Port Isobel Environmental Education Program Assistant Manager​/Educator

Overview

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation seeks a Port Isobel Environmental Education Program Assistant Manager/Educator in the Education Department to be based at Port Isobel Environmental on Tangier Island, Virginia.

Established in 1966, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is the largest regional nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to saving the Chesapeake Bay, its rivers and streams, and the wildlife that call it home through education, advocacy, litigation, and restoration. Since 2010, CBF has engaged in a focused effort to defend and implement the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, a binding federal and state collaborative agreement aimed at reducing pollution to the science-based, legally-affirmed levels established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The Blueprint is expected to be fully implemented by 2025. If the states and the federal government achieve Blueprint goals, the Bay will finally—after decades of failed efforts—be removed from the Clean Water Act’s impaired waters list. Successfully implementing the Blueprint depends on a well-informed, engaged, active, and diverse constituency of members, advocates, and volunteers who speak up and take action to save the Bay.

CBF has a staff of approximately 230 employees working in offices in Annapolis, Maryland;
Richmond and Virginia Beach, Virginia;
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and Washington, D.C. as well as 14 field education program locations. Our staff and volunteer corps work throughout the region educating students and adults, advocating for clean water policies, restoring waterways, and litigating when necessary.

CBF's headquarters office in Annapolis, Maryland is the Philip Merrill Environmental Center, the world’s first U.S. Green Build Council’s LEED platinum building. In 2014, CBF opened the Brock Environmental Center—one of the world’s most energy efficient, environmentally smart buildings—in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

CBF has an annual budget of approximately $30 million and is supported by over 200,000 members and e-subscribers. For more information on CBF, please visit cbf.org.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation seeks an Assistant Manager/Educator to reside at the Port Isobel Environmental Education Center. The position is full-time, year-round, and requires staff to live on site from March – December (spring, summer, fall education field seasons). The centers are winterized from December – February and no housing is provided during that time. Housing is for staff only. Please note that CBF education centers have a strict “no pet policy.”

The Port Isobel Environmental Education Center is a 250-acre island situated in the heart of the Tangier Island archipelago. During the fall and spring seasons, the Port Isobel Environmental Education staff typically lead 3-day field programs for students ranging in age from middle school through high school. Participants explore ecosystems, examine plant and animal species, analyze water quality, and discuss the socio-economic issues facing residents of the Bay watershed and the local watermen communities.

During the summer, and occasionally during the rest of the year, the center hosts a variety of trip participants including teachers participating in our Professional Development courses and student leadership programs.

• Professionally serve as an Educator on the Port Isobel Environmental Education Program, and other CBF field programs
• Assist the Program Manager and Captain with developing and teaching 3-day/2-night inquiry-based field programs using multiple field-based methods such as conducting biological sampling, water quality testing, and canoe-based activities for middle and high school students, teachers, and other participants
• Continually adapt program content based upon grade/age level of the group, weather, group dynamics, and feedback/evaluations from teachers/supervisors
• Ability to communicate ecosystem and watershed concepts to a wide range of audiences
• Plan & execute summer courses for Chesapeake Classrooms Teacher Professional Development and/or Student Leadership Program
• Safely and professionally…