JOB TITLE:   

Program Coordinator, Senior - Wyoming Conservation Corps

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JOB PURPOSE:

The Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming (UW) seeks an accomplished and creative individual to coordinate and manage the Wyoming Conservation Corps (WCC), a National Service AmeriCorps program housed within the Haub School. The WCC is a conservation program that engages AmeriCorps members in hands-on environmental stewardship projects while providing university coursework and leadership development opportunities unique among conservation corps programs. The Program Coordinator, Senior will oversee the WCC's operational, financial, personnel functions, and AmeriCorps standing while advancing its mission of promoting individual development, stewardship, and education through conservation service. This position plays a vital role in developing students' educational and professional skills, environmental awareness, and leadership capabilities through the WCC's unique combination of field experience and academic coursework. All students, veteran & community participants are AmeriCorps members.  The Program Coordinator will implement program goals, provide student mentorship, and facilitate opportunities that enhance corps members' development while maintaining high standards in grant and contract management, conservation work, and community impact. This position offers a pay range of $46,800–$55,008 annually, along with a highly competitive benefits package. 

This position is grant funded and considered at-will employment. 

WHY CONSIDER THE OPPORTUNITY:

• Impact: This is a highly visible role with an opportunity to have a transformative impact within the university and state through conservation leadership
• Culture: Corps members receive an unprecedented level of personal attention and support with relevant opportunities for engagement, work, service, and scholarship
• Location: Laramie offers incredible outdoor recreational opportunities and quality of life
• Benefits: Highly competitive benefits package, including a retirement benefit that features a state contribution of 14.94% of an employee's gross salary and excellent health benefits

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinate and manage the administrative, financial, and personnel activities of a large and/or complex program(s)
• Seek and obtain core and project funding to maximize impact and opportunities; provide timely reports and budgeting information.
• Develop, coordinate and administer student enrichment/academic programs for all university students
• Provide leadership and oversight of crew leaders and crew members; coordinate a comprehensive leadership-training program
• Implement program goals and objectives and revise as necessary; develop and enact a comprehensive plan for delivery and assessment of program objectives and goals
• Coordinate program with other university departments to assure smooth delivery of services
• Maintain strong and frequent communication with stakeholders and university, state, and national leadership
• Provide guidance and assistance to faculty, staff, and students
• Oversee program efforts and reduce duplication of efforts
• Hire, train, and supervise support staff
• Participate in planning, maintenance, and achievement of departmental goals
• Serve on committees as appropriate
• Coordinate recruitment, training, placement and oversite of WCC AmeriCorps members and WCC AmeriCorps crew leaders
• Execute requirements of the federal AmeriCorps grant
• Work closely with the state service commission (Serve Wyoming)

SUPPLEMENTAL FUNCTIONS:

• Participate in planning, maintenance and achievement of departmental goals.
• Serve on committees as appropriate.

COMPETENCIES:

• Independence
• Individual Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Judgment
• Quantity of Work
• Initiative
• Collaboration
• Work Prioritization & Management
• Grant Compliance & Administration 

REMOTE WORK ELIGIBILITY:

This position provides vital support to campus customers and requires the successful candidate be available to work on campus as well as project sites.

The successful candidate must be eligible to work in the United States, as sponsorship for work authorization or work visas is not available for this position. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  

• Bachelor's degree
• 3 years of work-related experience
• Valid driver's license with a motor vehicle record (MVR) compliant with the University Vehicle Use Policy. 

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:  

• Demonstrated leadership and program and project management capabilities
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Experience in conservation corps or similar outdoor program management
• Background in environmental education or natural resource management
• Grant writing and budget management experience
• Experience with federal grant management and reporting
• Experience working with diverse populations
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain partnerships with stakeholders
• Experience in student mentorship and leadership development
• Knowledge of Wyoming's natural resources and conservation challenges
• Hands-on experience managing grants through eGrants and OnCorps systems, combined with comprehensive understanding of AmeriCorps programs, funding mechanisms, and compliance requirements for AmeriCorps grants

REQUIRED MATERIALS:  

Complete the online application and upload the following for a complete application: a letter of interest, a detailed C.V. and contact information for three work-related references.  

For application questions, please contact search committee chair, Temple Stoellinger at tstoelli@uwyo.edu, or 307-766-6450. 

This position will remain open until filled. Complete applications received by 03/03/2025 will receive full consideration. 

HIRING STATEMENT:  

UW is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Educator and Employer (UW Reg 4-1). The University does not discriminate in employment or personnel practices on the basis of race, gender, religion, color, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, creed, ancestry, political belief, pregnancy, or any other protected category or participation in any protected activity.  In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation to apply for a position, please call 307-766-2377 or email jobapps@uwyo.edu 

ABOUT THE WYOMING CONSERVATION CORPS:

The Wyoming Conservation Corps (WCC) is a non-profit organization that promotes individual development, stewardship, and education through localized national service. What distinguishes WCC from other conservation corps is its unique integration with higher education - providing formal university-level courses as part of AmeriCorps crew leader and member training.

Crew leaders participate in an upper-level undergraduate course, 4950-Leadership in Natural Resource Management, during the spring semester. In the summer, WCC AmeriCorps members engage in 3700-Conservation Leadership offered by the University of Wyoming, along with wilderness medical classes and a comprehensive month of field training.  All WCC corps members and crew leaders are AmeriCorps members and are held to federal requirements. 

Serve Wyoming has awarded WCC a legacy operational AmeriCorps grant.  AmeriCorps is a program that connects students, veteran & community participants with opportunities to serve their communities. WCC AmeriCorps members will commit to improving environmental stewardship, gain skills, and will earn an education award at the end of their service term.  Serve Wyoming, the Governor’s Commission on Service, awards & monitors AmeriCorps funding.  The WCC Program Coordinator must be responsive to the requirements of the Serve Wyoming AmeriCorps grant. 

