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Careers
Development - Institutional Giving
Director, Institutional Giving
The Director, Institutional Giving leads organizational efforts to secure new and increased government, foundation, and corporate funding for The Marine Mammal Center’s strategic priorities and manages all aspects of the Center’s institutional giving program and systems. Collaborates with leaders across the organization to build and maintain relationships with funding agencies to understand and solicit support for strategic initiatives. Monitors and produces required reporting for projects and grants, engages with staff in the development and production of research and other proposals, and supports the Development team in formal communications to major donors. In collaboration with the development team and the organization, continually builds a culture of philanthropy.
Sausalito, California • Full-time • Posted July 29, 2024
Development - Individual Giving
Major Gifts Officer
This seasoned Major Gifts Officer role will enable the sustainability, evolution, and expansion of The Marine Mammal Center’s conservation programs by managing a dynamic fundraising portfolio of 100+ donors and inspiring them to learn more about our exciting strategic priorities at the Center. This role is focused on individual relationships with donors able to give single gifts of $25,000 to $1 million+. This role will play an important part in helping us scale our work in local, regional and national areas, raising funds for new and existing program initiatives as well as unrestricted funds.
The Major Gifts Officer will identify, evaluate, cultivate and manage relationships and successfully close gifts through appropriate and timely asks. The person in this role will be a thought leader, providing input and support to the Center’s Board of Directors, Senior Management and Development volunteers on a full range of development activities. Identifying and involving the appropriate partner(s) (e.g. Board Members or Conservation Program Managers) to support activities in the development and stewardship of donor relationships will be a key function of this role.
Sausalito, California • Full-time • Posted September 20, 2024
Conservation Programs
Community Projects Manager
The Community Projects Manager will play a pivotal role in the planning, coordination, and execution of a Congressionally Directed Spending grant focused on developing a community-driven conservation campaign supporting the shared sustainability of endangered Hawaiian monk seals and humans in Hawai’i. The Community Projects Manager will join the existing Ke Kai Ola team, lead the engagement of local stakeholder groups, and manage a steering committee made up of local cultural advisors, academics, and other key stakeholders. They will act as project manager for the grant by managing all deliverables, including all external contract deliverables. They are responsible for compiling and distributing the resulting campaign communication tools to partners and stakeholders across the State of Hawai’i.
Kona, Hawai'i • Part-time, Temporary • Posted September 17, 2024
Field Operations and Response
Cetacean Conservation Biology Senior Coordinator
The Cetacean Conservation Biology Senior Coordinator plays a key role in The Marine Mammal Center’s cetacean research and conservation program (Cetacean Conservation Biology (CCB)). The Senior Coordinator supports all aspects of the research program including the coordination of fieldwork and its participants, data management, and regular travel within our California range for field work. Fieldwork includes the research and response entangled whale events. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, field data collection at sea or land, coordination of project participant including volunteers/interns/staff, research equipment inventory and maintenance, data entry, data analysis, and timely communication with CCB team and internal and external partners. This role is instrumental in driving forward our research and conservation efforts aimed at protecting cetacean species and their habitats.
Moss Landing, California • Full-time • Posted September 26, 2024
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
Pathology & Diagnostics
Pathology Veterinary Student Externship Rotation in Marine Mammal Medicine and Pathology
The Pathology Veterinary Student Externship is an opportunity for veterinary students in their final/clinical year to gain experience in marine mammal anatomy and pathology. Pathology Veterinary Student Externs will conduct necropsies and 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, anatomy and necropsy report writing. There is no clinical component to this externship.
Sausalito, California • 2-4 week rotation between 3/1/26 and 9/30/26
Animal Care
Clinical Veterinary Student Externship Rotation in Marine Mammal Medicine and Pathology
The Marine Mammal Center Clinical Veterinary Externship Program provides veterinary students in their clinical year the opportunity to gain exposure to marine mammal medicine, pathology, rehabilitation, and husbandry. The veterinary student extern will work under the direct supervision of veterinary staff and highly skilled volunteers. Students participate in animal husbandry, veterinary care, necropsy, and daily clinical rounds. Clinical exposure will depend on the present caseload; most of the caseload is otariids and phocids.
Sausalito, California • 4 week rotation between 3/1/26 and 9/30/26
Animal Care
Marine Mammal Medicine and Pathology Veterinary Internship
The Veterinary Intern receives training in marine mammal medicine, husbandry, and pathology from the clinical veterinary team, pathology team, and animal care staff and volunteers at the Center. The Intern provides medical care for sick and injured marine mammals in rehabilitation, conducts post-mortem examinations, and contributes to teaching visiting veterinary and animal care professionals. The Intern develops and conducts a research project in marine mammal health with the goal of presentation at a scientific conference and publication. The position may include occasional opportunities for field work including large cetacean necropsy, stranding response and/or veterinary support of free-ranging wildlife research projects.
This is a one-year long, full-time, paid position.
Housing is available at no cost to the intern in a shared unit located within 2 miles of the Center’s main hospital in Sausalito.
This position is a collaboration with the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and the Intern is a House Officer in the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.
Sausalito, California • Full-time, One-year position • Posted September 27, 2024
Animal Care
Veterinary Technician Student Externship Rotation
The Veterinary Technician Externship is an exciting opportunity for students in a Veterinary Technician Program and/or approved alternate route track to become a licensed veterinary technician who are interested increasing their technical skills, gaining experience and knowledge as a technician in veterinary medicine and leaning about the behavior, rescue, and rehabilitation of marine mammals. This externship works with our veterinary staff and the Center’s animal care volunteers to provide veterinary care for our patients, which consists of phocids, otariids, and the occasional cetaceans and sea otters.
Sausalito, California • 8-12 week rotation between 2/1/25 and 9/30/25
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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