Education ​/ Teaching Instructor, Outdoor ​/ Nature

Do you love working with animals & kids?

Education Instructor
- Helen Woodward Animal Center

Rancho Santa Fe, CA

$19.25 - $19.75 an hour

Part Time
- Year Round (Thursday - Saturday or Sunday - Tuesday, 16-24 hours/week)

Do you enjoy educating people about animals and their care through a variety of programs such as day camps, Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops, birthday parties and more? While handling animals, managing the group, and adhering to provided curriculum, you will attend to the safety and wellbeing of animals, clients, and volunteers at all times. This involves organizing set up and cleanup of spaces utilized for programs, including decorating for birthday parties.

While employed as an Education Instructor, you will lead visitors around Helen Woodward Animal Center while maintaining group safety. Our Instructors complete animal care responsibilities as needed and keep current in animal care and handling techniques. Education Instructors are also tasked with keeping current in knowledge about domestic and wild animals, the natural environment and other related topics in humane education.

Our Instructors assist with training of staff/volunteers as needed, while maintaining excellent customer service when interacting with clients. Perform various office tasks as needed, such as determining presentation order of scheduled programs, taking payments, acquiring signed waivers or photo releases, copying documents, passing out flyers, and decorating for seasonal events. Maintain compliance with the Center's policies and procedures.

• Experience working with children and adults in a group setting.
• Experience handling hoof stock, small mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, and other animals.
• Upbeat attitude, enthusiastic and proactive personality and a strong sense of professionalism.
• Knowledge of interpretive techniques, learning styles, and child development stages.
• Ability to use positive techniques for handling disruptive people of any age.
• Ability to be flexible with unplanned changes to presentations.
• Valid CA driver's license and good driving record.
• Ability to drive large vehicles safely.

Employee must demonstrate ability to work effectively with others (including co‑workers, customers, and others) by sharing ideas in a constructive and positive manner; listening to and objectively considering ideas and suggestions from others; keeping commitments; keeping others informed of work progress, timetables and issues; and addressing problems and issues constructively to find mutually acceptable and practical business solutions.

Employee must demonstrate regular and consistent attendance and punctuality.

As this position may require driving duties, employee must possess a valid CA Driver's License and provide a recent DMV Driving Record.

Helen Woodward Animal Center is a smoke-free environment. Smoking is not permitted in any Center building or vehicle.