Posted: Jan 17, 2025

Extension Associate - Engagement in Science & Nature

Full-time

Salary: $76,000.00 - $80,000.00 Annually

Application Deadline: Jan 20, 2025

The Cornell Lab seeks an Extension Associate to serve as the thought leader and team leader for Youth and Community Engagement for the Lab, both nationally and in international settings, with key responsibilities in strategic planning, partnership development, implementation, and evaluation of impact. The Extension Associate position requires pedagogical expertise as well as expertise in conceiving, producing, and implementing innovative strategies for engaging youth and communities in conservation action, participatory science, and nature connection.

The Extension Associate must be able to foster and maintain excellent working relationships with coworkers, collaborators and students from very diverse cultural and educational backgrounds. This requires approaching all matters with an open mind, sense of curiosity, service-minded attitude, and diplomacy. The Center for Engagement in Science and Nature actively builds our inclusive community, and we welcome anyone who has an interest without consideration of age, sex, gender/gender identity, ethnicity, race, skin color, religion, physical or mental ability, sexual orientation, nationality, or background, among others. We recognize that diverse, inclusive communities create more innovative and impactful work to address global challenges and benefit humanity and nature. We will work purposefully to amplify underrepresented and marginalized voices and the communities we aspire to serve. Applicants are invited to include how their experiences, perspectives, and aspirations can contribute to diversity and inclusion in support of the Lab of Ornithology’s values: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/cornell-lab-of-ornithology-values/.

For more information or to apply, please visit: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29465

About the Cornell Lab

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is the world's leading resource for conservation, research, education, and citizen science focused on birds. The Lab is a vibrant unit within Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Staff at the Lab publish research, teach courses, advise students and postdocs, collect and disseminate world-famous digital resources on biodiversity, and engage with partner organizations and citizens around the world to conduct scientific research and facilitate conservation actions.