Seasonal Field Educator: Nature & Animal Programs

Mass Audubon; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Mass Audubon’s Blue Hills Trailside Museum is seeking Field Teachers to support weekend and evening animal ambassador programs. You will lead hands-on environmental education with reptiles, mammals, and birds at sanctuary sites and offsite locations around Boston.

Ideal candidates bring love of nature, teaching outdoors, and strong communication skills. The role runs December to June with weekend schedules and occasional evening hours, requiring CORI/SORI checks and travel between sites.

Qualifications

• Must Haves: 21 years of age or older
• Ability to drive a Mass Audubon vehicle
• Love of nature and teaching outdoors
• Interest and experience with natural history, environmental education and/or science education
• Strong organizational, time management, oral, and written communication skills
• Experience in customer service or childcare and excellent interpersonal skills
• Skills and ability to work with diverse groups, exercise cultural humility, and implement best practices in inclusion
• Demonstrate a positive attitude and work collaboratively as a positive contributor to the team
• Comfortability working with reptiles, mammals, and birds

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and lead program participants in hands‑on nature-based learning experiences at Mass Audubon wildlife sanctuaries and at program sites
• Maintain educational supplies, curricula, materials, and resources
• Assist with the planning and development of new programs and activities as needed
• Monitor program participants in all types of indoor and outdoor environments and ensure the safety and comfort of all participants
• Become familiar with and teach a variety of environmental educational activities
• Engage participants in hands‑on learning that develop ecology and conservation knowledge
• Assist in setting up before and cleaning up after programs
• Travel to various sites around Boston to facilitate programming

Skills

Outdoor teaching

Environmental education

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Oral and written communication

Customer service or childcare

Cultural humility and inclusion

Positive attitude and teamwork

Job description

Mass Audubon’s Blue Hills Trailside Museum is seeking Field Teachers to support weekend and evening animal ambassador programs. You will lead hands-on environmental education with reptiles, mammals, and birds at sanctuary sites and offsite locations around Boston.

Ideal candidates bring love of nature, teaching outdoors, and strong communication skills. The role runs December to June with weekend schedules and occasional evening hours, requiring CORI/SORI checks and travel between sites.