Join The Marine Mammal Center's Team
The Marine Mammal Center is an equal opportunity, nonprofit employer committed to social and environmental equity.
Careers
Marketing & Communications
Journalism and Public Relations Apprentice
The Journalism and Public Relations Apprentice will support The Marine Mammal Center’s communication capabilities to highlight our scientific research output through long form storytelling. The apprentice will develop skills to decipher and distill complex science topics/research papers leading to the strengthening of the Center’s communications capabilities to highlight our scientific research output through longform storytelling via web stories and pitches to select media members. You will also develop skills on how to write pitches, engage media, and steward documentarians and filmmakers in a conservation-related setting.
Sausalito, California • Part-time • Posted August 14, 2025
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
Finance
Temporary Assistant Controller
The Assistant Controller is responsible for managing The Marine Mammal Center’s accounting operations on an interim basis, with a primary focus on oversight of the general ledger, accounting management, internal auditing controls, and supporting financial systems and processes. This role ensures the integrity and accuracy of financial data through timely month-end closings, preparation for external audits, and coordination of annual tax return filings. The Assistant Controller leads the finance team in day-to-day operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll. They collaborate closely with internal staff and leadership to provide timely financial information and support, ensuring consistency and clarity in communications and deliverables. This role is critical in maintaining and strengthening internal controls, optimizing accounting systems and procedures, and supporting risk management efforts to ensure audit readiness and operational continuity allowing our Controller to focus on critical new systems implementations.
Sausalito, California • Part-time • Posted August 14, 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
Response & Outreach
Community Conservation Intern
The Community Conservation Intern supports The Marine Mammal Center’s Hawaiian monk seal sighting hotline by effectively communicating with our volunteers and the general public regarding hauled out Hawaiian monk seals. They support and educate callers, evaluate the needs of the animal, provide detailed documentation of the exchange and sightings, and coordinate volunteers for response. This internship provides broad exposure to several key program areas, offering a well-rounded introduction to our work.
Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i • Internship • Temporary • Posted June 13, 2025
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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