Overview
The Maritime Education Assistant Manager is part of the team of educators who provide audacious hands-on maritime education that ignites curiosity and cultivates belonging for our students. Northwest Maritime (NWM) is an innovative non-profit organization, offering a dynamic work environment where collaboration, open communication, exchange of ideas, and teamwork help us connect communities, careers, and the sea through maritime learning. This position leads NWM’s everyday program operations at Maritime High School (MHS) and other activities throughout the greater Seattle area. You will work to ensure the quality and effectiveness of our maritime educational programs, with responsibilities spanning direct instruction, grant support, and industry partnership management.
Bring your experience in the maritime field to project-based learning, teaching, youth mentorship, and maritime workforce pipelines for students ages 5 to 18 in a variety of contexts. It’s an opportunity to engage with the scaling of our programs through our innovative Blue Schools Initiative.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Co-Design and implement our Career Connected Learning progression, which involves industry-engaged programmatic activities such as career exploration conversations, mentorships, workplace-based learning experiences, and internships
Deliver hands-on maritime education programs across our vessel operations and marine construction pathways as a lead instructor to students in: Maritime High school, youth development, and workforce development programs, using instructional techniques that accommodate diverse learning styles in safe and inclusive learning environments
Collaborate on the implementation and teaching of the vessel operations track at MHS and other Seattle based youth projects
Support the Merchant Mariner Credentialing process
Develop opportunities for youth to pursue employment and post secondary training opportunities in maritime
Track participant progress toward employment and training goals
Conduct program evaluations aligned with academic and grant reporting requirements
Help report on Seattle program grant funding, as necessary for fulfillment of grant deliverables
Contribute to a professional, collaborative, and enjoyable work environment by actively participating in staff training, team meetings, and shared planning
Facilitate maritime engagement activities at community outreach events
Coordinate with Program staff in Port Townsend for gear, vessel maintenance, and moorage needs
Other duties as assigned
GENERAL OPERATIONS
While the primary focus of this position is Seattle maritime programming, the Maritime Education Assistant Manager works as part of the entire NWM team, ensuring smooth operations. As a growing non-profit, we all pitch in for the heavy lifting, whether it’s participating in all-hands projects and events or occasionally doing some literal heavy lifting.
Qualifications:
Work offers are contingent on a satisfactory pre-employment background check and drug test. Throughout employment with Northwest Maritime, certain boat-related program employees will be enrolled in a random drug testing program administered by the Maritime Consortium, in compliance with the Coast Guard mandatory drug testing regulation, as contained in 46 CFR part 16.
Required Skills:
Experience facilitating hands-on educational programs in one or more of the following areas: Vessel/ boat operations, design, or marine construction, engineering, design, and construction, marine sciences and resource management
Strong professional skills including organization, time management, and accountability
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Demonstrated experience building relationships with students, families, and community partners
Current CPR & First Aid certification, WA license
Preferred Skills:
USCG Merchant Mariner Credential: 25T license and above
Experience or certification as a paddling instructor or guide
Experience teaching shop safety and woodworking
Experience working with English Language Learners. Spanish and/or ASL fluency a plus
Experience with Project Based Learning, Performance Assessment and/or Mastery-based Assessment
About Northwest Maritime
Northwest Maritime is dynamic, growing, making a difference in our community, and taking an increasing role in the region. We serve individual students and program participants, but we also work to help solve community problems like systemic improvements in our public schools, economic development, job training, and working regionally to pair the opportunities in the maritime industry with the need to address systemic oppression in communities of color. Plus, all of the fun stuff like kids’ programs, festivals, and adventure races.
On top of it all, you’d get to work on the water in Port Townsend: natural beauty, heritage buildings, arts community, wooden boats, zero traffic jams. Northwest Maritime’s relative scale to our small town means that the effects of our success can be observed in the success of our community. You’ll be doing meaningful work for the place you live, and your efforts will make a tangible difference.
