Flight Crew Team Lead at National Audubon Society in West Alton, Missouri

Job Description:

West Alton, MO
Full time
Posted 15 Days Ago
JR48

Position Summary

Flight Crew Members are part of a conservation-focused job corps for young adults and will receive 7-weeks of paid, hands-on work experience in wildlife conservation, recreation, and environmental education.

The Flight Crew Team Lead will assist in the implementation of Flight Crew, a paid summer job for teens, which combines exposure to environmental careers as well as experience facilitating environmental education in a summer camp setting. For the first several weeks of Flight Crew 2024, Crew interns will receive training in water conservation, wildlife conservation, and land restoration and will participate in local conservation projects. Interns will network with environmental organization professionals and explore career opportunities. In addition, interns will utilize the conservation knowledge gained to learn how to facilitate environmental education programs. This will allow Crew Members to become stewards of tomorrow by educating others about conservation issues in our region.

During the second part of the summer, Flight Crew will transition into a role serving as camp counselors for Little Creek Summer Camp (LCSC). Interns will utilize their experiences and training to facilitate outdoor education programs to youth ranging from 3rd to 5th grade in the Ferguson-Florissant School District. Crew Members will enthusiastically help campers develop their outdoor skills through activities like turtle tracking, archery, campfire cooking, canoeing, nature hikes, and more. Working in small group settings, the interns will serve as a positive role model, have a genuine interest in the campers, foster the campers’ curiosity of nature and the outdoors, and create fond and lasting memories of a real summer camp experience.

Compensation:

$15.00 / hour

Essential Functions

Supporting Crew members and attending scheduled trainings

Lead team check-ins with groups

Assist in program schedule and development of weekly activities

Develop training materials: general work skills & conservation focus

Facilitate leadership and team building initiatives with Crew Members

Collect & evaluate completed work assignments & share feedback with FC team

Perform other duties as assigned

Support the daily operations of Little Creek Summer Camp

Work independently and as a team

Show a genuine interest in learning conservation issues in our region

Participate in new and ongoing conservation projects

Work as a team with other Crew Members to practice facilitating environmental education lessons

Show an interest in exploring possible environmental careers

Assist in managing small groups of campers during programs and activities

Organize and lead a variety of small and large group activities

Assist in managing the Little Creek Summer Camp field trip

Serve as a positive role model for all crew members and campers

Show a genuine interest in campers and help encourage each camper’s success while at camp

Ensure that campers are safe and feel included

Encourage respect for the camp, supplies, and equipment

Qualifications and Experience

Must be a recent graduate from high school or college student

Enjoy working with kids

Like being in the outdoors,

Ability to work as a member of a team as a leader

Ability to stay positive and encouraging to crew members who may be apprehensive or nervous about a particular activity

Must have physical ability to lead and participate in camp activities, which include, but are not limited to, hiking, canoeing, team building initiatives, building campfires, physical games, and activities, with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Must be able to put campers first above their own needs/wants

Must be reliable, punctual, and organized

Maintain a positive, focused, and enthusiastic attitude

Must be able to provide own transportation to Little Creek Nature Area and The Audubon Center at Riverlands

EEO Statement
The National Audubon Society is a federal contractor and an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to a policy of nondiscrimination, inclusion and equal opportunity and actively seek a diverse pool of candidates in this search.

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The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation.

Audubon’s state programs, nature centers, chapters, and partners have an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire, and unite diverse communities in conservation action.

Since 1905, Audubon’s vision has been a world in which people and wildlife thrive. Audubon is a nonprofit conservation organization.

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