Part-Time Discovery Center Summer Educator

Are you excited about space? Do you want to help inspire the next generation of space explorers? As a Discovery Center Summer Educator, you’ll work to help Space Foundation deliver its Summer of Discovery Program. Summer of Discovery is a 10-week program where general visitors and summer camp field trips learn the answers to questions about space exploration through experiential learning. Your role as a Discovery Center Summer Educator will be to inspire visitors to the Discovery Center and give them a world class experience.

Temporary Part-Time Educator will be responsible for:

Job Types: Part Time, 20 Hours a week, morning or afternoon shift.

Reports to Discovery Center Programs Manager

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Individuals in this position will generally work indoors, and will have a workspace designated solely for them. Necessary office furnishings, equipment and supplies will be provided by the Foundation. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may periodically be required to work outdoors and would be exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The employee may periodically be required to work in an offsite environment or at special events, and from time-to-time may be asked to travel on Foundation business, at the Foundation’s expense. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

1). FLSA Classification: This position is non-exempt according to guidelines of the Fair Labor Standards Act and, as such, an individual in this position is eligible to receive overtime pay.

2). Full- or Part-Time: This position is part-time in nature. An individual in this position will regularly work a schedule consisting of 20 hours per week.

3). Work Location: This position’s primary work site is the headquarters location in Colorado Springs, CO.

4). Regular Schedule: Usual business days are Monday through Friday, holidays excepted, and usual business hours are from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. in the time zone in which the position is located. The nature and responsibilities of this position are such that it is eligible for flexible work scheduling, such as 4-day workweek or alternate start/end times, on a consistent or recurring basis.*