Program Coordinator - Mentorship Program Liaison

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MobilizeGreen is seeking 1 Program Coordinator to join our residential / on-site Youth Conservation Programs (YCP) team in the Spring and Summer of 2025. As a Coordinator, you must be committed to the organization’s mission, our participant’s career success, and our partner’s project goals.  In this role, you will serve as a key contact, supervisor, and administrator for a flagship mentorship program and partnership. The program will take place for one week in Northern Minnesota and travel will be required. You will help build a community of mentors, high-school students, and local environmentalists who live, learn, and work together for a portion of the Summer.

MobilizeGreen is a nonprofit organization helping to build the next generation of green leaders who are creating a more just and sustainable future. All MobilizeGreen staff must be committed to the company's core principles and workplace values, including a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The On-Site mentorship program will be a 5-day field-based experience focused on individual-student development. Mentors will travel to a USFS host site for 5 days to live and work next to the students, MobilizeGreen crew leaders, and Forest Service staff. During this time, mentors will complete activities with 1-2 students, assist on land management projects, participate in recreational trips, and advise students on small projects with the goal of creating environmental stewards and future leaders. The Program Coordinator will support these activities by ensuring that activities, meals, basecamp, reporting, and travel logistics run smoothly for the adult mentors. The Program Coordinator also represents MobilizeGreen on-site and coordinates logistics with local partners throughout the project.

Position Abstract : This role will be focused on working with a liaison in a partner organization to enroll and organize the participation of 8-16 adult mentors in the program. The Program Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and implementing the logistical and educational components of this program, including but not limited to handling administrative paperwork, arranging presentations and activities, food and supply purchasing, arranging the set up and transportation of equipment, communicating with MobilizeGreen and other partners, and more.

Housing : The YCP mentorship program will be based out of Northern Minnesota in a cabin / lodge setting. The Program Coordinator will be provided housing for the duration of the program, as well as set-up and take-down days immediately before and after.

Term :   16 weeks total, March-May completed Remotely or in Washington, DC;  June on-site at a National Forest. Exact start and end dates are flexible.

• March-May 2025 : Supporting mentor onboarding, orientation, and preparation; Plan location-specific education, recreation, logistics.
• Late May : Mentor Training
• June : Program implementation

Benefits :

Core Duties

Participant Success

Program Management

Supplemental Functions

Requirements During Term of Service :

Qualifications