Science, Nature, & Gardens

Chanticleer is seeking an Assistant Public Programs Manager to lead and enhance the visitor experience at our renowned public garden. This role oversees the Visitor Services team, manages daily operations, and collaborates with leadership to create a welcoming, educational, and service-focused environment. If you're passionate about hospitality, public engagement, and strategic program development, this is a great opportunity to grow with us!

The Volunteer and Development Events Associate provides an essential function to Heritage Conservancy by interacting with the community and nurturing connections through premiere fundraising events as well as immersive, mission-related, volunteer activities. This position will coordinate Heritage Conservancy volunteer programs, working with the Development Team and across departments. This role will also play an essential role in seasonal fundraising events.

The Garden Intern is an important part of supporting healthy living at PTM and will work within the Exhibits Department to help maintain, improve, and interpret the Please Touch Garden. This opportunity will allow the intern to experience working directly with an urban garden in an interactive children’s museum setting. Primary responsibilities for the Garden Intern include:

Primary Function: The Program Coordinator is responsible for supporting the production, implementation, communication, and evaluation related to public programs, with special focus on administrative support and program planning. These programs feature different generations of national and international contemporary artists, who bring new perspectives to Alexander Calder’s work and connect them to ideas and experiences relevant to the present. 

Centering experimentation and cross-disciplinarity, programs also include practices related to wellness, the environment, and nature at-large. These programs aim to foster introspection and multiple types of audience engagement, while featuring racial, ethnic, gender, generational and accessibility diversity. 

Reporting to the Marsha Perelman Senior Director of Programs, this individual supports the implementation of all Calder Gardens public programs, as well as the production and planning of private events. The Program Coordinator is also vital for maintaining relationships with internal departments and stakeholders, and with our artistic and community partners locally, nationally and internationally.

Salary Range:$20.00 To 22.00 Hourly

Position Overview:

 The Accounting Assistant is an entry-level position in the organization’s Finance team that supports Finance team members with routine administrative and basic accounting tasks. 

Primary Responsibilities:

Support the Finance team’s Contract and Administration Manager by reviewing vendor support documentation for completeness to ensure they meet vendor invoicing requirements. Supported program include PHS’s Workforce Development and Landcare programs, and others, as needed.

Arts & Culture Program Assistant

Glen Foerd is a dynamic cultural institution committed to enriching our community through arts, culture, and environmental education. As a Program Assistant within our Arts & Culture Department, you will play a vital role in ensuring the success of our programs.        

Glen Foerd seeks energetic, outgoing individuals to assist with our summer kayaking programs on a part-time, seasonal basis. On-Water Kayaking Assistants will aid with 2-hour excursions on the Poquessing Creek and Delaware River. Excursions run Saturdays and Sundays, depending on the tides, beginning in mid-May through mid-October. Assistants may also act as a chase boat driver when not assisting on the trip via kayak. This is a part-time, seasonal position that reports to the Environmental Program Manager, Environmental and On-Water Program Coordinator/Educator, and works collaboratively with all Glen Foerd staff and volunteers.

The Opportunity

Glen Foerd seeks an energetic On-Water Program Coordinator to support its environmental programs. The On-Water Program Coordinator will directly manage the kayaking and other on-water programs, and in conjunction with the Environmental Program Manager, will oversee, schedule and help train seasonal employees as well. This full-time, year-round position will report to the Environmental Program Manager. 

Glen Foerd is seeking a Seasonal, Part-Time Event Supervisor to oversee the historic property during private, catered events and to provide oversight of all Visitor Services Assistants (VSA’s). The Event Supervisor will report to the Business Manager.   More details on work hours can be found below.

The Event Supervisor handles all issues with the facility that may arise during the event. At the end of the night, the Event Supervisor locks up and ensures that the mansion and grounds are closed. Because the Event Supervisor is the only Glen Foerd staff on-site during evening events, he/she must be reliable, independent, and have a strong attention to detail. As the manager on-site, the Event Supervisor ensures that the rental client, catering staff and all third-party vendors always adhere to Glen Foerd’s policies and procedures, including clean-up and noise level requirements. As such, Event Supervisors must be self-confident and comfortable addressing issues directly.