Audubon Vermont is committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment, reflecting the diversity of our community in its board, staff, volunteers, and members; ensuring its internal culture, business practices, and programs are welcoming and advance its diversity goals; and empowering people to make positive changes in their community and environment. Audubon Vermont’s staff, AmeriCorps Members, volunteers, and interns are expected to serve diverse audiences and help advance Audubon Vermont’s diversity strategies.

Check back here in late February for our summer employment opportunities!

Vice President

The Vice President, Vermont leads Audubon’s work and team in Vermont and ensures impact toward the organization’s strategic plan. They will advance habitat, climate, policy, and community building strategies in the state that directly contribute to Audubon goals and strategic initiatives, while also building and enhancing relationships with independent, partner organizations in neighboring states to support increased conservation impact in the region.

Reporting to the Vice President, Conservation Action, Eastern Flyways, the Vice President, Vermont will be a strong team leader who designs and drives execution on plans to successfully scale and implement Conservation Milestone strategies. They will be expected to collaborate closely with other leaders in the Eastern Flyways to explore coordinated strategic opportunities as well as leaders of Habitat Conservation, Climate Action, Policy, and Community Building on providing input on related strategies and developing plans. They will work collaboratively with colleagues across Conservation to ensure their program’s work contributes to an ambitious and hemispheric approach to conservation.

The Vice President will be responsible for effectively managing their budget, serving as an important fundraising partner with Development, driving public funding opportunities and collaborating on projects and proposals that secure public funds to advance Audubon’s conservation priorities. 

The Vice President is expected to build and maintain relationships with key leaders, coalitions, communities and partners within their state and region. They will elevate Audubon’s conservation leadership and profile with external stakeholders and audiences.  

Compensation:

$138,850 - $160,000 / year

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SEASONAL EDUCATOR

The Green Mountain Audubon Center in Huntington seeks experienced teachers, environmental educators, and naturalists to lead our nature day camps from Wednesday, June 11th-Monday, August 18th.  Our Seasonal Educator will work with 3- to 5-year-old and 6- to 13-year-old children as they explore the forests, brooks, meadows, and ponds on the Center’s 255 acres.  Each week of camp focuses on a different theme and all campers get the chance to search for wildlife, make crafts, go on hikes, play games, and hone their nature awareness skills.  

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FOREST CONSERVATION INTERN

Audubon Vermont seeks applicants pursuing, or having recently completed a degree in conservation, natural resources, forestry, ecology, ornithology, and related fields to serve as a Forest Conservation Intern. The person in this position will work, both independently/remotely and in-person, with Audubon’s Healthy Forests Program Senior Associate on a variety of forest-bird conservation projects. Primary responsibilities will involve assisting with individualized technical support, education, and outreach to landowners and foresters through the Woods, Wildlife, and Warblers program and the Forester Training and Endorsement Program. Depending on interest and experience level, additional opportunities may include monitoring Vermont forest bird species of conservation concern, creating and managing databases, and developing maps in GIS. The internship is designed to provide a range of administrative and programmatic experiences with a focus on issues facing birds in Vermont and Northern New England.

May-August with a time frame that can be adapted to meet a variety of academic schedules. Applicants must commit to working 20 hours a week @ ($16/hr) over this time period. Travel between home office and field sites is reimbursed at the federal rate of 70 cents/mile.

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COUNSELOR IN TRAINING (CIT)

Interested in environmental education, being outdoors, and working with children? Looking to build your resume and broaden your knowledge of the natural word? Join the Audubon Vermont team this summer as a paid Counselor-In-Training (CIT)!

CITs work alongside our Seasonal Summer Educators — experienced naturalists and teachers — to deliver high-quality, hands-on environmental education and activities for campers ages 3-12. The program is structured to give CITs the opportunity to explore their interests in outdoor education and conservation, while also building the skills and experience necessary to launch them towards their next education or career opportunity. We hope our CITs will become the next generation of Audubon camp Instructors, Naturalist Educators, and Conservation Biologists! For more information about both camps, including age groups and themes for each week, visit our website: https://vt.audubon.org/programs/cit-program

This is an in-person role based out of the Green Mountain Audubon Center in Huntington, Vermont. CITs must be between the ages 14-18. Compensation: $15.00 / hour

To view other job opportunities within the Audubon network, please visit the Audubon Career Center.

We offer paid Education (spring and summer), Policy (fall and spring), and Conservation (summer only)  Internships each semester. Be sure to check this page for current opportunities, if there are none listed be sure to check back for next semester!

• Fall Intern positions posted early spring

• Spring Intern positions and Junior Conservation Technician posted late fall

• Summer camp staff and counselor-in-training positions posted late winter

• Summer Intern positions posted in February; 2025 summer conservation internships will be posted in March