Program Coordinator, Senior - Wyoming Conservation Corps

The University of Wyoming is seeking a Senior Program Coordinator for the Wyoming Conservation Corps (WCC) in Laramie, WY. This role involves managing the WCC's operations, finances, and personnel while promoting environmental stewardship and leadership development among AmeriCorps members. The position includes responsibilities for student mentorship, program coordination, and securing funding. The annual salary ranges from $46,800 to $55,008, with a competitive benefits package.
Program Coordinator, Senior - Wyoming Conservation
Corps

The University of Wyoming is delighted to receive your interest
in our vacant position! We strive to connect with qualified and
uniquely talented individuals to join our campus community. We
would love to hear how your experiences translate to this position,
the University's Mission, Vision, and Values, and encourage you to
submit an application today!

JOB TITLE:

Program Coordinator, Senior - Wyoming Conservation Corps

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/

Job Identification: 250311

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Job Schedule: Full Time

Locations: 804 E Fremont St, Laramie, WY, 82070, US

Posted Salary Range: $46,800-$55,008

Schedule (Hours Per Week): 40

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