Community Engagement Manager

Wild Bear’s nonprofit mission is to inspire a lifelong connection to nature and community through creative exploration of the outdoors. We are seeking a highly-motivated, creative, detail-oriented team player with the skills to engage the community in our mission and vision. 

Position Responsibilities:

Nature Center Engagement

• Develop and implement strategies to engage the community in existing and new programs and visitation to the nature center.
• With the Education team and volunteer committee, maintain, update and create  exhibits in the current nature center. Lead team with ED, to review and understand  the future nature center exhibits master plan to determine strategy for implementation. 
• Schedule, team and lead nature center staff to ensure excellent visitors’ experience
• Cultivate community partners with high level of communication to facilitate collaborative community programs and events to broaden nature center reach
• Oversee maintenance of the nature center including oversight of animal care, organization and cleanliness

Marketing:

• Team with Creative Marketing Associate to create the big picture marketing plan and roles and responsibilities through Wild Bear’s branding guidelines
• Maintain cadence of social media and maintain mission aligned, brand focused, hyper local social media presence on Instagram, Facebook, linkedin, etc.
• Seek and implement all opportunities to market Wild Bear community engagement

Community Volunteers

• Team with Executive Assistant to develop clear descriptions of volunteer opportunities at Wild Bear.
• With EA, generate volunteer interest, cultivation and retention of volunteers

Events

• Monitor yearly calendar of events to determine volunteer and staff support and to determine capacity for additional events and programs
• utilize the rubric to determine the audience and goal of the event and materials needed to achieve the goal of the event
• Plan and implement special events in the nature center and market these events for excellent attendance

Profile and Skills

• Passionate about Wild Bear Nature Center’s mission and vision 
• A positive team player, professional with all constituents
• Strong positive visitors’ services skills
• People oriented with engaging personality
• Creative
• Well-organized and detail-oriented
• Flexible with a “can do” attitude 
• Self-starter with strong work ethic and ability to work without supervision
• Passionate about building relationships in the community

Position Qualification Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field 
• At least 3 years of experience in community engagement in a nature center or museum
• Experience in supervising other staff members/volunteers 
• Strong skills in social media, graphic design, media development
• Strong computer skills such as Google Suite, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Canva, etc. 
• Clean FBI background check 

Compensation:

$45,000 annual salary 

Full time, year-round, In person position, including some weekends located in Nederland, CO 

Benefits to activate after 90 days of employment 

Paid Time Off:  accrued monthly at 80 hours/year

Personal time: 80 hours/year 

11 paid holidays per year

Health stipend: $150/month, option to join Kaiser plan

401K retirement plan option

50% childcare benefit

Send resume, cover letter, and at least three professional references to jobs@wildbear.org | Open until filled until July 15, 2023

An important goal at Wild Bear is to increase diversity amongst our staff. We provide equal employment opportunities and encourage all qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, or any other personal characteristics.