Spend your days outside, sharing the joys of the natural world with the community while serving at the National Audubon Society’s Vermont office! As our Environmental and Outreach Educator you will be fully integrated into the Audubon Vermont team while you grow and learn about outdoor education, natural history, and conservation in Vermont. You’ll have the opportunity to lead hundreds of students, ages 0-99 in place-based education all year long. Apply today!

Summary

This position is part of the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board AmeriCorps (VHCB AmeriCorps). The VHCB AmeriCorps program supports the innovative dual-goal approach to creating stable affordable housing opportunities for Vermont residents while preserving the natural and working landscape. VHCB AmeriCorps is a national service program that places members with non-profit housing or land and energy conservation organizations around the state.

Audubon is dedicated to protecting birds and other wildlife and the habitat that supports them. Audubon’s mission is engaging people in conservation on a hemispheric scale through science, policy, education, and on-the-ground conservation action. What defines Audubon’s unique value is a powerful grassroots network of nearly 500 local chapters, 23 state offices, 41 Audubon Centers, Important Bird Area Programs in 46 states, and more than 600 staff across the country.

The Green Mountain Audubon Center (GMAC) in Huntington, VT hosts the state office of Audubon Vermont. The Audubon Center’s 255 acres of conserved land provides a unique setting to host natural science education programs for schools, families, adults, teachers, and the greater community. The Audubon Center’s education programs reach upwards of 6,000 individuals on an annual basis, providing people with direct experiences in nature. Our traditional programs are outdoors, science- and conservation-based, interactive, and lead participants to take action to help protect birds, other wildlife, and their habitats. While we have a library full of programs, we continue to look for new creative ways to engage the public and the AmeriCorps Member is critical to this endeavor. As a place of learning, the Audubon Center also conducts scientific research in the form of avian monitoring and is a bird-friendly land management demonstration site for the public.

Position begins September 9th, 2024 and ends August 8th, 2025.

This position is Full Time: Requires 1,720 hours for an average of 40 hours per week for 47 weeks. Member will receive a living allowance of $30,000 (pre-tax) for the service term. Member will receive an education award of $7,395 (pre-tax) upon successful completion of service. Other benefits include health insurance, federal school loan forbearance, and various training and networking opportunities.

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Environmental Educator