Community Science Coordinator

About the California Academy of Sciences

The California Academy of Sciences is a globally renowned scientific and cultural institution located in the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Home to a world-class planetarium, aquarium, research center, and natural history museum—all under one living roof—our mission is to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration.

Our extensive collections span plants, animals, fossils, and cultural artifacts from across the globe and throughout history. We are a diverse team of leading biodiversity scientists, educators, storytellers, designers, and communicators who work collaboratively to advance knowledge and inspire action through science and storytelling.

When you join the California Academy of Sciences, you become part of a mission-driven community that values curiosity, collaboration, and innovation. Whether you  working behind the scenes in research or engaging the public on the museum floor, your work will help connect people to the natural world and empower them to protect it.

The Community Science Coordinator helps to plan, organize, and promote community science events and campaigns, acts as the point person for community science volunteers, and provides support in running and managing the community science programs based out of the Center for Biodiversity and Community Science. The Center for Biodiversity and Community Science works to bring people together to document biodiversity, to connect people to their local nature, to collect data critical to science and management, and to build partnerships to support community science and use of community-collected data.

We accomplish these goals through a variety of programs, including community bioblitzes, long-term intertidal monitoring, City Nature Challenge, and Snapshot Cal Coast, which scaffold collecting biodiversity observations using the iNaturalist platform with in-person community science field experiences.

The Academy is hiring two Community Science Coordinators who will work closely together and report to the Community Science Manager. There are two primary focus areas for our campaigns work,
marine and terrestrial
. One coordinator will lead efforts focused on marine community science campaigns, and the other will lead efforts focused on terrestrial community science campaigns. While each coordinator will have a primary focus area,
both coordinators will collaboratively support the full suite of community science campaigns
.

Both positions are full-time, temporary 2-year positions, with the possibility for extension.

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion are intrinsic to Academy culture and operations, from recruitment and retention to science and advocacy. ExploreOur Commitment to Racial Equity to learn about our intentional engagement of traditionally excluded groups in an effort to spark interest in or foster pathways to scientific careers.

We hope you are inspired by what we do and are excited to contribute to our mission. The mission of the California Academy of Sciences is to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. The Academy is looking for candidates who do great work, and we know they may come from a number of different backgrounds and experiences. We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every qualification for the position.

This position is based in San Francisco, California. The specific onsite/hybrid schedule for this position is listed below.
This position is part of a bargaining unit represented by Cal Academy Workers United, and will be subject to the terms and conditions of that contract.

• Help to develop, plan, and execute community science events (e.g., bioblitzes, species surveys) and campaigns
• Support administration of the annual community science programs City Nature Challenge and Snapshot Cal Coast: message organizers, develop resources, organize files and photos, provide assistance during meetings, etc.
• Partner on the development of new community science programs and campaigns in San Francisco and throughout…