Join The Marine Mammal Center's Team
The Marine Mammal Center is an equal opportunity, nonprofit employer committed to social and environmental equity.
Careers
Executive Team
Chief Financial Officer
The Chief Financial Officer reports to the Chief Executive Officer, is a member of the Executive Team, and works with the Board of Directors and staff to ensure a sustainable, effective, and mission centered organization by driving the organization’s overall financial strategy. Primary responsibilities include day-to-day oversight and responsibility for planning, implementing, and managing all financial-related activities including accounting, payroll, finance, and forecasting. This position will ensure the department maintains a customer service and solutions-oriented role within the organization to encourage and develop financial literacy, and engages outside resources such as attorneys, auditors, tax accountants, insurance brokers, investment managers, IT outsourcing firms, and other professionals as needed.
Sausalito, California • Full-time • Posted June 6, 2025
Public Advocacy & Education
Community Outreach Coordinator
The Community Outreach Coordinator leads delivery methods that increase visibility of The Marine Mammal Center’s mission and strategic priorities within the surrounding community in collaboration with the team and other departments. This position will include identifying key audiences, creating messaging and materials, planning and implementing events and activities that will engage the community and build strong relationships, ensuring the Center’s mission and strategic priorities are effectively communicated to the community.
Sausalito, California • Full-time • Posted May 28, 2025
Marketing & Communications
Communications Apprentice
The Communications Apprentice will focus on public relations and content development strategies that position The Marine Mammal Center as a leader in ocean health and marine mammal health, inspire donors to continue their support, and engage people to take mission-aligned actions. Areas of responsibility include assisting with public relations efforts, social media content creation, writing and editing content for web and print, and other communications duties as assigned.
Sausalito, California • Full-time • Posted June 6, 2025
Animal Care
Animal Care Crew Senior Manager
The Animal Care Crew Senior Manager oversees the Animal Care Crew Program at The Marine Mammal Center’s Sausalito hospital. This position acts as a conduit and advocate for information sharing for the Animal Care Crew Program and Veterinary Science Program ensuring continuity of animal care across the 28 different animal care volunteer teams (crews) and Animal Care Crew Management (ACCM) staff at the Sausalito main hospital, and adherence to protocols as set by the veterinary and husbandry teams.
Sausalito, California • Full-time • Posted May 16, 2025
Train and Learn Alongside Our Experts
The Marine Mammal Center is the largest marine mammal teaching hospital and a critical training ground for health and welfare professionals from around the world, combining high-quality animal care with a hands-on learning environment.
Internships & Externships
Pathology & Diagnostics
Veterinary Anatomic Pathology Resident Rotation in Marine Mammal Medicine and Pathology
The Veterinary Anatomic Pathology Resident Rotation is an opportunity for anatomic and clinical pathology residents in established programs (traditional and non-traditional tracks) or those that have recently completed a program, to gain experience in marine mammal anatomy and pathology. Rotating residents will provide postmortem data on our patients and select carcasses, which consists of phocids, otariids, and the occasional cetacean and sea otter. During their time at The Marine Mammal Center, they will become familiar with marine mammal gross necropsy and histopathology including classic diseases.
Sausalito, California • 2-4 week rotation between 1/1/25 and 12/31/25
We are all one community, compassionate and respectful of each other as we work together to accomplish our mission.
- We engage in honest, thoughtful communication and remain open to feedback and new ideas.
- We embrace diversity and bring a positive approach to our work as a team.
- We take pride in what we achieve together and continually strive to learn and improve.
- We build trust by honoring commitments, taking responsibility for our actions and assuming good intentions in others.
Become a Volunteer
Volunteers are the heart and soul of The Marine Mammal Center. You can help rescue and rehabilitate marine mammals, educate the public, and so much more.
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