This position supports MEC projects and programs focusing on the ocean, and scientific and environmental literacy. The successful applicant will instruct and implement existing MEC programs. The position includes significant interaction with a broad spectrum of community audiences.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Instruct existing program with diverse audiences, including environmental data collection and analysis.
• Implement evaluation data collection and entry.
• Assist in development of new educational activities and materials, including digital and social media.
• Assist MEC staff in coordination with visiting groups.
• Maintain certification in CPR, first aid, and water safety qualifications and be responsible for safe conduct of minors on campus.
• Use and maintain lab and field equipment, supplies, and workspaces.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Ability to communicate with diverse groups.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships.
• Ability to work successfully as a member of a team and independently with moderate supervision.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions.
• Ability to set priorities and complete assignments on time.
• Ability to work evenings, nights and weekends as necessary.
• Ability to train others.
• Skill in the use of standard tools and equipment of the profession.
• Ability to engage students and to create and enhance their connection to the institution and each other.
  

About The University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is a comprehensive public research institution delivering transformative programs on campuses in Hattiesburg and Long Beach, at teaching and research sites across the Mississippi Gulf Coast, as well as online. Founded in 1910, USM is one of only 131 universities in the nation to earn the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education's "R1: Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity" designation, and its robust research enterprise includes experts in ocean science and engineering, polymer science and engineering, and large event venue safety and security, among others. USM is also one of only 37 institutions in the nation accredited in theatre, art and design, dance and music. As an economic driver, USM generates an annual economic impact of more than $600 million across the state. USM welcomes a diverse student body of more than 14,000, representing 71 countries, all 50 states, and every county in Mississippi. USM students have collected four Truman Scholarships and 37 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, while also leading Mississippi with 27 Goldwater Scholarships, an honor that recognizes the next generation of great research scientists. Home to the Golden Eagles, USM competes in 17 Division I sports sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). For more information, visit www.usm.edu.

As an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer/Americans with Disabilities Act institution, The University of Southern Mississippi encourages minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities to apply.