National Audubon Society Job Opportunities

The Café Cook and Attendant will be an integral member of the Visitor Center experience. The responsibility of this role is to combine basic food service with customer service. Tasks include food preparation, café set-up, order preparation and completion, ringing up sales, liaising with customers, and daily café clean-up and organization. The Café Cook and Attendant will be provided with on-the-job training, and can demonstrate and develop their skills while surrounded by nature in the renovated Visitor Center.   This is a full-time, seasonal position, working up to 40 hours per week, from November 2023 through April 2024.   Compensation: $15.00/hour

Our full-time seasonal Outdoor Educator will report to the Education Manager and lead and support outdoor education and nature interpretation programs on-site for Sanctuary visitors of all ages. This will primarily include delivering school programs for children ages 6-12, along with other educational programs and events at the Sanctuary. They may also occasionally support our visitor center by working at our admissions desk and performing facility and boardwalk closing duties, as required. This position is classified as full-time, seasonal, at up to 35 hours/week, at a rate of $15.00 per hour, from approximately October 2, 2023 – April 26, 2024.   Accommodations: Rustic, shared accommodations are available on-site, as a taxable employment benefit. Please indicate in your application if you require on-site accommodations.   Compensation: $15.00 / hour

Reporting to the Mangrove Fish Project Manager, the Associate, Research will split their time between field and office activities associated with the current projects being carried out at Audubon Florida’s Everglades Science Center. Heavily focused on field work, the Associate’s primary responsibility will be monitoring prey base fish populations in the mangrove zone of Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Park, and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Scientific responsibilities will consist of the collection and analyses of fishes in the mangrove habitats of Florida bay and maintaining data accuracy in a database. They will also spend time working with and maintaining physical, vegetation and bird data collections as well. The Associate will be responsible for making decisions about data collection (e.g. adjusting collection methods, cancelling or proceeding with sample, collecting partial samples when unexpected conditions are encountered due to weather, water management activities, equipment malfunction or myriad other surprises) that commonly arise during field activities and base these decisions on sound scientific methodology knowing such decisions can reduce the scientific integrity of this long term (30+ years) study. Fish populations are monitored using a 9m2 drop system, throw traps, and seines.   Compensation: $20.19 / hour

The Senior Assistant, Membership Sales will serve as the key contact for Sanctuary visitors and members to drive membership sales and build member relationships/community. This includes working at the Blair Visitor Center and engaging visitors and members, securing membership sales, handling inquiries, and promoting, processing, and tracking memberships. Additionally, this individual will work closely with the Volunteer and Membership Manager to support membership experiences, events, programs, and promotions. This is a part-time, 24 hours a week position based in Naples, Florida.   Compensation: $15.00 / hour

The Center Assistant will support the Blair Visitor Center operations and guest services at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary including admissions, Nature Store and Cypress Cafe sales, visitor and volunteer assistance, boardwalk closing and membership sales. The Center Assistant will work in the Center and provide excellent customer service by eagerly welcoming each visitor with information about the Sanctuary with warmth and kindness.   This is a part-time floating position, working up to 25 hours per week. Hours are not guaranteed on a regular basis and will be offered to the successful candidate based on Visitor Center needs and can be accepted as availability of the candidate allows.   Compensation: $15.00 / hour

The Center Assistant will support the Blair Visitor Center operations and guest services at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, including Admissions, Nature Store, and Cypress Cafe sales, visitor and volunteer assistance, boardwalk closing and membership sales. The Center Assistant will work in the Center and provide excellent customer service by eagerly welcoming each visitor with information about the Sanctuary with warmth and kindness.   This is a part-time, seasonal position, working up to 25 hours per week, from November 2023 through April 2024.   Compensation: $15.00 / hour

The National Audubon Society has identified the Everglades as a national conservation priority and a centerpiece of Audubon’s hemispheric water strategy. One of the greatest challenges to the health of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem is the historic ditching and draining of the landscape, which causes water to rush through the system faster and dirtier than it would have historically. As a result, it is a high priority to implement projects that hold and clean water—especially at the top of the system near Orlando, in the Okeechobee Watershed. While engineered projects can meet these needs, rehydrating historically drained wetlands, especially on private lands, can help hold and clean water, provide wildlife habitat, and present revenue opportunities for ranchers and other private lands that contribute to their economic viability.   Restoring and rehydrating historically drained wetlands—often through partnerships with private landowners--is one of the best opportunities for holding water in the region and increasing groundwater recharge. Audubon has developed a GIS tool that identifies and prioritizes locations within the Central Florida Water Initiative region where both surface water storage and groundwater recharge would have the greatest potential gains from restoration activities.   Aligned with Audubon’s Policy and Everglades teams, the Wetland Restoration Specialist will introduce the tool and its capabilities to local entities, including Water Management Districts, local governments, and private landowners, catalyzing the funding and development of water storage and wetland restoration projects in the portion of the CFWI that intersects with the Okeechobee Watershed and the Greater Everglades ecosystem. Relationship building with agency funders, regulators, and private landowners is a cornerstone of this work. This project may be expanded into other regions of Florida experiencing their own water resource challenges.   This is a remote position, located in the Orlando region, with regular travel anticipated throughout the Okeechobee Watershed.   Compensation: $65,000-75,000 / year