Youth Training Coordinator - Alaska Center for the Environment

[Megan McBride]

Alaska Center for the Environment (ACE) & Alaska Conservation Voters (ACV)

Youth Training Coordinator

Position Summary:

Alaska Center for the Environment is seeking a creative, driven, and talented individual to serve as our Youth Training Coordinator. The Youth Training Coordinator will work closely with the Youth Organizing Coordinator to lead the award-winning Alaska Youth for Environmental Action (AYEA) program, supporting passionate, creative youth from across the state. This position will coordinate exciting and transformative training events to build advocacy skills, organizing skills, and strong relationships among rural and urban youth leaders to support the teens’ leadership development and community organizing and policy advocacy efforts.

Organization:

Alaska’s world-class ecosystems and incredible natural resources sustain our families, communities, and cultures. By building and empowering an engaged conservation constituency, Alaska Center for the Environment (ACE) seeks to conserve the resources that support our unique quality of life for current and future generations.  To accomplish this, ACE cultivates future conservation leaders; educates Alaskans about key conservation issues; and mobilizes partners and supporters to advocate for sensible conservation and policies.

ACE’s Alaska Youth for Environmental Action program has engaged thousands of youth from every region of the state since 1998, training teens to be effective community organizers and advocates for their communities.

A separate but affiliated organization, Alaska Conservation Voters (ACV) works to protect our environment and communities for current and future generations, by cultivating conservation leaders, advocating for sound conservation laws and policies, electing pro-conservation candidates, and holding decision makers accountable for their votes and actions.

This position would be shared between Alaska Center for the Environment and Alaska Conservation Voters, with the hired employee tracking hours spent on each organization’s mission.

Job Title:   Youth Training Coordinator

Salary: DOE

Status: Exempt

Location: Anchorage

Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities including but not limited to:

• Plan and coordinate two annual summits for 25-30 rural and urban youth: one on civic engagement, understanding the political process and supporting teens to advocate for conservation policy change; the second Summit trains teens in campaign planning and community organizing skills and sets them up to lead their annual statewide campaign

• Support the youth-led campaign by providing leadership training to AYEA’s Youth Organizers and other teen members via community trainings, webinars, and workshops at conferences

• Establish relationships and develop partnerships with conservation groups, Alaska Native groups, and others to support the youth led-campaign

• Provide training and support to ACE staff, partner groups, and adult volunteers for how to support youth-led organizing

• Plan and coordinate additional events, including campaign donor events.

• Outreach to rural and urban teens to join AYEA and attend AYEA Summits

• Develop professional development goals for yourself, work with your supervisor to seek out relevant opportunities

• Work with your supervisor and the development staff to identify and nurture new funders, sponsors, and partners

• Perform administrative tasks as assigned by supervisor

Skills and Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have most of the following skills and experiences:

• Innovation; ability to take risks, curiosity and desire to learn

• Creativity; humor; ability to laugh at yourself

• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and networking skills, excellent written and verbal communication

• Demonstrated ability to plan and coordinate large events

• Highly organized; excellent attention to detail; able to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously

• Ability to facilitate and support youth & adults

• Interest in Alaska’s rural and urban social and environmental issues

• Experience coordinating youth programs or working with youth ages 14-18

• Passion for social justice and equity

• Experience working with Alaska’s diverse populations

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a member of a team and independently

• Experience managing interns and volunteers

• College degree and minimum of one year related experience

• Experience working, volunteering or being involved in the AYEA program

• Possess a driver’s license

This position will have access to professional development opportunities, including training and support.

This is a full time position based in Anchorage, AK. Salary DOE with competitive benefits. Supportive work environment. Alaska Youth for Environmental Action supports and fosters leadership from underrepresented communities.

We are an equal opportunity employer.  Employment and program policies of the Alaska Center for the Environment are nondiscriminatory in regard to race, color, gender, religion, age, national origin, disability, veteran status or sexual orientation.

To apply send your resume and cover letter to jo...@akcenter.org. Questions may be directed to the same address. No phone calls please. Position open until filled.