Education and Outreach Support

Lynker; United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lynker Corporation seeks an Education and Outreach Specialist to lead nationwide educator professional development across online, onsite, and hybrid platforms, advancing ocean literacy and agency mission objectives.

You will design and coordinate PD programs, develop workshop materials, and collaborate with NOAA Ocean Exploration content, partners, and facilitators to deliver impactful educator opportunities nationwide.

Job description

Lynker Corporation is a leading provider of innovative solutions in ocean science and exploration. With a commitment to excellence and a passion for innovation, Lynker leverages cutting-edge technologies and scientific expertise to support the creation and delivery of improved operational weather forecasts.

As part of our ongoing growth and expansion, we are seeking a dynamic and experienced Education and Outreach Specialist to join our growing team.

Duties will include the following

You will provide instructional and design leadership to implement a national educator professional development program across online, onsite, and hybrid platforms to enhance ocean literacy and advance agency mission objectives.

• Program Design and Coordination Providing the instructional and design leadership for national educator Professional Development (PD) effort (online/onsite/hybrid), including program/presentation design, agendas, content, and videos; designing, coordinating, and delivering national NOAA Ocean Exploration professional learning and professional development opportunities for educators (online, hybrid, and/or onsite) to advance NOAA Ocean Exploration mission objectives and exploration science subject matter. This work includes developing objectives and agendas, developing workshop materials (including design and development of presentations, handouts, supply guides, etc), curating NOAA Ocean Exploration content (multimedia, expeditions, fact sheets, lessons, etc), communicating workshop priorities, needs, and expectations with all relevant internal and external partners, and creating informational and promotional materials for educator opportunities; including education content development, product graphic design, and outreach promotion.
• Network Management Work with a network of Professional Development Facilitators; maintaining and training a network of internal and external workshop facilitators (5 minimum); work with the Education Team Lead as a TPOC to identify new facilitators (i.e., Host Partner recruitment) and meet workshop implementation needs (planning, logistics, promotion, implementation, and instruction); leading facilitator training and monitoring meetings to ensure consistency of all NOAA Ocean Exploration educator opportunities across the country; and executing the training of Ocean Exploration and Research Facilitators.
• Partnership and Liaison Coordination Serving as the Alliance Partner site coordinator liaison (onsite PD/online PD); and coordinating with the Education Team Lead and Outreach and Education Division Chief (TPOCs) to cultivate