Summer Community Science Educator

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Organization

Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont

Job Posted

February 2, 2022

Job Category

Job Type

Remote

No

Location

Townsend, TN
United States
Come spend the summer leading science education and nature exploration in the Smokies! This summer position provides an opportunity to work with a nationally recognized Residential Environmental Learning Center in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, while contributing to a Community Science program aimed at involving young people and the public in scientific research. Salary and Benefits: $340 per week plus housing, meals, and uniform. Dates of Employment: May 31 – August 1, 2022.

Summary

Come spend the summer leading science education and nature exploration in the Smokies! This summer position provides an opportunity to work with a nationally recognized Residential Environmental Learning Center in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, while contributing to a Community Science program aimed at involving young people and the public in scientific research. Salary and Benefits: $340 per week plus housing, meals, and uniform. Dates of Employment: May 31 – August 1, 2022.

Key Areas of Responsibility

  • Assist with ecological monitoring projects in the field. Observation, data collection, and sample collection for a variety of organisms. Projects are subject to change but may include studies of birds, salamanders, trees, and soil respiration. As needed, help with other study subjects and assist visiting researchers or park resource managers. Act as an educator for the public during Bird Banding events.
  • Lead residential summer programs that offer campers opportunities to focus intensely on the study of nature. Work with supervising staff member(s) to develop and implement activities for campers (age 9-17) that focus on hands-on nature investigations and research. Lead games, campfires, and discussions with campers to facilitate their safe, happy engagement with each other and nature.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Experience and interest in scientific research, writing, hiking, natural history, and citizen/community science desirable.
  • Experience working with kids in a camp or educational setting, preferably residential.
  • Performance Aptitudes: Enthusiasm for both science and education and a desire to involve young people in science in a residential setting. Committed, punctual, conscientious data collector. Positive attitude, excellent people skills, flexibility, displays leadership qualities. Requires the ability to communicate, support, and cooperate with others to achieve organization goals.
  • Technical Expertise: Ability to enter data, conduct analysis, and summarize field data. Applicants will be expected to take Basic First Aid and CPR upon arrival, if they do not have current certification.
  • Experience and Education: Two years or more of college education or relevant work experience required; four years preferred.

For a full job description, please go to: https://gsmit.org/now-hiring-summer-community-science-educator-3/ 

How to apply:

To apply, please go to: https://gsmit.org/now-hiring-summer-community-science-educator-3/