Title: Crew Program Manager
Starting Salary Range: The starting salary for this position will be in the 58,800.00 To 60,564.00 range, depending on experience, education, and skills relevant to the position. Please note that the indicated starting salary range describes the range for an incumbent in this position. Most new staff generally start at the beginning of the range percentile to ensure internal salary equity.
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Benefit Eligible: Health, Vision, Dental, Short/Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Retirement, Paid Time Off per Personnel Policies. Supplemental benefits including critical care, pet insurance, supplemental life, and others.
Reports to: Program Director
Posting Period: Please apply before October 26, 2026
Required Application Documents
Please note: Applications must include all required documents to be considered.
Organizational Summary:
Conservation Legacy is a nationwide non-profit. The Corps programs within the organization engage participants in diverse conservation and community projects that serve public and private lands. These projects provide opportunities for personal and professional development and strive toward a high priority of needs for public land managers and community partners. Through the mission of engaging future leaders who protect, restore, and enhance our nation’s lands through community-based service; Conservation Legacy works toward a world with healthy lands, air, and water; thriving people and resilient communities.
Program Summary:
Southeast Conservation Corps works to empower youth (ages 15-17) and adults (ages 18-30, up to 35 for veterans) to cultivate compassion, responsibility and life skills through community service, hard work and land stewardship throughout the Southeast region of the United States. As an AmeriCorps program, Southeast Conservation Corps collaborates with land management agencies (United States Forest Service, National Park Service, state parks, local municipalities, and non-profits) to host crews and individual placements.
Position Summary:
The SECC Program Manager (PM) is responsible for the execution and overall quality of all crew programming and operations run out of SECC Office. The PM manages the administrative and logistical details of the crew programming, serves as the information/communication hub for other program staff, oversees operational support crew-based programs; works with the Program Director to coordinate staff providing support to crews in the field, and maintains timely and effective communication with project partners.
The position is approximately 60% office-based and 40% field-based, with field visits that may include overnight stays. This ratio may change based on field activity throughout the year. A strong and consistent in-person office presence will be required from the PM. The PM may occasionally work remotely in case of emergency or as approved by then Program Director, but the majority of the position is intended to be in-person.
Outcomes & Functions of Position:
Management and Supervision
- Oversee SECC crew programming and operations
- Respond to in-field incidents
- Provide direct supervision to Program Coordinators
- Help develop and innovate SECC crew programming that meet the needs and strengths of the communities and participants we serve and help SECC meet our mission
- Monitor Program Coordinator administrative duties providing quality check of post hitch accomplishments and Crew Leader admin hitch requirements
- Maintain and strengthen partnerships with local, state, and federal partners
- Coordinate pre project site visits with Program Director
- Lead project coordination; act as a liaison between project partner and SECC Program Coordinators for effective project specifications
- Provides leadership for Program Coordinators in support of crew leaders, members, and project partners
- Assist where needed with crew rigups and derigs
- Work with program staff to coordinate distribution of responsibilities, and step in as necessary to cover staff responsibilities when staff members are unavailable
Field and Training Support
- Responsible for the coordination and collaboration with field support staff to design and implement a variety of in-house training for crew leaders, and crew program participants
- Assists and leads technical trainings specific to Wilderness First Aid, chainsaw operations, trails, rigging for trail work, and soft skills
- Provide field support with occasional site visits for quality projects
- Assist in crew project scheduling, managing calendar, logistics, and communications
- Participate in a rotating weekly eastern on-call system for crews in the field
General Administration
- Work with SECC administrative staff to update multiple databases for recruitment, selection, onboarding, payroll, timesheets, project tracking, and AmeriCorps information.
- Manage and maintain accurate reporting of all necessary information and complete program reports including all crew programing paperwork and project accomplishments
- Manage credit cards, receipts, and financial reporting, and facilitate timely management of the same for local program staff
- Work closely with administrative staff to ensure office-wide compliance with AmeriCorps requirements
- Manage incident tracking for timely correspondence
- When needed assist with Crew Leader and Crew Member hiring
- Track expenditures for local program team to ensure we are staying within approved budgets
Organizational Advocacy
- Successfully engages, leads, and supports a positive work environment for all within the organization and the communities we serve
- Leads and/or participates in organizational-wide teams, projects and initiatives that support the work of the Strategic Plans goals
- Reports any potential complaints within the organization as identified in the Personnel Policy Manual
- Assists or leads other responsibilities, as assigned
Our Commitment:
Conservation Legacy is committed to the full consideration of all qualified individuals and will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to perform essential job functions. Physical requirements may include periodic overnight travel, non-traditional work hours, ability to move across varied terrain, use program-specific tools and a range of technology on an infrequent or frequent basis. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. The ability to safely drive an organizational vehicle may also be required for some positions. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to Vanessa Morrison at vmorrison@conservationlegacy.org
Qualifications:
- 1-2 years of supervisory experience
- 3 years’ experience working with youth and/or young adults.
- 4-6 years’ experience in all or most of the following: trail construction & maintenance, chainsaw operation & maintenance, hand tool maintenance, herbicide application, prescribed or wildland fire, backcountry travel, with a strong emphasis placed on multiple years of previous trail construction and maintenance experience.
- Valid CPR and Wilderness First Aid or Wilderness First Responder certification.
- Ability to operate Microsoft Office programs and applications, or similar platforms.
- Ability to keep others and oneself, in remote locations, accountable to expectations.
- Valid Driver’s License and Insurable Driving Record per Personnel Policies.
- Must be able to pass the organization’s criminal history check requirements.
- Ability to successfully work in a fluid, changing work environment.
Other Competencies Desired for this Position’s Success: Manage Complexity, Resourceful, Effectively Communicate, Cultivate Innovation, Drive, and/or Influence Results, Plans & Aligns.
Conservation Legacy is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodations due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.
