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Naturalist/Field Instructor - Camp Cosby

Do you love education and enjoy working with students in a unique and dynamic educational setting? Are you ready to experience the Alabama that no one ever told you about, the home of some of the world’s greatest biodiversity and some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet?

Camp Cosby is looking for a few good people to join our community of residential environmental educators. We are working together to take a successful 25 year old program and make it even better. Our program provides hands-on experiential science and history with fun challenges, games, and goofy songs.

We are located in the southern S. Appalachians on Lake Logan Martin near Talladega National Forest, with 135 acres of mixed hardwood and evergreen forests and 2 ½ miles of lakefront. We are 1 hour from Birmingham, AL, 2 hours from Atlanta, GA, and 4 hours from the Gulf Coast and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We are 1 hour from Alabama’s highest mountain (Cheaha), and close to many rivers that are great for canoeing, whitewater kayaking, fishing, and swimming. School groups that visit us are chaperoned by parents and teachers, and most stay for three days at a time.

Fall naturalist positions run from late August to December, and spring positions run from mid January to May. Both full time and part time positions are available. Naturalist job responsibilities include teaching, facilitating meals, working on projects to improve program resources and the physical site, being positive role models, handling gentle captive animals, and participation in weekly scheduling and in-service meetings. Educational topics include Aquatic and Forest Ecology, Wildlife Ecology and Adaptations, Sensory Awareness, Night Hikes, Organic Gardening, Town Meetings, Maps, Orienteering, Team Building, Living History / Underground Railroad Simulation, and others. Naturalists are required to evenly share responsibilities of meal facilitations and evening programs.

QUALIFICATIONS:

We are seeking college graduates with experience working with children in dynamic outdoor settings. Our instructors have: a commitment to children and a healthy environment; well-developed communication skills; willingness and physical ability to facilitate experiential learning activities on the trail and adventure activities including teambuilding challenges, Alpine Tower (top-rope climbing), canoeing and low-ropes initiatives; and the ability to demonstrate leadership skills on an outstanding team. Experience with residential camps, organic gardening, canoeing, climbing, and hands-on/minds-on outdoor education is a plus.

SALARY AND BENEFITS:

Salary includes approximately $225 per week; room and board (meals when groups are on site); training opportunities (Outdoor Environmental Education, CPR, First Aid, Low Ropes, Alpine Tower, lifeguarding); access to a wide variety of recreational equipment and facilities. (This compensation package represents an approximate hourly wage of $10.45/hours when values for room and board are included.) Opportunities to earn extra income are occasionally available by working on weekends. Some evening hours are required.

CONTACT:

If you have questions, call 256.268.2007. Submit resume with references and cover letter via email, mail, or fax:

TGault@YMCABham.org (email)

Tyler Gault OEE Program Director; 2290 Paul Bear Bryant Road; Alpine, AL 35014 (address)

256.268.2003 (fax)

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