RECRUITING & SCREENING

Want to access our network of incredible volunteers?
If you are able to train and manage volunteers yourself, and need help finding the right team, we're here to help.

1. Planning

We’ll work with you to determine your specific field support needs for data collection, including:

  • Number of volunteers needed
  • Length of volunteer commitment
  • Outdoor skills such as whitewater kayaking, rock climbing, mountaineering, backcountry skiing, backpacking, diving, etc.
  • Previous data collection experience, or knowledge of science or conservation
  • Safety skills such as wilderness first aid

You will get a proposal detailing our shared findings, along with a scope of work and budget to meet your needs.

2. Recruiting Portal

Once the scope of work is agreed upon, Adventure Scientists then builds a website for each project, including:
  • Summary information and a requirement checklist for volunteers
  • A volunteer application, with screening questions
  • Tracking through our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system
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Check out our Timber Tracking project for an example of what your website might be similar to.

3. Recruiting & Screening

Adventure Scientists recruits volunteers from our existing network of outdoor enthusiasts worldwide, using targeted recruitment, ambassador influencers, social media, local outreach and other strategies.

​Our staff, having become well-versed in your project, reviews each applicant against a rubric customized to your needs. We follow up with clarifying conversations when necessary to ensure each volunteer we recruit meets your requirements to carry out the data collection.

Case Study: Saguaro National Park

To assess the health of the park’s signature cactus species, the National Park Service needed 45 volunteers capable of hiking ten off-trail miles per day in rugged desert terrain. The volunteers also had to be comfortable camping for almost a week at a time. The NPS selected our Recruiting service - we recruited and screened the volunteers, and their staff trained and managed them.
“Compared to our typical volunteers, [Adventure Scientists’ volunteers] were excellent in the field, good on their feet, and very fast learners. We got a tremendous amount of work done [in areas] that I had been reluctant to bring other groups to. This group of volunteers did it easily.”
​ — Don Swann, Biologist, Saguaro National Park

Looking for a different service? 

Project Design & Feasibility Research
​Feasibility, logistics, right-sizing data collection,  budgeting, cultivating end users​
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Full Project Management
Protocol development, volunteer training/management, media, reporting, fundraising, technology consulting

Project Build
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Volunteer training, quality control, permitting, equipment and technology sourcing