Do you have a passion for wildlife, the environment, and the outdoors?
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center provides a positive and supportive working environment to enable our team to grow, learn, and have a career doing what they love. Join their dedicated team of professionals who work closely together to achieve our important mission to advance understanding of ecology by exploring New Hampshire’s natural world, and our vision of being the premier environmental site in the region.
Assistant Naturalist
Employment Classification: Full-time, Temporary (10-month position), Non-exempt
Immediate Supervisor: Education Director
Compensation: $18.00 per hour, housing available
Schedule: 40 hours/week, February-November, evenings and weekends required
Position Purpose and Summary
The Assistant Naturalist works as part of the education team, teaching school and public programs. Onsite programs are taught in our classrooms, trailside amphitheater, and outdoors utilizing the fields, ponds, and forests of the Science Center campus. Offsite programs are taught at schools, libraries, and at community organizations and events. Our animal ambassadors, primarily non-releasable native wildlife, featured in our education programs and on our live animal exhibit trail, are one of the primary vehicles through which we achieve our mission to advance the understanding of ecology by exploring New Hampshire’s natural world.
Animal Care Associate
Direct Supervisor: Animal Care Director
Employment Classification: Non-exempt, hourly, year-round
Compensation: $20.00 per hour, bi-weekly, direct deposit
Schedule: 40 hours/week, 80 hours/bi-weekly, 2,080 hours/year, Thurs-Monday
Position Purpose and Summary
The Animal Care Associate (ACA) is a vital member of the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center (SLNSC) animal care team. The ACA assists in performing work necessary to provide daily animal care and maintain the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center’s animal enclosures, ensuring appropriate animal welfare. The Animal Care Associate collaborates with all SLNSC staff to maintain established facility and operational standards, as well as AZA accreditation standards. This position also performs other duties as needed.
