Job ID: 2024-5694 Type: Seasonal, Full-Time # of Openings: 1 Category: Education/Teaching National Audubon Society
Overview
The National Audubon Society is a nonprofit conservation organization that protects birds and the places they need today and tomorrow. We work throughout the Americas towards a future where birds thrive because Audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. Audubon has more than 700 staff working across the hemisphere and more than 1.5 million active supporters.
North America has lost three billion birds since 1970, and more than 500 bird species are at risk of extinction across Latin America and the Caribbean. Birds act as early warning systems about the health of our environment, and they tell us that birds – and our planet – are in crisis. Together as one Audubon, we are working to alter the course of climate change and habitat loss, leading to healthier bird populations and reversing current trends in biodiversity loss. We do this by implementing on-the-ground conservation, partnering with local communities, influencing public and corporate policy, and building community.
Audubon is committed to a culture of workplace excellence, where our talented and diverse staff are deeply engaged with a strong sense of belonging. The birds Audubon pledges to protect differ in color, size, behavior, geographical preference, and countless other ways. By honoring and celebrating the equally remarkable diversity of the human species, Audubon brings new creativity, effectiveness, and leadership to our work throughout the hemisphere.
Responsibilities
Planning and executing each weeklong camp/program session for their small group of children, including teaching discovery hikes, pond explorations, live animal programs, nature crafts, and games, setting up and cleaning up each day’s activities.
Create, prepare, and deliver 8 weeks of nature, science, and conservation-based curriculum for assigned age groups centered on weekly themes.
Create a meaningful experience for summer program participants while teaching an appreciation and respect for the natural environment.
Counselors must keep good communication with the Educator to report bathroom usage (for cleaning purposes,) possible sick campers, as well as other camp communication as required.
Deep cleaning and disinfecting of equipment, materials, tables, chairs, and other items used during the day will be expected at the end of each camp day or as needed.
Summer programming will primarily be 100% outdoors, except for thunderstorms or other potentially dangerous hazards.
Perform all other duties deemed necessary by the Camp Director to further the mission of BOTR and Audubon.
Educators will help with other aspects of a nature center, such as contacting camp parents by phone or email, photocopying, or more.
Qualifications
Completion of at least two years of college coursework in environmental or life sciences is preferred.
Some teaching experience and/or curriculum development is necessary, and environmental education experience is preferred.
Seasonal Educators must be confident in leading a group and initiating activities, working independently, and aware of Covid-19 guidelines and BOTR safety procedures and the ability to enforce those safety precautions.
Candidates should possess a strong work ethic, self-motivation, ongoing enthusiasm, commitment, flexibility, a desire to learn, and the ability to work well with others and with children.
A background in natural history is preferred.
Counselors must show respect for others, nature, and the outdoors, be enthusiastic about working, even in unfavorable weather conditions, pleasant, reliable, and able to carry out simple assigned tasks with minimal supervision.
Ability to walk trails on uneven terrain, and must be able to run, sit, stand, grasp, lift, carry, walk, push, reach, climb, and pull for short and extended periods of time with or without accommodations.
Ability to work outdoors in the heat of summer and during rain.
