EDUCATION OUTREACH SPECIALIST na United States Space & Rocket Center

RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Functions

• Deliver USSRC educational engagement.
• Coordinate with engagement hosts to ensure programming meets participants’ needs.
• Assist in development and delivery of educational engagement programs. as needed, ensuring all content and activities are engaging, accurate, developmentally appropriate and aligned to relevant educational standards.
• Create a clearinghouse of resources for use in educational engagement and outreach.
• Under direction of the Educational Engagement Manager, support Sales and Marketing events where an educational engagement is desired.
• Track participation in Educational Engagement events.
• Support additional educational efforts at the USSRC, as needed.
• Deliver USSRC educational engagement: Under the direction of the Educational Engagement Manager (EEM), deliver STEM engagement programming in a compelling manner that is age- and grade- appropriate while remaining adaptive to meet the needs of the learner or learners and grounded in best educational practices. Become familiar with USSRC/Space Camp educational opportunities and be able to address these opportunities as the need arises to various audiences.
• Coordinate with engagement hosts to ensure programming meets participants’ needs: Prior to an engagement event, coordinate with the event host (teacher, school, organization, etc.) to ensure engagement activities meet as close as possible educational needs of the host. Socialize needs to the EEM, and coordinate event.
• Assist in development and delivery of educational engagement programs: ensure all content and activities are engaging, accurate, developmentally appropriate and aligned to relevant educational standards. Offer feedback on educational programming to drive improvement and refinement. Create a rubric for educational programming that includes grade level, type of activity, time and materials required, educational standards or competencies referenced, best practices for delivery.
• Create a clearinghouse of resources for use in educational engagement and outreach. These resources may also benefit other USSRC Educational initiatives.
• Under direction of the EEM, support Sales and Marketing events where an educational engagement is desired.
• Track participation in Educational Engagement events. Maintain database of outreach events, participants served, location and contact information. Support evaluation efforts and collate feedback data to not only improve and refine offerings, but to document engagement effectiveness.
• As needed, support additional educational efforts at the USSRC: as a member of the Education Department, the EOS is expected to support USSRC educational initiatives as needed, and under the direction of the EEM, to maximize the reach, quality and efficiency of educational programming offered through the USSRC, whether onsite, via digital channels or in the field. This may include supporting public education through the USSRC or though targeted support of Space Camp programs. This participation will be coordinated by the Educational Engagement Manager, with clear expectations as to the EOS’s roles and responsibilities.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Level of Supervision: None

Travel Required:

• The work is primarily conducted at the USSRC in Huntsville, AL, but travel to deliver programming is expected.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Education

• S. Degree in Education, Science, Chemistry, Math, or other STEM field, M.S. preferred.

Required Experience

• Demonstrated excellence in curriculum planning and development, scheduling and project or classroom management. Ability to work in a collaborative creative environment but also to meet independent objectives. Must possess excellent written and oral skills. Ability to develop curriculum to meet different learning objectives and modalities. Experience developing project-based learning units and managing educational partnership relationships a plus. Experience with coding and computer science a plus.

Necessary Skills

• Must be able to use Microsoft Office Suite of tools at a minimum and be adept at communicating in various formats. Attention to detail in data management required. Ability to generate presentations for stakeholders desired. Experience with spreadsheet and database management systems a plus.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Physical Requirements

• Sitting for long periods of time engaged in client communication.
• Active engagement leading hands-on activities, as needed.
• Off-site travel to deliver programming or meet with educational partners or clients.
• Lifting and moving of educational materials in support of outreach programming.
• Ability to address various audiences with appropriate professionalism and respect.

Eligibility Qualifications

• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Expected Hours of Work: Open availability required