Jobs & Internships

Resilience Training Coordinator, Coastal Training Program

Posted November 19, 2024.
Salary Range and Benefits: Starting at $60,000 to $65,000, commensurate with experience, plus a competitive benefits package.
Application Deadline: 5 p.m. EST on Monday, December 16th, 2024

Job Summary: The Wells Reserve seeks an organized, independent, and motivated Resilience Training Coordinator to join our Coastal Training Program. This full-time position will play a key role in supporting the work of the CTP, with an emphasis on overseeing the development, implementation, and administration of the Resilience Training Academy. This position will work closely with the CTP Director and the Coastal Resilience Scientist as well as state and federal partners. This role will require occasional travel throughout Maine’s coastal regions and is supported by a grant from NOAA’s Office of Coastal Management. This is a 4-year, grant funded position.

Duties and Responsibilities: This position will support the Coastal Training Program in the following areas:

Coordination of the Resilience Training Academy. Activities will include:

• Conducting an inventory of training opportunities and resources that are currently available to practitioners in people working on coastal resilience in Maine
• Co-design and implementation of a statewide needs assessment to identify additional training needs and gaps
• Planning, convening, facilitating, and evaluating coastal resilience training programs offered through the Resilience Training Academy
• Facilitating regular meetings with the project team to ensure timelines and deliverables are being met
• Overseeing the tracking, recording, and reporting of grant-related activities and engagement efforts
• Developing content for and maintaining the Resilience Training Academy web presence in collaboration with the Wells Reserve’s Communications Director
• Attending quarterly meetings with Resilient Maine partners and helping to prepare as well as deliver project updates

Assist with Administration of the Coastal Training Program. Activities will likely include:

• Organizing and overseeing the logistics of training and capacity-building events, workshops, and webinars
• Designing and deploying outreach and communication materials to maintain and expand connections with the CTP audience and advertise training opportunities
• Identifying and building relationships with underserved groups who could inform, participate in, and/or benefit from CTP offerings
• Developing CTP meeting agendas, providing meeting and workshop facilitation, taking and synthesizing meeting notes, and coordinating follow-up with partners and colleagues
• Overseeing and contributing to the production of CTP reports, project materials, factsheets, case studies, graphics, etc.
• Supporting CTP leadership with proposal writing and grant reporting as it pertains to coastal resilience

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in climate, coastal or marine science, community planning, ecology, geography, community engagement, or related environmental or social science field, plus at least 3 years of relevant professional experience
• Excellent written, verbal, visual, and interpersonal communication skills
• Familiarity with coastal environments, climate impacts, and/or mitigation/adaptation practices
• Experience designing and delivering capacity building or training activities
• Demonstrated community engagement and science translation/communication skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Ability to organize and execute meetings, events, workshops, and webinars
• Experience with project or program management and administration
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills
• Experience working alongside multiple partners in a collaborative environment
• Ability to learn quickly, with flexibility and willingness to adapt to changing priorities
• Self-starter with ability to work in a small team environment as well as independently without direct day-to-day supervision
• Proficient in use of Google products, Microsoft Office suite, virtual meeting platforms, digital engagement apps, and other software

Please see the full job description for additional details and application instructions. 

Program Coordinator, Southern Maine Volunteer Beach Profile Monitoring Program

Posted November 21, 2024.

Maine Sea Grant and Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve seek a Program Coordinator for the Southern Maine Volunteer Beach Profile Monitoring Program. On average, this is an 8-hour per week position that involves supporting the program’s community-based volunteers, including field visits with volunteers at their beaches and data quality assurance / quality control. 

 Job Description:

• Coordinate volunteer-related activities including recruitment and training, communication, field support, volunteer recognition, and scheduling.
• Oversee database management, equipment maintenance, and supply management.
• Project activities will involve periodic (~1x/month) work on weekends to engage with volunteers at the beach. Weekend dates are flexible and can be scheduled in advance.
• The position is located at the Wells Reserve with the option to work remotely.
• Supervision and support is provided by Maine Sea Grant.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate groups of people to focus on a common goal.
• Outstanding interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
• Experience working with scientific data.
• Desired qualifications – prior experience coordinating volunteers, bachelor’s degree in a related field of science (in progress or completed).

Compensation:

• The pay range is $144 a week to $160 a week, depending on experience, for a total of 416 hours per year. There are no benefits associated with this position. However, the Program Coordinator can take unpaid personal leave time throughout the year with supervisor permission. The Program Coordinator will also be granted comp time for hours worked in excess of those in a typical work week (8 hours), with notification and approval of the supervisor. The Program Coordinator will be paid bi-weekly through the payroll of the Wells Reserve, which will make all the mandatory deductions and pay all the required payroll taxes.

Please see the full job description for additional details and application instructions.

Internships

Internships in coastal science, environmental learning, and conservation practice are available at the reserve. We often identify candidates through the Five College Consortium or NOAA's Hollings Scholar program, and we participate in the MCHT Richard G. Rockefeller Conservation Internship Program and the UMaine NRT program. Please contact the director of your program of interest for information.

Volunteering

For volunteer opportunities, please visit the Volunteering page.