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Education Program Coordinator

Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association

Bellingham, Washington

Job Type Permanent
Salary Details $21/hour
Deadline Dec 05, 2024
Experience 2 - 6 years

Full Job Description can be found here

Education Program Coordinator
The Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) is seeking a dynamic and driven person to join our
small team of salmon conservation-minded staff to ensure effective facilitation of our education initiatives
and community programming. NSEA is a mission driven organization in which NSEA’s board, staff, and
volunteers work together to ensure our community is empowered and inspired to steward and care for our
surrounding watershed.

This position is supervised by NSEA’s Education Program Manager and works closely with NSEA’s Education
Program Coordinator and Stewardship Program Coordinator. The Education Program Coordinator will
implement NSEA’s education programs, specifically focusing on our Students for Salmon and Camp
Keystone Programs. Coordinator will lead a series of in-class and field experiences for youth throughout
Whatcom County while coordinating details for education efforts. The position is approximately 60% fieldbased and 40% office-based, but varies based on the season. Work weeks fluctuate and will include
weekend and evening events. Position starts Monday, January 6, 2025.

A successful candidate will be experienced and excited about facilitating education programming, driven
to learn, self-motivated and independently efficient, adaptive in a fast-paced environment, willing to
collaborate in a team setting, and passionate about salmon recovery.

About NSEA
The Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) is a community-based organization focused on
engaging our community in salmon recovery through restoration, education, and stewardship. We believe
that salmon are an essential part of our environment, culture and economy and we envision sustainable
ecosystems with healthy watersheds and habitat conducive to producing abundant salmon that are
protected and preserved by a caring and engaged community. Our growing community of support
provides momentum as we work together for NSEA’s mission to educate, inspire, and engage the
community to take action to keep wild salmon here for future generations.

Through on the ground engagement, NSEA programs create active participants by organizing educational
workshops and events, designing, and implementing streamside restoration projects, educating students
in classrooms and in the field, and recruiting volunteers of all ages to take part in these projects and
programs. At NSEA, we work every day to expand the consciousness of our local community to include our
streams and the salmon that do and could inhabit them. For more information, please visit our webpage:
www.n-sea.org

At NSEA, we value integrity, hopefulness, diversity and sustainability. As an equal opportunity employer,
NSEA is committed to justice, equity, inclusion and diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, color,
national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or
mental disability, military, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, age, citizenship or any other basis
prohibited by law in any of its policies or programs.

Compensation:
This is a full-time, regular, non-exempt position, not to exceed 40 hours per week. Occasional weekend and
evening hours will be required. Compensation includes a rate of pay of $21/hour and a competitive entry
level compensation package: holiday, sick and vacation paid time off, medical/dental insurance, and
employer matched retirement plan.

HOW TO APPLY

Candidates must email a letter of interest, resume, and contact information for three references in a combined pdf (not to exceed 4 pages) to Sarah Brown: sbrown@n-sea.org 

When you apply, please indicate that you are responding to the posting on Conservation Job Board.

Category Admin & Leadership, Environmental Education