This robust educational component is central to WCC's mission and success. By ensuring team members are fully educated in conservation principles and leadership, WCC produces higher quality work, stronger team morale, and cultivates deeper interest in conservation projects. This approach has proven successful, with many WCC alumni going on to manage natural resources in Wyoming and other states.

ABOUT THE HAUB SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES: 

The Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources advances the understanding and resolution of complex natural resource challenges through interdisciplinary education, creation, and dissemination of new information and understanding, and collaborative decision-making.

When the Haub School was established in 1993, it was envisioned as a gathering place. It was meant to be an interdisciplinary hub for scholars and researchers from far-flung fields to tackle cross-cutting environmental issues. It was conceived of as a center for collaboration, where people in conflict over natural resource decisions could come together to better understand each other and the problem at hand. And from the start, it was a community of people who recognized the complexity of environment and natural resource challenges and believed in the power of working together, within and beyond the University, to craft sound and durable solutions.

 Thirty years later, everything imagined has come to fruition. The school’s curricula emphasize collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches that prepare students to become thoughtful future leaders and problem-solvers in environment and natural resources fields. Students learn in the classroom, in real-world enterprises, in the outstanding natural outdoor laboratory that is Wyoming, online, and overseas via the Haub School’s international field courses. The Haub School has a strong community-based culture and has recently experienced unprecedented growth in students, faculty, outreach, and UW financial support. The Haub School has approximately 430 undergraduate and graduate students. The school includes 45 core faculty and staff; additional academic support is provided by professors of practice, academic professionals, and visiting scholars. The Haub School’s faculty maintain active research or creative programs that address environmental and natural resources questions from both disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives. 

The Haub School values interdisciplinary approaches and collaborative solutions to address complex natural resource challenges bringing together federal land management agencies, private landowners, ranchers, industry, conservation organizations, recreation groups, and other parties to address environmental and natural resource decision-making.

The Ruckelshaus Institute, a division of the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, supports stakeholder-driven solutions to environmental and natural resources challenges throughout the state and region through compelling science communication and by promoting collaborative decision making. To learn more about the Ruckelshaus Institute and its history, click here: www.uwyo.edu/haub/ruckelshaus-institute.

The Jay Kemmerer Wyoming Outdoor Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality (WORTH) Institute is another division of the Haub School of Environment and Natural Recourses. The WORTH Institute fosters sustainable growth in Wyoming’s outdoor recreation, tourism, and hospitality sectors through extension and outreach, applied research, and workforce development. Through collaborations and data-driven strategies, the Institute supports communities and businesses in navigating challenges and seizing opportunities in these industries. To learn more about the WORTH Institute, visit www.uwyo.edu/worth 

Wyoming and the western United States enjoy an unparalleled richness of natural resources and face many complex challenges regarding the management of those resources. This complexity provides an opportunity for faculty, students, and staff at the Haub School to work with partners to learn about issues, to bring knowledge to bear on those issues, and to facilitate collaborative decision making. 

Follow these links to learn more about the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources: Haub School Update 2023 and Strategic Plan 2023-28. This plan will chart the course to success to ensure that the good work of the last decades continues and is aimed at sustaining wild and working lands, seeking solutions at the nexus of environment and energy, planning smart growth of tourism and recreation, sustainable land management, exploring novel economic approaches, adapting to a changing climate, and developing wildlife conservation leaders.

ABOUT LARAMIE:

Nestled amid the beauty of two mountain ranges in southeastern Wyoming, you will find the nationally recognized teaching and research institution, the University of Wyoming (UW). Established as a land-grant institution in 1886 when Wyoming was still a territory, UW has since grown to nearly 200 areas of study, drawing approximately 12,000 students from all 50 states and 83 countries. UW is known for its accomplished faculty and world-class facilities, its low student/faculty ratio, and quality undergraduate and graduate programs within its colleges of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources, Arts & Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering & Physical Sciences, Health Sciences, Law, and the Honors College, as well as the School of Energy Resources, School of Computing, and the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources. To learn more, please visit http://www.uwyo.edu.  

Throughout its existence, UW has been the only four-year public university in the state of Wyoming, though it maintains close relationships with the state’s eight community colleges. UW’s global impact begins with innovative undergraduate and graduate research opportunities and extends through state and federal partnerships and recent initiatives such as the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research, the School of Energy Resources, and the School of Computing. UW has played important roles in the lives of students and Wyoming residents for 137 years. Outside Magazine identified Laramie as “the perfect affordable mountain town,” noting the cost of living; access to outdoor activities; food, art and culture; and the influence of UW, including its academic and other offerings. Furthermore, Wyoming ranked #5 in the U.S. News and World Report’s “Best States for Higher Education”. In the area of tuition and fees, Wyoming ranks No. 2 in part because of its low cost for University of Wyoming students. UW’s tuition and fees for resident undergraduates are the lowest in the nation among doctoral degree-granting institutions. The University community is working collaboratively to help the University reinforce and strengthen its reputation as it adapts to changing economic factors in the state and beyond. The University’s strategic roadmap, “Forward for Wyoming 2023+: A Strategic Plan for the University of Wyoming,” demonstrates that it is an exciting time to be a part of UW as the institution embarks on ambitious and impactful initiatives. 

Location: Located in Laramie, Wyoming, a town with approximately 32,000 people, has a unique blend of sophistication and Western hospitality. UW not only provides an environment for success but also offers varied academic and lifestyle opportunities. Named the “#1 Small College Town in America” by College Value Online, Laramie boasts a moderate cost of living with no state income tax, incredible outdoor recreational opportunities, an eclectic downtown, and a great public school system.

 For more information about the region, please visit http://visitlaramie.org/