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Position Title: Emerging Leadership Initiative Program Coordinator

Organization: Crowd Conservation and the Western Collaborative Conservation Network

Location: Remote position, with some travel required throughout the year. Preference to those living in a Western state

Organization Overview: The purpose of the Emerging Leadership Initiative is to assist emerging leaders in collaborative conservation. Conservationists stepping into leadership roles need support to become better facilitators, communicators, and collaborators through mentorship and capacity building initiatives. Crowd Conservation and the WCCN seek to connect emerging leaders with the mentors and resources they need, catalyze leaders’ skill development, and provide support in their conservation efforts. In order to assist emerging leaders, we must first understand best practices for developing leadership skills, mentorship practices, and identify barriers and solutions to those obstacles. This involves researching existing materials and articles, conducting focus groups, and interviewing key stakeholders.

Position Overview: The role of the Emerging Leadership Program Coordinator is to seek ways to coordinate support for emerging leadership in collaborative conservation at regional, national, and international scales, distill best practices, and communicate these efforts through multiscalar networks. The deliverable for this position at the end of the year of employment will be to create a mentorship best-practices toolkit.

Duties: The Emerging Leadership Program Coordinator will split their time between the WCCN’s regional efforts and Crowd Conservation’s national and international efforts to curate, connect, and communicate best practices that support emerging leaders and expand their capacity for effective, collaborative approaches to conservation issues.

Support of Western Collaborative Conservation Network’s Efforts (50% – 10 hrs/week)

WCCN The Program Coordinator will assist the Network’s Emerging Leadership Working Group in its day-to-day functions including:

• Design and host peer-exchanges to connect emerging leaders
• Facilitate monthly WCCN Emerging Leadership Working Group meetings
• Plan and coordinate several Emerging Leadership focus groups across the Western US
• Convene and facilitate a core team of diverse advisors to guide the initiative’s efforts
• Conduct interviews, collect resources and tools, and curate information on emerging leadership & mentorship best practices
• Search for and catalog established mentorship programs across the West
• Develop a Mentorship “Toolkit” summarizing these best practices for mentors and emerging leaders
• Fundraise for future Emerging Leadership Initiative work

Support of Crowd Conservation Efforts (50% – 10 hrs/week)

The Program Coordinator will also assist with communication and facilitation of conservation projects for Crowd Conservation including:

• Maintain Crowd Conservation’s website
• Regularly create content for social media, blog posts, and educational materials about conservation best practices and skill-building for emerging leaders
• Synthesize lessons learned through researching articles, books, podcasts, interviews, etc. related to conservation, facilitation, collaboration, communication, leadership, and mentorship
• Connect with national and international conservation youth, emerging leadership, and mentorship programs to glean best practices, assist with promotion of their efforts, and contribute to the conversation on emerging leadership and mentoring the next generation of conservation leaders
• Provide support for Crowd Conservation’s facilitation projects

Minimum Qualifications:

• A demonstrated record of collaborative leadership and skill as a facilitator (e.g. convening a collaborative group, leading diverse focus groups, etc.)
• Experience working with an environmental conservation project
• A commitment to justice, equity, and inclusion in all facets of their work
• Demonstrated cultural competency and ability to work successfully with diverse perspectives, and engage community members across a broad range of experiences. Thrives in cross-cultural spaces and embraces humility
• Strong communication skills and familiarity with virtual communication tools such as WordPress, MailChimp, Canva, and social media platforms
• Capable of coordinating a remote team
• A passion for collaborative conservation and supporting the next generation of conservation leaders
• Interest in engaging with the WCCN and other national and regional networks around the topic of emerging leadership
• The ability to commit to working remotely 20 hours/week for the next 12 months (flexible schedule to allow for participation in designated meetings virtually during the work week)
• The ability to travel for in-person meetings when required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working within a cross-boundary conservation project
• Passion for researching, learning from others, and improving your own leadership skills
• Experience managing online communications such as e-newsletters, websites, social media platforms
• Experience writing articles, blogs, and social media posts for non-technical audiences
• Experience conducting interviews, focus groups, surveys, etc. for educational endeavors
• A systems thinking approach to collaborative coordination

Salary/Pay: $30 per hour

Application Deadline: October 23 by 5 p.m.

How to Apply: Please use the online application to view the full job description as well as how to apply.