Flight Crew Team Lead

The National Audubon Society is a nonprofit conservation organization that protects birds and the places they need today and tomorrow. We work throughout the Americas towards a future where birds thrive because Audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. Audubon has more than 700 staff working across the hemisphere and more than 1.5 million active supporters.

North America has lost three billion birds since 1970, and more than 500 bird species are at risk of extinction across Latin America and the Caribbean. Birds act as early warning systems about the health of our environment, and they tell us that birds – and our planet – are in crisis. Together as one Audubon, we are working to alter the course of climate change and habitat loss, leading to healthier bird populations and reversing current trends in biodiversity loss. We do this by implementing on-the-ground conservation, partnering with local communities, influencing public and corporate policy, and building community.

Audubon is committed to a culture of workplace excellence, where our talented and diverse staff are deeply engaged with a strong sense of belonging. The birds Audubon pledges to protect differ in color, size, behavior, geographical preference, and countless other ways. By honoring and celebrating the equally remarkable diversity of the human species, Audubon brings new creativity, effectiveness, and leadership to our work throughout the hemisphere.

Flight Crew Members are part of a conservation-focused job corps for young adults and will receive 7-weeks of paid, hands-on work experience in wildlife conservation, recreation, and environmental education.

The Flight Crew Team Lead will assist in the implementation of Flight Crew, a paid summer job for teens, which combines exposure to environmental careers as well as experience facilitating environmental education in a summer camp setting. For the first several weeks of Flight Crew 2024, Crew interns will receive training in water conservation, wildlife conservation, and land restoration and will participate in local conservation projects. Interns will network with environmental organization professionals and explore career opportunities. In addition, interns will utilize the conservation knowledge gained to learn how to facilitate environmental education programs. This will allow Crew Members to become stewards of tomorrow by educating others about conservation issues in our region.

During the second part of the summer, Flight Crew will transition into a role serving as camp counselors for Little Creek Summer Camp (LCSC). Interns will utilize their experiences and training to facilitate outdoor education programs to youth ranging from 3rd to 5th grade in the Ferguson-Florissant School District. Crew Members will enthusiastically help campers develop their outdoor skills through activities like turtle tracking, archery, campfire cooking, canoeing, nature hikes, and more. Working in small group settings, the interns will serve as a positive role model, have a genuine interest in the campers, foster the campers’ curiosity of nature and the outdoors, and create fond and lasting memories of a real summer camp experience.

Compensation:

$15.00 / hour

• Supporting Crew members and attending scheduled trainings
• Lead team check-ins with groups
• Assist in program schedule and development of weekly activities
• Develop training materials: general work skills & conservation focus
• Facilitate leadership and team building initiatives with Crew Members
• Collect & evaluate completed work assignments & share feedback with FC team
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Support the daily operations of Little Creek Summer Camp
• Work independently and as a team
• Show a genuine interest in learning conservation issues in our region
• Participate in new and ongoing conservation projects
• Work as a team with other Crew Members to practice facilitating environmental education lessons
• Show an interest in exploring possible environmental careers
• Assist in managing small groups of campers during programs and activities
• Organize and lead a variety of small and large group activities
• Assist in managing the Little Creek Summer Camp field trip
• Serve as a positive role model for all crew members and campers
• Show a genuine interest in campers and help encourage each camper’s success while at camp
• Ensure that campers are safe and feel included
• Encourage respect for the camp, supplies, and equipment

• Must be a recent graduate from high school or college student
• Enjoy working with kids
• Like being in the outdoors,
• Ability to work as a member of a team as a leader
• Ability to stay positive and encouraging to crew members who may be apprehensive or nervous about a particular activity
• Must have physical ability to lead and participate in camp activities, which include, but are not limited to, hiking, canoeing, team building initiatives, building campfires, physical games, and activities, with or without a reasonable accommodation.
• Must be able to put campers first above their own needs/wants
• Must be reliable, punctual, and organized
• Maintain a positive, focused, and enthusiastic attitude
• Must be able to provide own transportation to Little Creek Nature Area and The Audubon Center at Riverlands