Puget Sound Estuarium Education Coordinator

20 hours/week with 100 extra hours from date of hire-June 15th

QUALIFICATIONS

Personal traits to include:

  • Committed to the Puget Sound Estuarium’s mission to foster learning opportunities that inspire people of all ages to connect with, protect, and enjoy the unique estuary environment of south Puget Sound
  • Highly organized
  • Excellent verbal skills
  • Ability to educate persons of varying age and backgrounds
  • Exudes a positive attitude
  • Excels at working with a wide variety of community members/volunteers
  • Interpersonal skills essential for working collaboratively with staff, board, donors, partners, and the regional community

Education and professional experience desired to include:

  • Minimum of four-year degree in education, communications, natural resource management, marine biology, business or public administration, or related field
  • Previous work as an educator and developing STEM, NGSS, and Common Core aligned curriculum
  • Previous work at another non-profit highly desired

Computer skills:

  • Office Suite: Word, Excel, and Publisher
  • Google Drive/Calendar
  • Social: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
  • Internet: WordPress, Joombla a plus

Applicant will use their own personal computer and easily learn new computer programs/apps.

Applicant will be subject to a background check before hire.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Field Trips – Grant Funded

  • Coordinate major grant funded field trips
    • Estuary Life and Landforms (Oct)
    • On the Water (May)
    • Capitol Land Trust (Mar/April;Fall)
  • Coordinate Contract Educators
  • Track and maintain project budget
  • In coordination with Executive Director, submit grant reports

Field Trips – Meet the Beach and Estuarium

  • Proactively contact schools, youth groups, and other community groups to solicit fee based field trips to the beach and the Estuarium
  • Coordinate Volunteers and/or Contract Educators to teach at field trips
  • Customize curriculum for field trips
  • Coordinate with South Sound Green to provide assistance to them for beach field trips

Curriculum

  • Organize all Estuarium, Meet the Beach, and grant funded curriculum
  • Develop (in written form) all learning objective, modules, lesson plans, and activities
  • Ensure all curriculum is aligned with STEM, NGSS, and Common Core standards
  • Distribute field trip and educational opportunities to partners and the public

Curriculum Kits

  • Proactively contact schools to place kits in classrooms
  • Ensure all supplies and materials in kits are organized and restocked
  • Track who has kits and how long they have them
  • Add curriculum and activities to kits as necessary

Education Events

  • Coordinate and attend the following educational events:
    • South Sound Green Student Congress
    • Expanding Horizons
    • Squaxin Tribe Partnership

Other

  • Provide feedback on educational aspects of Estuarium exhibits
  • Attend staff meetings
  • Prepare short program summaries for monthly board meetings
  • Prepare articles for the monthly electronic newsletter
  • Assist with fundraising as needed

Responsibilities may shift according to funding availability. Ongoing compensation after one year is dependent on the receipt of grants and other funding. Position pays: $15/hour for up to 20 hours a week plus 100 extra hours from date of hire to June 15th, 2019. There is an opportunity for more hours depending on the success of booking field trips. The Education Coordinator reports to the Executive Director.

Applications are due no later than February 1, 2019. Please email Sasha@SSEAcenter.org your cover letter, resume, and any other relevant application materials. Applicant will start in February or March.