Summer Employment

JOB DESCRIPTION: BICYCLING AMBASSADOR

START DATES: March 12, May 14 and June 18, 2012.
LENGTH OF JOB: Through Mid-October, 2012.
COMPENSATION: $10-$13 per hour, approximately 35-40 hours/week.

PURPOSE AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Active Transportation Alliance, a non-profit advocacy group, manages a city-funded education and encouragement program called the City of Chicago’s Bicycling Ambassadors. The Bicycling Ambassadors teach motorists and bicyclists to better share city streets. They do this by speaking face-to-face to members of the public. Teams of Ambassadors deliver bicycling expertise personally in demonstrations and conversations in public places, at community events and to children at summer day camps.