Volunteer Opportunities

You love nature and community. Helping develop the leaders of tomorrow is truly your jam. You also have a unique ability to connect with people and learn their story. From there, you build relationships to help build a better tomorrow for everyone. It's what you do.

Team Imo is looking for a volunteer member of senior leadership to serve as our Associate Director of Development and Finance. You'll build and manage a portfolio of individual & major gifts, special events, corporate and foundation giving, direct response, alumni giving, appeals for specific needs, and in-kind support. You’ll occupy a position at the bedrock level of the company and help build a donor management database that will lead to the construction of the Project Imo Nature Learning and Community Peacebuilding Center by 2030. You’re a Rockstar.

If connecting with people is your thing, either in the board room or on the rock face, this volunteer opportunity is for you.

The position is open until filled.

  Order out of chaos.  The dynamic world of budgets is where you reign supreme. Numbers make sense to you and so does adventure. When you're not keeping the books, you're writing epic stories in the wild. Whether in a kayaks or an office, class 3's and spreadsheets alike bend to your will.  You want to give back to the world and communities that have made your adventures possible through your knowledge of nonprofit accounting practices.

Team Imo is actively looking for a certified public accountant-adventurer to help build frameworks for financial success, keep corporate books, and work with contract accountants and legal representatives to ensure Project Imo is following best-practices and is compliant with Connecticut non-stock corporation laws as we move to apply for 501c3 status. 

If Quicken AND quicksand sound like a perfect Saturday to you, throw us the rope and we'll throw you the idol.

This position is open until filled.

Remember all those pulp stories where the hero jumped on a truck, traversed the desert and boarded a plane as the props spun into the cold clouds. They jumped out as they donned the parachute and landed on a cargo freighter carrying ancient artifacts off to an evil collector. Remember those stories? 

Remember them?!??! How dare we insult you? Heck, the producers called you to arrange all of the logistics of the filming!

Team Imo is currently looking for a dedicated volunteer to help with program and event logistics. The ideal teammate will have experience in handling multiple data streams from incongruent sources and the ability to merge all of that into a coherent logistical plan for Imo outings. From coordinating with program site hosts and arranging supply orders, this person will make sure Project Imo can run as smoothly as possible as our facilitators save the artifacts from the bad guys!

You'll be navigating the matrix-world but with backpacks and kayaks instead of 1's and 0's. Sound like you? Drop us a line!

  You're an expert educator. You look out over your students and you see them totally immersed in project-based learning. They're asking questions. They're building neural connections that will last them a lifetime. This is exactly why you became an educator. 

Team Imo is currently seeking skilled curriculum designers to help develop content for our eko-STEAM line of supplemental educational curriculum. We need people to help connect social-emotional learning activities to Next Generation Science Standards using project-based work in natural settings.

eko-STEAM curriculum will help educators of all kinds connect children to community, academic content, and their natural world. You can be an integral part of that endeavor.

Help us develop eko-STEAM. Change how children learn.

These positions are continually open.

You were a kid. You couldn't WAIT to get outside and dig in the dirt, climb a tree, turn over rocks, observe animals, and explore the natural world. Something sparked a fire in you that drove you to study nature and apply the scientific method to your passion. You can nurture that spark in the next generation of scientist-explorers.

Team Imo is currently looking for volunteers with expertise in biology, ecology, environmental engineering, evolutionary biology, geology, southern New England ecosystems and various species, weather, astronomy, and more. Perhaps you'd like to help us provide content directly in the learning environment. Maybe you'd like to help build the lessons. Perhaps you envision sitting in front of a camera wearing a lav mic while an 8 year old interviews you for your knowledge as part of our Docu-KID-aries programs.

If this sounds like your camp cup of tea, reach out. Help us bring science back to kid's lives.

These positions are continually open.

  Imagine a short nature documentary. A serene pond. A busy beaver. Birds flapping by. Cut to an expert. They're 5 years old. They know a thing or two about those critters and they're happy to tell-teach the world. One kid helped mic that expert up. Another did the research. Yet another captured some amazing audio of baby herons squawking for food. You can help make that happen.

We are currently looking for skilled videographers and audiographers to help compile stock content for our DoKidmentaries programs. DoKidmentaries are nature documentaries made by kids as part of a larger educational curriculum. Team Imo will work with schools, youth groups, afterschool programs, and clubs to help children research, plan, film, and produce their own nature documentaries. We are also looking for skilled editors to help us build these finished products.

Stock footage and audio of local flora and fauna is essential to the success of this program. You can help us help kids achieve that success. Change your world by helping them change theirs.

These positions are continually open.

  You look at a brochure, website, or professional document and it is filled with vibrant, colorful imagery and captivating language. It draws you to explore more deeply the content inside. This is your area of expertise. You have a knack for design. You know how to connect with people and want to help build a world where people are treated with respect and everyone has access to high quality experiences in nature.  You see a deck of cards and wonder how you could design one to be an immersive educational experience for people.
 

Project Imo is looking for skilled designers of print and digital media to help bring our programs and services to life. If you have a passion for youth leadership, nature, and community success stories AND want to help engage people as part of a team that can make that happen, let us know. Engage your world.

These positions are continually open.