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The Coordinator of Community and Tour Experiences is responsible for fostering meaningful engagement with the public through sanctuary tours, events across the country, and regional outreach initiatives. Based in Watkins Glen, this role includes leading educational tours of the sanctuary, supporting off-site events and microevents across the country in collaboration with the Programs and Development teams, and contributing to regional community initiatives that advance the organization’s mission. The ideal candidate is an enthusiastic, detail-oriented communicator with a passion for connecting people to farmed animals and compassionate living.
Job Responsibility:
Lead engaging, educational tours of the Watkins Glen sanctuary that inspire compassion and align with the organization’s mission
Support the planning, coordination, and execution of off-site events and microevents across the U.S. in collaboration with the Programs and Development teams
Collaborate interdepartmentally through the Events Working Group, including volunteer management and material development
Represent the organization at national events, acting as a knowledgeable and enthusiastic ambassador for the sanctuary and its mission
Assist with event logistics, including material preparation, travel coordination, on-site setup, and post-event reporting
Contribute to the development and implementation of regional community initiatives that strengthen local engagement and advocacy, focusing on New York City
Cultivate relationships with regional partners, volunteers, and community organizations to support outreach goals, with a focus on NYC
Maintain accurate records of tours, event participation, and community engagement activities for tracking and evaluation
Collaborate cross-departmentally to ensure consistency in messaging, outreach materials, and public engagement strategies
Requirements:
1-3 years’ relevant experience in advocacy and education related to sustainability, animal welfare, or food systems change
Effective communication skills, written and verbal, with demonstrated ability to coordinate competing interests and priorities
Demonstrated administrative skills, attention to detail, with the proven ability to improve workflow and team-wide performance
Alignment with Farm Sanctuary’s values of compassion, understanding, integrity, transformation, and freedom
Familiarity, commitment to, and experience with the practice of equity and social justice, and the principles embedded in Farm Sanctuary’s mission
Willingness to commit to Farm Sanctuary’s values of compassion, understanding, integrity, transformation, and freedom
Open to learning about and putting into practice the ideals of equity and social justice, and the principles embedded in Farm Sanctuary’s mission
Prolonged periods of standing and walking throughout sanctuary grounds
Must be able to perform strenuous physical labor and lifting (up to 50 lbs regularly
team-lift heavier amounts regularly)
Must be able to bend, lift, push, stoop, stretch, climb, and crawl and other strenuous physical activities
Must be able to regularly perform job responsibilities work in a variety of weather conditions
almost all work is done in outdoor setting that is not climate controlled
Must be able to communicate with others to exchange information by means of the spoken word via telephone, video conferencing and other forms of electronic communication utilizing computers and smartphones
Worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures
transcribing
viewing a computer terminal
Must be able to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction