Portland Audubon’s Educator, Public Programs & Partnerships Specialist will spearhead the expansion and development of a roster of free and sliding scale public programs throughout the Metro Area, with a particular focus on increasing accessible, resonant programming for audiences who have been historically marginalized in the outdoors. The Public Programs & Partnerships Specialist will continue and expand strong partnerships with organizations that center the lived experience of people who are Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and people from low-income neighborhoods.

As such, we seek an educator who views advancing equity and racial justice as central to their practice, who has a strong, demonstrated connection to communities of color and whose educational practice draws from their lived experience. The Public Programs & Partnerships Specialist will work with the Education Director as well as a team of volunteers and staff to coordinate and reimagine our public programs, including our annual Bird Songs Walks each spring, our newly launched Bird Days of Summer programming, and our long-standing, free, volunteer-led Outings program, among others. Together, they will expand and transform these programs with a focus on racial equity. They will also develop and lead ornithology classes and bird walks for partners and the public, democratizing access to learning about birds and nature for people from all socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. The Public Programs & Partnerships Specialist will join an Adult Education team that leads virtual classes, onsite classes at our Sanctuary, off-site classes and field trips to local natural areas, as well as multi-day programs throughout the Pacific Northwest and internationally. In this role, they will recruit and train a team of contract program leaders, strategically developing new opportunities for BIPOC educators in our field.