Austria), and Seoul (South Korea) or contribute with your strengths to a partnering Learning Community.
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SEND YOUR FULL APPLICATION TO:
[email protected]
Vacancies
Train as a place-based educator
Green Steps is a small international NGO which was originally founded by two Europeans in Shanghai. We support schools to practice place-based learning by extending classrooms into nature. We design pedagogical trails in city parks and suburban spaces to drive environmental empathy and systems understanding. Our Nature Guides lead these trails several times a year to learn about local plants, animals and ecosystems. We divide our work time between the office and nature.
Tasks
Outdoor activities: supporting nature guides, mapping natural and cultural features, leading outdoor activities, assisting in the design and independently designing new activities.
Office activities: designing flyers, social media management, translating English teaching material, designing and proofreading species & concept ID cards, designing offline games.
Allowance, accommodation, food and transport arrangements
private room in shared apartment Pocket money: ca. 210 EUR / month Food reimbursement: ca. 390 EUR / month Transport arrangement: monthly subsidy for public transport
Training
We train you on in regard to all dimensions of our daily work: nature education, office administration, design and marketing. The following training courses are offered and provided during the project: nature guide training offline and online, German language course, On-arrival training and Mid-term meeting delivered by National Agency.
Participant profile
We expect an affection for nature and children. Candidates should have a growth mindset and digital literacy. We request strong English language command both written and spoken - German is a big asset.
We do not request training or certificates in the field of nature education. You will receive training. A background in natural sciences is a strong assets. We specifically welcome young teachers or candidates who look into a teaching career.
For details also check out our website: https://www.greensteps.me/join-us/
IMPORTANT: only full applications with CV and MOTIVATION LETTER sent to [email protected] will be considered.
Downloads
Be part of creating a transformative online platform that empowers communities to drive offline education for sustainable development. We aim to develop most of our technology as free and open-source software. Use this opportunity to be part of the solution to our planet’s problems in a team of purpose driven educators and free software enthusiasts.
RESPONSIBILITY AND TASKS
Design and implement a beautiful, fast, intuitive and gamified user interface of our React-based web application.
1. Work with our designer, design and implement web front-end UI and UX;
2. Work with back-end developers to define APIs and application logic;
3. Be part of architecture and technology stack decisions process;
4. Write automated quality assurance tests to ensure avoiding regressions in development, participate in code review process;
5. Share our bugfixes and improvements with upstream of the FOSS projects we use;
QUALIFICATION AND REQUIREMENTS
- excellent grasp of React and Graphql;
- ability to design mobile and desktop web UI (Figma)
- following best practices in the industry (architecture, clean and readable code);
- ability to stay on track and meet milestones and project deadlines;
-open mind, will to learn and to build big things in a small team
APPLICANT'S PROFILE
Purpose driven, with strong interest in sustainability, with several years of involvement in either FOSS or commercial project.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Send your application to [email protected]
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