Instructor - Education

Helen Woodward Animal Center; Rancho Santa Fe (CA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe, CA seeks an Education Instructor to engage children and adults through hands-on animal programs, camps, birthdays and more. You will lead groups, ensure safety, and support animal care tasks in a dynamic, family-friendly environment.

As an instructor, you will decorate venues, handle payments and waivers, and help maintain program quality while keeping up with humane education concepts and customer service standards.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and adults in group settings.
• Ability to handle diverse animals including hoof stock, small mammals, birds and reptiles.
• Knowledge of interpretive techniques, learning styles and child development stages.

Responsibilities

• Lead visitors around Helen Woodward Animal Center while ensuring group safety.
• Assist with animal care responsibilities as needed and stay current in animal handling techniques.
• Set up and decorate spaces for programs and events; manage program flow and payments or waivers as needed.
• Assist with staff/volunteer training and provide excellent customer service to clients.

Skills

Experience with children

Experience with animals

Public speaking / interpretive

Job description

Do you love working with animals & kids?

Education Instructor- Helen Woodward Animal Center

Rancho Santa Fe, CA

$20.75 an hour

Part Time - Year Round

(Part Time position is Sunday through Tuesday, 16-24 hours/week)

Do you enjoy educating people about animals and their care through a variety of programs such as day camps, Scout troops, birthday parties and more? While handling animals, managing the group, and adhering to provided curriculum, you will attend to the safety and wellbeing of animals, clients, and volunteers at all times. This involves organizing set up and cleanup of spaces utilized for programs, including decorating for birthday parties. While employed as an Education Instructor, you will lead visitors around Helen Woodward Animal Center while maintaining group safety. Our Instructors complete animal care responsibilities as needed and keep current in animal care and handling techniques. Education Instructors are also tasked with keeping current in knowledge about domestic and wild animals, the natural environment and other related topics in humane education. Our Instructors assist with training of staff/volunteers as needed, while maintaining excellent customer service when interacting with clients. Perform various office tasks as needed, such as determining presentation order of scheduled programs, taking payments, acquiring signed waivers or photo releases, copying documents, passing out flyers, and decorating for seasonal events. Maintain compliance with the Center's policies and procedures.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTRUCTOR:

Experience working with children and adults in a group setting. Experience handling hoof stock, small mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, and other animals. Upbeat attitude, enthusiastic and proactive personality and a strong sense of professionalism. Knowledge of interpretive techniques, learning styles, and child development stages. Ability to use positive techniques for handling disruptive people of any age. Ability to be flexible with unplanned changes to presentations. Valid CA driver's license and good driving record. Ability to drive large vehicles safely.

Employee must demonstrate ability to work effectively with others (including co-workers, customers, and others) by sharing ideas in a constructive and positive manner; listening to and objectively considering ideas and suggestions from others; keeping commitments; keeping others informed of work progress, timetables and issues; and addressing problems and issues constructively to find mutually acceptable and practical business solutions.

Employee must demonstrate regular and consistent attendance and punctuality.

As this position may require driving duties, employee must be at least 21 years old and possess a valid CA Driver's License for at least 3 years and have a satisfactory Driving Record.

Helen Woodward Animal Center is a smoke-free environment. Smoking is not permitted in any Center building or vehicle.