Pacific Marine Mammal Center (PMMC) strives to provide world class marine science education that inspires the next generation of scientists and ocean stewards.

We are looking for a dynamic and dedicated individual to join our education team. PMMC offers a great variety of educational programming to a wide range of audiences. We are looking for an enthusiastic team member who can help us take our programs to the next level.

We seek someone who can help expand our STEAM/NGSS/Ocean Literacy based ocean science activities through curriculum development and implementation. This person will have exceptional and engaging presentation skills, be extremely detail-oriented, be able to deliver both qualitative and quantitative analysis of our onsite educational programs, and have demonstrated experience recruiting, managing and positively motivating a corp. of education volunteers. This position requires someone with a significant amount of experience teaching elementary school children, as well as familiarity with teaching and developing programming for middle and high school students.

Specific responsibilities of this job include (but are not limited to):

Program reservations and administration

• Schedule all onsite education programs and volunteer teachers
• Maintain and send out education programs schedule to staff and volunteers
• Maintain, update, and improve reservation system for onsite education programs
• Process program reservations and payments for onsite education programs
• Respond to program inquiries and correspondence with registrants
• Update & send out pre / post materials and evaluations for onsite education programs
• Compile monthly reports/analysis on bookings, revenue, evaluations for onsite education programs
• Increase bookings by marketing programs via social media, email, community resources
• Update onsite education program descriptions on PMMC’s website, in brochures, etc.
• Weekly review of onsite program quizzes/evaluations for all onsite programs: relay required teaching adjustments and program impact to staff and teachers
• Look for ways to increase program evaluation responses.
• Cultivate relationships with teachers, principals, schools, and school districts in OC.
• Maintains a relationship with the OC Girl Scout Council
• Keeps up with current trends in education/school system standards for the classroom
• Search for new technology to enhance programs
• Coordinate photos/video of onsite education programs for promotional materials

Development/Coordination of onsite education programs

• Coordinate all onsite education programs including:
  • Camp, Teen & Tween Labs (June-Aug)
  • Field Trips & Visitor Yard Tour
  • Pinniped Pollution Project (free program for Title I schools)
  • Scout programs
  • Future weekend onsite programs (Science Saturdays, etc.)
• Maintain education classroom and storage areas
• Order, track, and maintain inventory of education program equipment and materials
• Help recruit and train corps of volunteer teachers for onsite education programs
• Train volunteers, interns, and marine science educator staff to lead onsite programs
• Train, schedule, lead camp counselors, junior counselors, & teen lab instructors on summer programs
• Lead education programming in absence of volunteer teachers
• Develop new program content and align with STEM, NGSS and Ocean Literacy Principles

Miscellaneous responsibilities

• Assist with outreach, off-site, and online education programming as needed
• Routinely communicate progress/events to department head
• Take initiative to further the success of the department/facility
• Represent PMMC at/participate in special PMMC events & fundraisers, including preparing for/working at the event
• Administration tasks and other duties as assigned by department head
• Participate in animal care activities as requested

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in either marine science or early childhood development and education
• A minimum of 2 years of experience teaching large groups of elementary school aged children in an informal education setting
• Experience running summer camps for children 8-17 years of age
• Understanding of NGSS and Ocean Literacy Principle curriculum alignment
• Understanding of Microsoft: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Sharepoint
• Strong, engaging, presentation skills (for an audience of children)
• Very strong organizational and written communication skills
• Reliable transportation
• U.S. Citizen

Preferred Additional Requirements:

• Knowledge of marine mammal life history
• Experience developing marine science curriculum
• Experience working with marine mammals