Outreach Coordinator

Job Opportunity: Outreach Coordinator

Location: Marcus Hook, Trainer, Chester, and surrounding communities

Schedule: Full-time

Deadline: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Ideal start date is mid-Sept. 2025.

About Clean Air Council

The Council is a member-supported environmental organization dedicated to protecting everyone’s

right to a healthy environment for over 50 years. The Council uses public education, community

organizing, and legal action to advocate for environmental justice and the right of all residents to clean

air, pure water, and a healthy environment. The Council believes that all residents should have the

opportunity for meaningful input on the decisions that impact their health, environment, and quality of

life. The Council is an equal opportunity employer and has a strongly held belief in the importance of

having a diverse workforce.

Position Description

The outreach coordinator will be responsible for implementing Clean Air Council’s environmental

justice outreach and advocacy work in southern Delaware County, Pennsylvania and northern Delaware.

The outreach coordinator will work to maintain and grow the Council’s relationships with community

leaders, and to engage residents and local groups in understanding local environmental health impacts

from industrial facilities and climate change. In addition, the outreach coordinator will support local

community leaders and residents in their ongoing efforts to address environmental concerns, including

raising their concerns to decision makers and advocating for protections and positive community

change. Project and program responsibilities may change over time.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that local residents and community leaders are informed about local environmental

health issues, including opportunities to submit public comments and testify at public

meetings about polluting industrial facilities and local air quality plans and policies

• Provide residents, local groups, and community leaders with educational materials about

pollution impacts to the public. This could include flyers, pamphlets, social media posts,

webinars, and online or in-person meetings.

• Support residents in recognizing and reporting potential pollution incidents to agencies
• Support the Council’s ongoing air quality, watersheds, climate, and environmental

health programming in southern Delaware County & northern Delaware

• Provide resources, ongoing coordination, and organizational support to local

community leaders, including Marcus Hook Area Neighbors for Public Health,

Naamans Marcus Hook Stoney Creek Watersheds Alliance, Friends of Wilcox Park,

and Friends of Sun Village Park

Qualifications:

• At least 2 years of previous experience in community outreach and education programs,

community organizing, advocacy campaigns, teaching, or work that required similar skills

• Knowledge of community assets and concerns in southern Delaware County, PA
• Excellent written and oral communications skills, including meeting facilitation
• Ability to develop materials for our constituencies such as flyers, brochures, presentations,

social media posts, etc.

• Experience collaborating with external partners on a project preferred
• Public speaking experience is a plus

Other Considerations

• The Council will prioritize candidates that live in southern Delaware County, especially

Marcus Hook, Linwood, Trainer, and Chester, where many industrial facilities are located

• Some local and regional travel may be required. The Council will cover the cost of

reasonable public transportation, mileage, or rental cars.

• Some occasional evenings and weekends may be required

How to Apply: Applicants should send a cover letter and resume to Eve Miari,

Director of Programs, at emiari@cleanair.org. Please cc Corinne Bishop

(cbishop@cleanair.org) and use the subject “Outreach Coordinator

Application_[LAST NAME].”