Employment

• Assist in providing interpretive services to members of the local community and out-of-area visitors;

• Maintain the visitor center gift store by assisting with inventory tracking, customer purchases and preferences, and revenue data;
• Assist with coordination, preparation and presentation of outdoor, discovery- based education for adults and children;
• Lead community, informational hikes;
• Interact positively with the public and provide information about the surrounding area;
• Assist with social medial and website upkeep;
• Assist with daily center maintenance including cleaning, snow removal, trash pick-up, etc.;
• Assist the Visitor Center Outreach and Education Coordinator in training of seasonal positions;
• Maintain visitor center points of contact including, but not limited to: phone, email, and social media;
• Handle and process visitor center donations;
• Create and implement new interpretive exhibits for the visitor center;
• Coordinate and schedule visitor center events for the community;
• Create and distribute promotional materials such as a monthly newsletter, program flyers, etc.;
• Assist in the management, coordination, and training of visitor center volunteers;
• Compile and keep accurate data including, but not limited to: visitor center visitation, program attendance, and donations;
• Assist with field studies and camp programming as needed;
• Provide camp information to visitors and callers;
• Occasional teaching of educational groups required,;
• Night and weekend work required during parts of the year;
• Assist with grant searching and writing on occasion;
• Assist with summer camp training and programming including but not limited to: registering campers, creating health and safety forms, and developing schedules and curriculum.

• Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resources, Recreation, Communication, Education, or other related fields from an accredited university;
• 1 year of experience working in environmental education or outreach;
• Desired traits include: enthusiastic, exceptional communicator, strong public speaker, friendly, approachable, creative, self-sufficient;
• Impressive organizational skills;
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications;
• Experience maintaining active Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook social media accounts;
• Experience in event planning;
• Experience interacting with the public in an educational setting;

• Strong working knowledge of biology, ecology, conservation;
• Motivated, self-starter who is detail oriented;
• Flexibility to handle competing and changing priorities;
• Ability to work varied schedules;
• Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse public in a variety of forums;
• Ability to speak English conversationally; conversational ability in Spanish desirable but not required;
• Ability to hike up to 5 miles in a single day on varied terrain and in varied weather conditions;
• Pass National Sex Offender Public Registry and federal criminal background checks.

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