Outreach Specialist & Field Trip Coordinator

Love museums? Enjoy outreach? Consider joining UAMN's dynamic Education and Public Programs team as an Outreach Specialist & Field Trip Coordinator. This position schedules field trip visits, communicates and collaborates with teachers, coordinates and trains volunteer
docents, and creates content to help connect school and community audiences to museum collections, research, and exhibits.

UAMN's Education and Public Programs department welcomes more than 3,500 K-12 students each year. The Outreach Specialist & Field Trip Coordinator will be responsible for managing the program on a daily basis including:
Communicate field trip program opportunities and offerings to educators and schools. Oversee logistical planning for the field trip program, including booking, accommodating requests, and scheduling volunteer docents. Recruit, train, and manage a team of approximately 20 volunteer teaching docents. The Outreach Specialist and Field Trip Coordinator will work closely with other staff to plan program offerings. In addition, they will create content for varied audiences, with a focus on programming for schools.

The Outreach Specialist & Field Trip Coordinator will plan and lead museum programs both on and off site and work to support museum events.

To thrive in this role, the applicant should have excellent written and oral communication skills, strong organizational skills and experience, leadership skills, demonstrate excellent reliability and timeliness, and an ability to work within a multifaceted team.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in education, science, art, anthropology or other relevant field and two years of teaching or outreach experience or an equivalent combination of training and experience. Experience working in museums or other informal learning settings desired.

Position Details:

This position is located on the Troth Yeddha' campus in Fairbanks, Alaska. This is a temporary, non-exempt staff position working 30-40 hours per week, ~10 months. Main working hours will be weekday mornings. New hires will be placed on the UA Temporary Staff Salary Schedule, Grade 78, based on education and experience.

Submission of an application does not guarantee review or a job offer. Application review will begin on October 19, 2026. Applications received by this date will receive priority consideration.

If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Emilie Nelson, UA Museum of the North HR Coordinator, son or .

* To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction. Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.

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