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Program Coordinator

Wilderness Kids Alexandria seeks an excellent communicator and team member to be our part-time Program Coordinator, working in the critical areas of:

Outdoor education
Database management
Parent communication
Social media

Responsibilities:

As the Program Coordinator of a small non-profit, you’ll have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of tasks. Your primary responsibilities will include:

Co-Leading an After-School Program at least one time per week and a Weekend Outing at least one time per month.
Maintaining our student database with student enrollments, attendance records and more.
Generating reports from the database for other staff members and the Board of Directors.
Communicating via email, text, messaging apps, and telephone with parents of students. Note that many of our parents have limited English proficiency, with Spanish and Dari being the most common languages spoken, along with English.
Posting updates about our programming on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn.
Other responsibilities may include: shopping for food, gear, and office supplies; preparing documentation for outings; inventorying gear and food; cleaning gear; co-leading overnight camping trips (as a Senior or Junior Leader), other responsibilities as they arise.
You will report to the Program Director and work directly with the entire team - Program Director, Outdoor Adventure Manager, and Executive Director.

Qualifications:

A team player who works well with others on a small, productive team, both remotely and in-person.
An excellent communicator, able to talk with parents who come from a wide variety of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, students from a variety of backgrounds, fellow team members, partner organizations, volunteers, and others.
Experience with outdoor education, or a willingness to learn.
Experience working with teenagers, or a willingness to learn.
(Strongly preferred) Experience (whether lived or through one’s professional life) with some of the challenges that our students may face. The vast majority of our students are among the BIPOC community and more than half are immigrants or the children of immigrants to the United States.
(Preferred) Proficiency in Spanish and/or Dari.
(Strongly preferred) A Driver’s License and 3 or more years driving experience, plus experience driving a 15 passenger-van or confidence that learning to do so is within your ability.
(Preferred) Demonstrated skill in one or more outdoor skills, such as climbing, paddling or biking; or a willingness to develop such skills.

Compensation:

$20 to $24/hour, depending on experience, with an expectation of 25 hours to start. If funding is available, we are hopeful this job can become full time in Fall 2025.

To Apply:

Please complete this form, which takes the place of a cover letter and which will also request you to upload your resume.

Note: Background checks will be required for all staff, to ensure the safety of our young people.

Thank you for applying.

About Wilderness Kids Alexandria

Formed in 2021, Wilderness Kids Alexandria provides life-enriching experiences in nature to teenagers from under-resourced families and under-served communities in Alexandria Virginia. We do this through four programs: an After-School outings program for Middle School Students and a High School Adventure Club; Weekend Outings to natural areas within a 2 hour radius of Alexandria; Skills Cohorts that help students develop particular skills, including paddling, climbing, and swimming; and Summer Peak Experiences, that offer students the chance to explore nature farther afield on multi-day camping trips.

Wilderness Kids Alexandria is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and of all identities to apply to work with us.