Outdoor Educator, Mobile Engagement

What You'll Do

• Your Impact: Support the Trustees' mission to increase conservation awareness and engagement with the southeastern Massachusetts communities of New Bedford and Fall River.
• Develop and implement pop up style nature-based play, recreational, educational, and public programming with a focus on connecting people to nature.
• Achieve engagement goals by increasing visitor awareness of select properties and the Trustees in the targeted area.
• Manage content development, logistics, and safety while providing an excellent learning experience for families, children, and adults.
• Aid in the planning, marketing, management, and execution of a robust seasonal schedule of community-based events.
• Engage and inspire children to play outdoors, understand their connection to nature, develop connection to place, and foster a life-long love of the outdoors.
• Represent The Trustees in a variety of forums.

Requirements

• A passion for the outdoors and a desire to work with children.
• Excellent visitor experience/customer service skills.
• Experience or an interest working within natural or reactional spaces, nature education, ecology, and conservation.
• A strong comfort level driving of a commercial vehicle.
• A strong commitment to the mission of The Trustees of Reservations.
• Availability to work nights and weekends.
• Able to lift 40 lbs.
• Bilingual candidates are strongly preferred.