Nearby Nature Resident Park Host: Nearby Nature is seeking a Resident Park Host to be part of our creative and energetic team of nature educators and land stewards. Our new employee will live in the Park Host House at our Learnscape in Eugene’s Alton Baker Park, which is Nearby Nature’s home base for education and park caretaking programs. This position is half time and compensation is partly in trade for housing/utilities. See complete Job Description and Application to apply. Couples are encouraged to apply. Open until filled.
Nearby Nature-NCS Science, Natural Resources CTE/Outdoor Recreation & Health Teacher: Nearby Nature is seeking a 0.7 FTE high school Science, Natural Resources CTE (or Outdoor Recreation), and Health instructor to join our unique teaching team for the upcoming school year. Our instructor will teach classes for Network Charter School, where we are contracted to provide classroom instruction. Application Deadline July 22, 2026
Nearby Nature Daycamps Lead Instructors: Positions Filled. Nearby Nature is seeking instructors for the summer of 2026 to serve as teachers for our outdoor daycamps at Alton Baker Park, Mount Pisgah Arboretum, and Hendricks Park. We will be hiring instructors for a variety of camps/ages groups, including for ages 3-4, 4-5, 6-8, and 8-11. We are also seeking at least one bilingual instructor to teach a camp for ages 6-8. Special qualifications are required for preschool and bilingual camps, noted in the description. See an overview of our daycamps program here. Open until filled.
Nearby Nature Lead School Year Instructor — Position Filled: Nearby Nature is seeking a Lead Instructor for our Natural Neighbors After School Program. This instructor will teach after school programs on Tuesdays 2:15-5:45 pm and Wednesdays 1:45-5:45 starting as soon as February. Additional hours teaching No School Day Adventures are also available. See overviews of these two programs here. Lead Instructors will also have the opportunity to teach Summer Daycamps (see job description below). Open until filled.
Nearby Nature is committed to fair and impartial treatment of employees, job applicants, contractors, and agents of Nearby Nature, and to maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free work environment. Nearby Nature’s policy is not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age (within statutory limits), race, religion, color, gender, national origin or ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected status with respect to hiring, promotion, demotion, transfer, recruitment, termination, salary level, or other forms of compensation, or any other term or condition of employment.
Note: All employees are required to pass a background check before beginning service. If anything comes up in a background check that Nearby Nature staff believes might limit your effectiveness as an employee, including, but not limited to, prior criminal violations, you will not be offered a position.
Updated 8-11-24
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