Allan Brooks Nature Centre Society ,Education Coordinator Jobs in Canada

e March through October and
part-time November through February.

Hours of Work: Flexible and as assigned, but not to exceed 7 hours per
day or 35 hours per week without express consent of executive
director. Working weekends will be required from time to time as will
occasional evenings.

Link to Mission:

The Education Coordinator will directly contribute to ABNC’s mission,
which is to increase public awareness, appreciation and stewardship of
nature in the Okanagan by providing firsthand opportunities to see and
learn of the Okanagan’s unique and diverse natural history,
information programs & displays, and showcasing its natural areas and
features, as well as the heritage of the person Allan C. Brooks.

Job Summary

The Education Coordinator will support planning and implementation of
seasonal educational programming, year-round public events and
activities on and off-site, and act as the primary coordinator of all
school and summer educational programs to maintain and enhance the
quality of ABNC public programming.

The Education Coordinator must thrive in a team environment with
limited supervision, be flexible and willing to take on new tasks and
challenges, love working with public, especially children and seniors,
and have enthusiasm for nature.

Key Deliverables/Job Functions:

1) School Program Coordinator:
• Co-ordinate and organize all aspects of School Interpretive program,
including:
• training of volunteers and staff;
• developing a Field Trip Showcase (for school visits and website contents);
• scheduling school visitations;
• work with Education Committee to update and maintain success of programs
• scheduling of volunteers and staff to enable successful delivery of programs
;
• Contact teachers through email, fax, telephone and/or through staff
meeting visits to advertise and inform teachers of our school program
packages;
• Responsible for bookings, confirmations, and facilitating school tours;
• Follow Grade Curriculum Prescribed Learning Objectives (PLOs) in
delivering and designing the Society’s school program lesson plans;
• Continue to create and assemble the Society’s teacher support
package to provide pre- and post-classroom fieldtrip information;
• Deliver and develop standardized outlines for ABNC lesson plans and
program activities by topic; enable effective and consistent training
of volunteers and staff, receipt of feedback from volunteers and
interpreter staff; and, ensure continued high quality delivery of
programs;

2) Summer Program Coordinator:
• Create and/or update Summer Programs lesson plans;
• Co-ordinate and facilitate all aspects of Summer Programs, including:
• training of volunteers and staff;
• scheduling Summer Program schedule with parents;
• scheduling of volunteers and staff for successful delivery of programs;
• contacting parents through email and telephone to complete registrations;
• Responsible for bookings, confirmations, and facilitating Summer
Program tours;

3) Centre Interpreter
• Continue to create and assemble references to add to the existing
reference material/binder for the Society’s staff and volunteer
interpreters;
• Create a training plan for staff and volunteers (also set dates and
times for training) and train staff and volunteers;
• Oversee daily work performances of Summer Interpreters and volunteers;
• Provide performance evaluations and feedback for all interpreter
volunteers and summer staff;
• Document work activities, track program attendance and write monthly
progress updates for Society archives;

4) Displays
• Assist in designing new interpretive displays, programs, projects,
or activities that will further enhance and illustrate the focus of
the Society’s mandate;
• Work with the Education and Display Committee to develop, design,
create and install Society displays and features in the nature centre
to reflect the school program focus and/or nature centre seasonal
themes;
• Facilitate creation and implementation of approved display changes
(construction of such displays, etc. can occur with external help,
upon approval);

5) Events, Group Tours, Birthday Programs, and Centre Programming
• Responsible for bookings, confirmations, and facilitating Group tours;
• Work in conjunction with other staff, including the ED, to develop
and implement new and existing public programming and events;
• Plan, develop and deliver summer workshops for adults in
collaboration with other staff including the ED;
• Liaise with Events Coordinator and assist with planning, attending
and success of events;
• Work with Communications Coordinator to develop and collate
marketing material and information that correspond to our schools,
summer camps and public programs and that can be used to update the
Society website, Facebook page, twitter account, to create press
releases, posters, etc.;
• Document program activities, attendance, successes, and lessons
learned and write monthly progress updates for Society activity
archives;
• Responsible for promoting, booking, confirmation, and facilitating
Birthday Party Programs;

6) Membership Program
• Liaise with Finance Department to track membership information, and
promote membership program;
• Work with ED and other staff to build and enhance membership programs;

General Duties & Responsibilities:
• Maintain a professional and pleasant rapport with public whenever
representing ABNC;
• To be responsible for the Nature Centre’s security, including on
occasion opening and/or closing in the prescribed manner;
• When working on weekends, to liase by email with the Nature Centre’s
ED regarding matters that will require follow-up by the ED;
• To ensure the interior of the Society’s buildings are maintained in
a clean and orderly fashion prior to opening each morning, during the
day, and prior to closing;
• To ensure the outside walkways and stairs are clear and safe from obstacles;
• To follow opening and closing duties;
• To ensure daily cash-out is completed;
• To ensure volunteer time sheets are completed by the volunteers on duty;
• To perform reasonable tasks requested by the ED in an orderly and
timely fashion;

Specific Duties & Responsibilities:
• Create staff and volunteer work schedules for adequate coverage of
all front-of-house HR needs for summer interpreters;
• Responsible for assigning daily landscape and outside building
maintenance, including watering and weeding (e.g., sweeping stairs and
walkways);
• Set-up schedule and list for personnel cleaning of Nature Centre
(e.g., bathrooms, etc.) and outdoor maintenance and landscaping
duties;

Miscellaneous Duties & Responsibilities:
• Purchases for the Nature Centre, such as cleaning supplies, office
supplies, kitchen supplies, school program supplies, or display
materials as required;
• Purchases over $100 must be approved by ED;
• ED may approve mileage for use of personal vehicle for Centre needs
(billed at $0.50/km).

Apply by sending resume and cover letter to:
info@abnc.ca
with subject: Education Coordinator
No telephone calls, please.