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Teen Volunteer Program Assistant

3/11/2026

The assistant will manage daily activities for teen volunteers, including creating monthly and daily schedules for Jr Interpreters and providing direct oversight to ensure schedules are followed. Key duties involve coaching interpreters on habitat chats and Discovery Cart presentations, developing new cart topics, and assisting the Career Pathways Manager with evaluations and projects.

Working Hours

28 hours/week

Company Size

51-200 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

About The Company

At your Akron Zoo, you'll come nose-to-nose with more than 1,000 animals from around the world, such as African lions, snow leopards, red pandas, Komodo dragons, penguins, tigers and more! Your Akron Zoo is committed to upholding the value of diversity in our relationships and activities with employees, guests, colleagues, partners, and the community. As an employer, we are committed to a workforce of diverse cultures, physical characteristics and life experiences to better serve our community. You belong at the Akron Zoo.

About the Role

Description

The Akron Zoo is looking for a Teen Volunteer Program Assistant. Core responsibilities include working with the zoo’s teen volunteers each day ensuring all required activities are covered.

Essential job functions:

Creating monthly and daily schedules for the Jr Interpreters.
Provide daily oversight of the Jr Interpreters ensuring daily schedule is followed.
Using interpretive best practices, coach the Jr Interpreters on habitat chats and Discovery Cart presentations.
Create new activities or topics for Discovery Carts
Assist Career Pathways Manager with program & individual evaluations.
Assist Career Pathways Manager with any ongoing projects.

Requirements

The candidate for this position should have a high school diploma with some college preferred in the areas of science or education. The individual should be comfortable working with teenagers and guiding them through daily activities.

The Teen Volunteer Program Assistant should be a highly organized, outgoing, collaborative, strategic, independent, fun and creative self-starter who is able to multi-task and work independently within a busy work environment. Must have excellent communication skills (both written and verbal), strong relationship building skills, and exceptional customer service skills.

This is a temporary part time position (25-28 hours a week) working 7-8 weeks during the Summer of 2026.

The schedule for this role is: Wednesday-Saturday approximately 9:00am-4:00pm

The Akron Zoo is a Drug-Free Workplace and an EOE.

Key Skills

SchedulingOversightCoachingProgram EvaluationProject ManagementOrganizationCollaborationIndependenceCreativityMulti-taskingCommunicationRelationship BuildingCustomer Service