Join the Team!
Positions Open Now for 2025
Imagine being able to stare at the stars each night for work! When you work for Wyoming Stargazing, you not only get to feed your own curiosity of the Universe, but you also get to inspire and educate countless others all year long.
If you have a passion for education and the night sky and you love to share that passion with others, then we look forward to meeting you!
Current Openings:
- Nonprofit Astronomy Education Unicorn
- Líderes de observación de estrellas
- STEM Educators
Nonprofit Astronomy Education Unicorn (NAEU)
We are looking for an individual who can fill the full time position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Wyoming Stargazing. The successful candidate will have a diverse background and skill set that enables them to fulfill a broad range of responsibilities which includes, but is not limited to: telescope maintenance and repair, facilitating STEM classes, bokkeeping, grant writing and fundraising, customer and vendor communications, program logistics, strategic and financial planning, and organizational leadership. So, yeah, we’re looking for a unicorn!
(NAEU) Required Qualifications
- 10+ years in a leadership role
- 10+ years of STEM teaching/tutoring
- 5+ years of customer facing experience
- 5+ years of grant writing/fundraising experience
(NAEU) Preferred Qualifications
- MS or PhD in Physics/Astronomy
- MBA or equivalent experience
(NAEU) Benefits
- Starting salary of $75k.
- 50% of health insurance and optional disability insurance premiums
- $100/month health stipend
- 3% SIMPLE IRA match
- Below Jackson Market rate housing
Ready to Apply?
Get in touch with our Executive Director, Dr. Samuel Singer.
Correo electrónico: Samuel@WyomingStargazing.org
Phone: (307) 413-4779
Líderes de observación de estrellas
- Year-round (only full-time in summer)
- 5 total hours of work/program
- Su elección de 3-5 programas / semana
- Lead engaging and informative stargazing programs, solar astronomy programs, and planetarium programs.
STEM Educators
- School calendar year & summer camps
- Classroom-based and 1-on-1 tutoring sessions
- Teach STEM Lessons (curriculum provided) in local elementary, middle & high schools
- Lead/Assist with outdoor education lessons
Required experience for all jobs
- Knowledge of STEM, specifically astronomy
- Using telescopes to locate space based objects
- Science and/or Math teaching and/or tutoring experience
- Licenciatura o Licenciatura en Matemáticas o Ciencias
- Certificación de primeros auxilios y resucitación cardiopulmonar
Stargazing Leader and STEM Educator Benefits
- $175 per stargazing program + tips
- Below JH market rate housing opportunities
Required qualities for all jobs
- 21 years old
- Excellent communication skills
- Clean driving record
- Clean background check
- Puntualidad
- Professional demeanor
- Ability to safely lift and carry up to ~50lbs of equipment
- Ability to safely drive 15 passenger vans with trailer (training provided)
- Ability to safely hitch and unhitch trailer (training provided)
Ready to Apply?
Get in touch with our Executive Director, Dr. Samuel Singer.
Correo electrónico: Samuel@WyomingStargazing.org
Phone: (307) 413-4779
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