Educator, Community Programs

Missouri Botanical Garden, 2345 Tower Grove Ave., St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Posted Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 6:00 AM | Expires Sunday, September 6, 2026 at 5:59 AM

Serves as the instructor by assisting with the development, delivery, and instruction of the Outdoor Youth Corps (OYC) and Outdoor Leadership Corps (OLC) programs as well as other community/youth education programs. Facilitates hands‑on stewardship projects, outdoor experiences, and career readiness while supporting program operations, logistics, and community partnerships and other needs as they arise. Participates in the Garden’s mission by connecting program participants to expand their knowledge on plants, conservation, and sustainability while making a positive impact in the St.

Louis community.

• Participates in creating,preparing and implementing all aspects of Outdoor Youth Corpsand Outdoor Leadership Corpsincludinginstruction, field work,communicating and collaborating with community partners and program funders.
• Develops and delivers environmental education lessons, activities, and stewardship projects.
• Assists the Community Programs  team through the preparation and delivery ofcommunityprograms as directed by the supervisor.
• Participates in team planning sessions with staffand program partners to ensure well‑coordinated and effective delivery of instruction to meet learning goals and objectives.
• Creates a positive, healthy, and safe learning environment forparticipantsthat is developmentally and culturally appropriate.
• Implements programs primarily at designated off‑site locations (field trips, outreach, Outdoor Youth Corps extended outdoor experiences and community events), Main Garden campus, community project sites,and may deliver programs at any of theother
  
  Garden’ssites (The Butterfly House,Litzsinger Road Ecology Center and Shaw Nature Reserve).
• Facilitates formal and informal discussions with program participants that directly connect to environmental and plant science and sustainability.
• Mentorsprogramparticipantsinbuilding understanding of horticulture, plant science/botany, sustainability, conservation, and community engagement topics.
  
  Builds participant understanding of career readiness skills.
• Facilitates stewardship building activities thatconnectyouth participants to the environment through nature‑based, outdoor experiences(such as canoeing, hiking,,field trips).
• Acts as liaison with community partners; collaborates and communicates to develop hands‑on works projects that support OYCand OLCparticipant skill development and partner needs.
• Collaborates with
  
  Sustainability
  
  Division colleagues, Gardenstaffand area educators todevelop,evaluate or review best practices, program development, and teaching methods.
• Purchases, prepares, organizes, andmaintainsteaching,stewardship tools,fieldtripand extended trip supplies.
• Instructs andutilizesvarious tools to carry out restoration projects at various sites across the region including but not limitedto:hand tools, power tools, herbicide equipment.
• Holds a valid Missouri Commercial Pesticide  Applicator license for use in controlling invasive plant species and ensures compliance with state and federal regulations when storing, mixing, and applying herbicide for invasive plant species control.
• Overseesprogramparticipantsandthevolunteersin the control and removal of invasive plant species through the use of manual, mechanical, and/or chemical method sunder a valid Commercial Pesticide Applicator license.
• Transports participants to fieldsitesin trucks, cars, and
  15‑passenger vans.
• Maintains databases and files ofcurrent and pastparticipantinformation, metrics data,and program photos.
  
  Assistsin collecting data and reporting for OYC and OLCannual program summaries and grant reporting.
• Ensures that all applicable safety standards are followed (i.e., informs participants/ volunteers of safety guidelines and safe working practices and routinelymonitorsto enforce them).
• Meets expected attendance guidelines.
• Follows and adheres toestablishedpolicies and procedures, including Employee Handbook, Garden Safety Guidelines and Department Policies.
• Behaves…