MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and oversee Stokes Nature Center’s core education framework, which guides and informs the organization’s pedagogical approach, best practices, professional development, and education department’s performance management.
• Serve as a resident expert in theory, research, and practice of environmental education, including topics such as inquiry-based learning, diversity and equity, and how to create scientifically and environmentally literate students
• Develop new educational initiatives to expand and deepen Stokes Nature Center’s programmatic potential
• Create, manage, and monitor annual program budgets to ensure stable financial positions for education department programs and participate in budget development as a part of the Stokes Nature Center leadership team
• Directly supervise the strategy and education department’s staff members.
• Oversees day-to-day activities of education department’s staff assignments, responsibilities and schedules
• Recruiting, hiring, administering, and managing Education Staff and Interns.
• Collaborate with the Executive Director on the development of new revenue generating strategies and program models.
• Work with the Stokes Nature Center Education Team and other staff to create, implement, and evaluate organization-wide educational goals and outcomes, both short and long term that keep Stokes Nature Center at the leading and growing edge of environmental education

COMPETENCIES

• Collaboration
• Attention to Communication
• Managerial Courage
• Vision & Creative Thinking
• Strategic Agility

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s strongly preferred in science or education-related field; teaching credential a plus
• 5-7 years of experience in environmental education, nonprofit management, program coordination, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Demonstrated leadership, vision, and follow-through
• Extensive experience teaching children, adults, and professional educators
• Significant experience managing multiple projects
• Proven communication and coaching/mentoring skills
• Exemplary budget and project management skills
• Experience developing innovative programs, trainings, and curricula
• Exceptional writing, editing, and public speaking skills
• Strong pedagogical foundations in experiential and inquiry-based learning
• Sophisticated understanding of and demonstrated commitment to issues of diversity and equity in education
• Passionate commitment to Stokes Nature Center’s mission and vision

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