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Program Coordinator, Plant for Birds

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New York, NY, USA
Full-time

The Program Coordinator, Plants for Birds will play a role in the Bird-Friendly Communities and Network teams, contributing to our vision of a future for thriving communities, healthy ecosystems, and abundant bird populations. The Program Coordinator will work closely with, and report to, the Director of Community Conservation to support the development and implementation of Audubon’s Plants for Birds program. S/He will support the program by contributing to key elements of Plants for Birds, including helping to manage the data that support Audubon’s first of its kind native plants database, as well as soliciting, collecting, synthesizing and incorporating feedback to ensure continual improvement of digital tools and resources that support the program.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Support the development of Plants for Birds, a signature national Bird-Friendly Communities initiative that engages a continually expanding Audubon network in local conservation, community action, and love and enjoyment of birds
  • Assist the Director of Community Conservation to synthesize and incorporate feedback on Plants for Birds from the network to continually improve the digital tools and resources that support the program
  • Support the team’s work of ensuring information contained in the Plants for Birds database is accurate and consistently up to date.
  • Support the Director of Community Conservation’s development of training resources that will support implementation of Plants for Birds across the Audubon network
Educational Background: 
Students working toward an undergraduate degree in conservation biology, natural resources, ecology, environmental studies, or a related field, or recent graduates.
Skills/Experience: 
  • Experience with research, scientific methodology, data collection, and organizing data.
  • Must be passionate about conservation, improving urban/suburban natural areas, and native ecosystems/birds.
  • Have research, high-level writing, and documentation skills.
  • Must have meticulous work habits and attention to detail.
  • Possess strong organizational skills, detail oriented, self-motivated and task-focused on primary deliverables as well as ability to multitask.
  • Have excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to problem solve to obtain results and outcomes efficiently.
  • Be self-motivated, able to follow directions and work independently.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Outlook required.
  • Knowledge of native plants and/or plant/bird interactions a plus.

Organization Info

National Audubon Society

Overview
Headquarters: 
New York, NY, United States
Annual Budget : 
$100-500M
Founded: 
1972
About Us
Areas of Focus: 
Mission: 

Audubon saves birds and their habitats throughout the America using science, advocacy, education and on-the-ground conservation.

Audubon operates an extensive network of National conservation programs, 23 state and regional offices, 41 centers, 23 sanctuaries and 463 independent chapters. Our work is a powerful combination of science, on the ground conservation, policy and engagement expertise that strives to protect and restore habitat, and to build the durable public will to implement policies that safeguard birds, other wildlife and the resources that sustain us all-in the U.S. and across the Americas.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Apr 11 2018
Active Until: 
May 11 2018
Hiring Organization: 
National Audubon Society
industry: 
Nonprofit