Overview
Title: Program Coordinator – CREW
Reports to: Program Director
Starting Salary: $47,700 – $49,131
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Status: Full time, Exempt
Benefit Eligible: Health, Vision, Dental, Long-Term Disability, Retirement, Paid Time Off per Personnel Policies
Application period: Please apply by March 22nd, 2024
Program Summary:
Program Summary:
The Southeast Conservation Corps (SECC) is a non-profit service organization built on the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) that operated from 1933-1942. SECC provides recent-era military veterans, young adults, and teenagers opportunities to complete conservation projects on public and private lands throughout Tennessee and the Southeast region. While serving with SECC members learn natural resource management practices and team work though completing high quality projects such as prescribed burning, fuels management, land restoration, trail construction, invasive plant management, and much more. Programs are structured using a stepladder approach to provide a progression of development related to personal, professional, and project skills. SECC operates field programs nearly year-round from January – November, with the peak season being May – August. During peak season, up to 10 crews can run simultaneously. SECC engages approximately 120 members per year throughout youth, adult, and veteran crews, as well as internships.
Program Summary:
The Southeast Conservation Corps (SECC) is a non-profit service organization built on the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) that operated from 1933-1942. SECC provides recent-era military veterans, young adults, and teenagers opportunities to complete conservation projects on public and private lands throughout Tennessee and the Southeast region. While serving with SECC members learn natural resource management practices and team work though completing high quality projects such as prescribed burning, fuels management, land restoration, trail construction, invasive plant management, and much more. Programs are structured using a stepladder approach to provide a progression of development related to personal, professional, and project skills. SECC operates field programs nearly year-round from January – November, with the peak season being May – August. During peak season, up to 10 crews can run simultaneously. SECC engages approximately 120 members per year throughout youth, adult, and veteran crews, as well as internships.
Position Summary:
The Program Coordinator’s primary responsibilities are recruiting, hiring, training, supervising, and mentoring seasonal field staff including Crew Leaders, and Assistant Crew Leaders; supporting and maintaining partnerships through partner coordination, project development, site scouting, project management, and reporting; overseeing and maintaining consistent quality control, risk management, data quality, and program integrity.
Qualifications:
Exhibits the ability to effectively work on diverse teams or with a variety of populations, including those underrepresented at our organization and those of BIPOC communities.
Minimum of 2 years of experience in youth development or corps field.
Experience with influencing diverse groups of employees to achieve common goals.
Flexibility, adaptability, and capacity to work in a fluid, changing work environment.
The ability to carry out assigned work independently or with minimal supervision.
Required Skills:
Ability to work well with others and to seek assistance when needed to carry out assignments.
Familiarity with Microsoft Office programs and applications, or similar platforms.
Ability to keep others, in remote locations, accountable to expectations.
Valid Driver’s License and Insurable Driving Record.
Must be able to pass the organization’s criminal history check requirements.
Experience leading Conservation Legacy programs, members or administrative systems.
Preferred Skills:
Technical competence and experience in dry stone masonry, full bench trail construction, trail maintenance, fence construction, and maintenance, crosscut saw operation and maintenance, and chainsaw operations for riparian restoration and fuel reduction.
Experience supervising and supporting Crew Leaders in a staff role at a Conservation Corps program.
About Southeast Conservation Corps
Empowering young adults to cultivate compassion, responsibility, and grit through community service, hard work, and environmental stewardship.
Southeast Conservation Corps (SECC), a program of Conservation Legacy, is a non-profit, AmeriCorps-affiliated organization. SECC selects young adults, ages 18-30, to complete conservation work projects on public lands throughout the Southeast. SECC programs encourage environmental stewardship, foster community partnerships, & emphasize experiential learning. SECC serves a diverse population that is representative of the Southeast, including youth, graduates, veterans, and a cross-section of ethnicities and income levels. SECC is an active member of the AmeriCorps Disaster Response Team & as such, selected crews may be deployed on Disaster response projects for up to 30 days.
