Facility
Houston Zoo
Closing Date
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Description
The Community Conservation Coordinator supports Houston Zoo’s culture of conservation by facilitating community engagement in local and regional wildlife-saving initiatives. This position plays a pivotal role in the Zoo’s journey of becoming one of the world’s leading zoo-based conservation organizations and a leader in the global movement to save wildlife.
As a member of the Houston Zoo’s Wildlife Conservation Department, the Community Conservation Coordinator assists with the design, implementation, and assessment of hands-on conservation action opportunities. The role serves the Zoo’s mission of “connecting communities with animals to inspire action to save wildlife” by facilitating engagement in a calendar of events primarily focused on the restoration of regional wildlife habitat including reforestation, prairie and riparian restoration, coastal clean-ups, and more.
Our Mission: The Houston Zoo connects communities with animals, inspiring action to save wildlife.
Our Vision: The Houston Zoo will be a leader in the global movement to save wildlife.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
• Plan, organize, and implement regional wildlife-saving opportunities for staff, volunteers, members, and guests. Manage a calendar of events.
• Assist in assessing current wildlife-saving training opportunities and develop new experiences for staff to enhance both individual and team connection to the Zoo’s mission and vision in partnership with Learning and Development Manager.
• Build and support community partnerships. Expand the Zoo’s network of regional partnerships focused on saving animals in the wild through habitat restoration.
• Track, manage, and analyze program data to assess progress toward targeted outputs.
• Write and share internal reports regularly.
• Document events and activities with photographs.
• Provide program support for established Zoo programs by facilitating regular opportunities for restoring wildlife habitat.
• Liaise with Zoo departments to increase wildlife-saving accessibility and engagement.
• Champion and celebrate staff connections with the Zoo’s mission to inspire a wildlife-saving community and engage diverse audiences in actions to save wildlife.
• Disseminate local and regional wildlife conservation news, program results, and successes with internal and external audiences.
• Collaborate with staff to achieve greater alignment between collection plan and conservation initiatives. Reinforce “See them. Save them.” messaging.
• Assist with relationship-building in support of Houston Zoo’s conservation leadership role within AZA (Association of Zoos and Aquariums).
• Assist with administrative duties including regular internal reporting, writing program summaries, and preparation for committee meetings.
Education and Pre-requisites
Education and Experience
• BA/BS degree in related field or equivalent experience directly related to researching, developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating closely related programs.
• Two (2) years or more experience working in zoo conservation, conservation psychology, or closely related field.
• Strong passion for people, conservation, and wildlife
• Proficient with duties related to the basic understanding of community engagement, conservation capacity building and strategic development for conservation programming.
• Experienced with remaining current with trends and best practices of conservation, research, and behavioral sciences.
• Established organization and time management skills to prioritize multiple tasks, meet deadlines, make decisions, and change course of action quickly if necessary
Compensation and benefits
https://www.houstonzoo.org/staff-benefits/
Application instructions
Apply directly here: https://us231.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePortal/en-US/houstonzoo/Posting/View/1937