Participatory Science Technician

The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays is seeking an experienced and motivated individual to assist in the administrative functions of the Center’s Volunteer Program. The Participatory Science Technician works under the supervision of the Manager of Community Science and is responsible for day-to-day administrative operations, including maintenance of updated volunteer records in the volunteer management software, assisting in volunteer onboarding, processing volunteer hours, supporting participatory science projects, and ensuring that the volunteer program systems and processes are effective and running smoothly. For the full position description and details on how to apply, click here.

Environmental Education Intern

The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays is seeking an Environmental Education Intern for the 2025 summer season. The intern will work under the direct supervision of the Manager of Environmental Education and collaborates with Center staff and volunteers to deliver research-based lessons and interactive programs for diverse audiences in the Inland Bays watershed. This primarily includes youth and public programs at the James Farm Ecological Preserve, but may also include off-site programs such as those at K-12 schools and/or local community group meetings/events. For the full position description and to apply, click here.

The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays is seeking a response to the following opportunity: Provide hydrodynamic modeling, including sea level rise, in the Inland Bays Delaware. Closing date/time January 30, 2025 3:00pm EDT. This is an electronic procurement. All submissions should be emailed to [email protected].  Please provide the response to the scope and the cost estimate as two separate files. The full RFP (9 pages) are available here.  All submissions must be completed by the deadline. No proposals will be accepted after the closing date. Project teams are responsible for the consequences of any failure to plan ahead in the submission of their proposal.

If you would like to be notified of any responses to requests for information that predate the due date, please contact the Center at the email above.

The Center for the Inland Bays (Center) does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation or gender in administration of its programs or activities, and, the Center does not intimidate or retaliate against any individual or group because they have exercised their rights to participate in actions protected, or oppose action prohibited, by 40 C.F.R. Parts 5 and 7, or for the purpose of interfering with such rights.

Christophe Tulou, Executive Director, is responsible for the coordination of compliance efforts and receipt of inquiries concerning non-discrimination requirements implemented by 40 C.F.R. Parts 5 and 7 (Non-discrimination in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency), including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; and Section 13 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (hereinafter referred to collectively as the federal non-discrimination laws).

If you have any questions about this notice or any of the Center’s non-discrimination programs, policies or procedures, you may contact:

Mary Hartnett, Administrative Coordinator
Center for the Inland Bays
39375 Inlet Road
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
302-226-8105
[email protected]

FILING A COMPLAINT OF DISCRIMINATION

Individuals who believe that the Center has discriminated against someone on the basis of race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency), sex, disability or age may file a complaint. Intimidation and retaliation are also prohibited by EPA’s nondiscrimination regulation and claims of intimidation and retaliation will be handled in the same manner as other claims of discrimination. The person or organization filing the complaint need not be a victim of the alleged discrimination but may complain on behalf of another person or group.

Formal complaints may be filed directly with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The following information is from the Filing a Discrimination Complaint page of the EPA website.