Youth Education Manager

Essential Responsibilities
Youth Education Programs & Curriculum

• Lead the planning, execution, and continuous improvement of all youth-focused environmental education programs, including:
  Junior Ambassadors, Youth Environmental Action Days, Floating Classrooms, the Youth Environmental Career Summit, classroom presentations, and other educational programs as needed.
• Deliver presentations and educational programming for schools, camps, and community groups, including facilitation in other languages as applicable.
• Lead the development, evaluation, and annual updates of curriculum and educational materials, ensuring alignment with current environmental science and MWK's mission.
• Lead the development and implementation of innovative youth outreach events and activities to expand environmental literacy and stewardship throughout South Florida.
• Build and maintain partnerships with community stakeholders, schools, and youth program partners to promote and support program initiatives.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for students, parents, schools, and youth event participants.
• Manage and maintain Education & Outreach equipment for youth education activities.
• Support volunteer events as needed, including assisting with event logistics, facilitation, participant engagement, and program delivery.

• Serve as the primary administrator for Miami Waterkeeper's Learning Management System (LMS), which is on the Learnworlds platform.
• Develop and maintain internal and external online courses and learning modules.
• Coordinate content development, including educational videos, photography, and digital learning resources.
• Provide user support and oversee ongoing LMS updates and improvements.

• Develop written content for Miami Waterkeeper's website, newsletters, and other platforms in collaboration with the Marketing team.
• Coordinate creation and maintenance of youth education event registration pages and online program resources.
• Represent Miami Waterkeeper at community meetings, conferences, public events, and media interviews related to youth education, as requested.
• Support review and coordination of Education and Outreach-related social media and communications with the Marketing team.
• Assist with translation of educational materials and facilitate programming in Spanish or other languages, when applicable.

• Manage data entry and reporting in the CRM related to youth education program attendance and volunteer metrics, and lead creation of related event landing pages.
• Manage the master metrics tracking sheet and follow-up communications with program participants.
• Support grant-related reporting by providing program descriptions, participation metrics, and outcome documentation as requested.

• Manage day-to-day guidance and supervision of interns supporting youth education initiatives, including onboarding, scheduling, and task coordination.
• Communicate and distribute information to help staff make decisions, solve problems, and improve workflow.
• Participate in staff retreats, organization-wide events such as State of the Water, and cross-functional planning sessions.

• Bachelor's degree in education, environmental science, communications, nonprofit management, or a related field, or equivalent work experience demonstrating the necessary knowledge and skills.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in youth education, environmental education, curriculum development, or nonprofit program management.
• Strong public speaking and presentation skills, with experience facilitating programs for youth audiences.
• Demonstrated experience developing educational curriculum and materials.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple programs and deadlines simultaneously.
• Proficiency with Google Workspace and comfort learning new digital platforms (LMS, CRM/database systems).

• Master's degree in a relevant field preferred.
• Bilingual in Spanish or Haitian Creole strongly preferred.
• Experience with LMS platforms and online course development.
• Familiarity with South Florida's environmental landscape and community-based environmental education.
• Experience supervising interns or junior staff.

• Medical, dental, and vision plan
• Retirement Account (with 3% 401K matching)
• Generous time off policies
• Remote work flexibility (2 days remote/week)
• Relaxed work atmosphere and dress code