Volunteer job listings at Maine Audubon. Click on the links below to read the full descriptions as a PDF.
Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, Falmouth
Property Care Assistants Needed
Help care for the Gilsland Farm sanctuary and enjoy a few hours of fresh air, fun, and fulfillment. Come once a week or more and become part of our growing group of volunteers.
These positions assist with a wide variety of property, maintenance, and ecological management projects such as buildings and grounds work, trail clearing, weeding, and watering. Independent, seasonal projects are also available.
Tuesdays: ages 16 & up.
Sundays: all ages welcome but children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Please contact our properties team to apply: properties@maineaudubon.org
Native Plant Care Assistants Needed
Do you love plants and the great outdoors? We are looking for volunteers at Gilsland Farm to help us with our native plant sale preparation and beyond!
Shifts are generally 2- 4 hours in length and take place sometime between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. We need people 7 days a week and are generally flexible, but we ask that once you commit to the shift that you do make every effort to fulfill that agreed upon schedule.
On-going thru Fall 2023
- Watering
- Weeding
- Special Projects
- Invasive Species Eradication
- Native Habitat Re-Wilding
If you are interested, please contact Andrew Tufts to apply. atufts@maineaudubon.org
Visitor Center Volunteer
Visitor Services Volunteers welcome all visitors to Gilsland Farm Visitor Center and help them find what they’re looking for. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet people and share interests in nature.
Fields Pond Audubon Center, Holden
The main activity of the Educational Guide is to help assist with educational programs for families and youth at the Fields Pond Audubon Center. The EG needs an appreciation for the natural world, and a desire to share this enthusiasm with people of all ages. This position requires public speaking and positive group management skills.
Visitor Services (VS) volunteers help broaden the public’s knowledge, appreciation, and enjoyment of Fields Pond Audubon Center. As a principal contact person for information about Fields Pond, VS volunteers greet visitors at the Center’s reception desk, respond to phone inquiries, process sales in the Nature Store, help maintain outdoor bird feeding stations, and assist with staff projects. This position requires attention to detail and a friendly, easy-going manner.
Maine Audubon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other aspect of identity protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.