Natural Areas Manager
Location: Benton Harbor, MI
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: Pay rate $18-$25/hr depending on experience, health insurance, retirement matching program, and on-site housing available as a benefit
Application Deadline: Open, Please send resume and cover letter to sarett@sarett.org
Are you passionate about nature, ecological restoration, environmental education, and hands-on work in a beautiful outdoor setting? Sarett Nature Center is seeking a dedicated and organized Natural Areas Manager to take a leadership role in the management and monitoring of 1,000 acres of natural areas along the Paw Paw River in southwest Michigan that include a wide variety of natural communities that host over twenty state-listed wildlife species as well as federal-listed eastern massasauga rattlesnakes and Mitchell’s satyr butterflies.
The Natural Areas Manager will supervise seasonal stewardship staff and collaborate with Sarett’s environmental education team, facilities team and volunteer coordinator to develop and implement ecological restoration plans. This position includes helping organize and run volunteer workdays with a variety of ages and abilities ranging from small school groups to large company events. This position also supports environmental education programs and special events, some of which occur on weekends.
The essential functions of this position include being able to work in outdoor weather conditions, traverse challenging terrain including climbing steep slopes and using heavy machinery such as chain saws and tractors, and moving objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
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Job Posting: Naturalist
Location: Benton Harbor, MI
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: Pay rate $15-$20/hr depending on experience, health insurance, retirement matching program, and on-site housing available as a benefit
Application Deadline: Open, Please send resume and cover letter to Education Coordinator, Juliet Golob, at JulietG@sarett.org.
Are you passionate about nature, environmental education, and hands-on work in a beautiful outdoor setting? Sarett Nature Center is seeking a dedicated and organized Naturalist to join our team of environmental educators to share their passion for nature with our community.
Naturalists will provide environmental education programming to students of all ages and the flexibility to collaborate with the facilities team and Natural Areas Manager to complete other projects around the nature center including trail maintenance and habitat restoration. This position includes leading groups of children on your own during field trips and camps both inside and outside, completing other assigned operational tasks before and after programs such as cleaning and room preparation, and providing light interpretation to visitors of the nature center about our animal ambassadors, trails, butterfly house and other related topics.
The essential functions of this position include being able to work in outdoor weather conditions, traverse challenging terrain, and being in good physical condition for educational activities such as hiking, climbing dunes, canoeing/kayaking, cross country skiing, and snowshoeing. Naturalists can expect to work forty hours per week, including weekend hours.
