Education Specialist

Assists in the planning, development, coordination, implementation and presentation of educational programs for the Santa Ana Zoo and Santiago Creek ECO Center.

This current work location for this opening will be stationed at our Santiago Nature Center, located at Santiago Park, 600 E Memory Ln, Santa Ana, California 92705.

Essential Functions Include But Are Not Limited To

• Assists in the planning, development, coordination, implementation, and presentation of educational programs to instruct and inform the public about the Santa Ana Zoo and its animal exhibits, and Santiago Nature Center.
• Develops curricula, lesson plans, and a variety of other classroom materials for child and adult programs.
• Prepares and makes presentations at the Santa Ana Zoo, Santiago Nature Center, and various events and functions.
• Assists visitors; provides the public with general information; responds to inquiries; and represents the zoo and nature center at events and functions.
• Schedules and conducts education programs.
• Prepares publicity flyers, brochures, and articles to promote and market zoo and nature center educational programs.
• Assists in the development and updating of informational graphics and identification signs.
• Assists with the coordination of educational program volunteers.
• Generates instruction documents, reports, correspondence, animal identification graphs, and other documents.
• Gathers data and writes routine reports.
• May perform general clerical, recordkeeping, and file maintenance duties.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Full description available on Job Posting: "Zoo Education Specialist".

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