Thursday, August 21, 2008

Director of Educational Technology and Environmental Education, Powdermill Nature Reserve - Rector, PA

Posted: 8/21/08

DESCRIPTION: Powdermill Nature Reserve (PNR), the biological research station of Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CMNH) near Ligonier, PA, is seeking a creative and collegial person to be its Director of Educational Technology and Environmental Education (hereafter "Director"). The successful candidate will be a key member of our leadership team responsible for implementing a new vision for environmental education at Powdermill. This is an ideal position for a person who wants to build a financially viable education program around ecology, biodiversity, and conservation using up to date web-based technologies, field programs, and classroom-based programs. The PNR education department is in a new $5 million green building that affords many new programmatic opportunities.

QUALIFICATIONS: Master's Degree in environmental education or biological sciences, experience teaching or supervising teachers, experience developing web-based learning, natural history expertise relevant to educational natural history programming at PNR, highly skilled public speaker, editorial talent and demonstrated fundraising experience. The successful applicant must have outstanding interpersonal skills as s/he will spearhead public programming at PNR. Highly desired: experience maintaining office networks and desktop publishing.

TO APPLY: A full description of the position and desired qualifications can be found at http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/hr. Background information on PNR is at http://www.powdermill.org and CMNH http://www.carnegiemnh.org.

All applications must be made on line at http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/hr where an application form can be completed and your cv and cover letter can be uploaded.

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