The Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center seeks a college student or recent graduate interested in increasing community involvement and awareness of nature through environmental education and community programming. Our dynamic environmental education program offers private field trips for school and scout groups, summer youth programs, as well as public programs such as scheduled classes and events.
Applicants must be committed to environmental stewardship, environmental education for all ages, and providing a great program experience for children and adults. This is an exciting opportunity for future educators and youth programmers, as it will provide hands-on experience with curriculum development, program presentation, event development and coordination, classroom management, and teaching biology.
This position, which is approximately 24 hours per week, runs from the beginning of June to end of August and would be based out of the Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center located in Shelby Township, Michigan. Schedule will vary weekly depending on programming with some evenings and weekends required. Start and end date can be flexible. This is a paid hourly position at $15.25/hr with no benefits.
Roles & Responsibilities
This position offers an opportunity to work as part of a dynamic team and is best suited to someone who is an organized, strong collaborator that is able to work in a variety of environments and with different groups of people. Job responsibilities include:
- Ensure a safe, healthy, and welcoming environment for our diverse audience.
- Provide careful and attentive supervision of our program participants.
- Care for our educational animals.
- Maintain and organize equipment used by the education and stewardship programs.
- Aid in the development, planning, and presentation of education programs and public events.
- Setting up prior to a program and cleaning up afterwards.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted by the Human Resources Department. The Charter Township of Shelby provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
