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Conservation Education Trainer

Bigodi, Uganda

1 year position available (with possibility of renewal) with the North Carolina Zoo’s Uganda and North Carolina International Teaching for the Environment (UNITE) program providing training and materials to aid Ugandan teachers in developing environmental and conservation curricula and activities.

Successful candidate will be based in Bigodi, Uganda.

Duties: Design, coordinate and facilitate teacher training; mentor teaching strategies; develop and implement environmental/conservation units for schools; keep Ugandan education officials informed of project; collaborate with NGO’s and other groups working around Kibale Forest; establish an electronic newsletter; design and implement project evaluation tools.

Qualifications: undergraduate degree in education or conservation required. Experience working in the developing world and/or advance degree desired.

Salary: $10,000 + travel, room and board

Deadline: 5/31/2009

Contact: Please send resume and cover letter to Carolyn.L.Brown@nczoo.org.