Title: Conservation Corps North Carolina - Individual Placement Program Coordinator

Starting Salary Range: The starting salary range for this position will be in the $24.13 - $24.86 per hour 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: Old Fort, NC or Bahama, NC, partially remote eligible.

Status: Full-Time, Non-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: IP Program Manager

Posting Period: Please apply before November 2, 2026

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:

Conservation Corps North Carolina (CCNC) partners with public land managers to engage youth, young adults, and veterans in meaningful conservation service projects. Through hands-on work in the field, CCNC members develop skills in natural resource management, outdoor leadership, and community engagement while improving trails, restoring habitats, and enhancing recreation areas. CCNC is an AmeriCorps-affiliated program dedicated to building the next generation of conservation leaders through service, education, and teamwork.

Position Summary:

The Program Coordinator implements and supports initiatives within the CCNC program. This position coordinates program initiatives by interacting with Conservation Legacy staff as well as newly selected members and site supervisors. The Program Coordinator ensures all assigned positions are successfully recruited and oriented to the program before their term starts. The Program Coordinator also ensures the members are oriented with program policy and procedures and supported during the term of service and will fully exit members from the program.

Outcomes & Functions of Position:

General Administration

• Provides high-level customer service to potential applicants, current participants, partnering services, and internal staff.
• Recruits members in accordance with host site wishes.
• Ensures that details of each member’s orientation, during service and exit documents are accurately achieved by complying with internal checks and balances.
• Coordinates and implements hiring and exiting systems with the IP Program Manger to ensure all employee files are compliant with Federal, State and AmeriCorps requirements and expectations.
• Assists CCNC leadership with other administrative responsibilities; including, but not limited to, participant outreach, internal staff communication and training.
• Assists with AmeriCorps hour tracking and delivery of bi-weekly member payroll.
• Tracks and administers member professional development funds.
• Other administrative duties as assigned.
  

Member and Partner Support

• Oversees member data tracking through fact oversight and management.
• Coordinates each member’s required orientation tasks and exiting tasks to ensure that they are correctly completed within deadlines.
• Ensures members receive welcome emails and orientations.
• Processes required employment paperwork upon member start date.
• Answers member questions, engages with members about their terms, professional development, and other growth opportunities.
• Assists site supervisors with conflict and performance management, if needed, and is prepared to act as the liaison in difficult scenarios; Assists site supervisors with troubleshooting communication barriers, behavioral issues, or performance issues.
• Works with site supervisors to assist with details before, during and after member terms regarding timesheet approval, programmatic expectations, position details, evaluations, and general timelines.
• Collaborates with CCNC leadership to ensure AmeriCorps slots are properly tracked and filled.
• Documents and processes incidents through Conservation Legacy’s established workers compensation protocols.
• Assists in other member activities including but not limited to: weekly cohort emails, monthly IP cohort virtual check-ins, time sheets, payment disbursement, quantitative and qualitative reports, etc.

Other Duties

• Regularly reviews and compiles member mid-term and final reports.
• Works with the Program Director to collect, edit and package reports for Conservation Legacy, AmeriCorps, and program partners.

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

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or a minimum of 1-2 years of administrative, recruitment, or corps experience.
• Ability to hold others, in remote locations, accountable to expectations.
• Ability to work well with others and to seek assistance when needed to carry out assignments.
• Flexibility, adaptability, and capacity to work in a fluid, changing work environment.
• Must be able to pass Conservation Legacy’s criminal history check requirements.
• Valid Driver’s License and an insurable driving record.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficient in computer programs, databases, and social media, including the Microsoft Office Suite and Salesforce.
• Familiarity with Corps and/or AmeriCorps programs.
• Experience and/or interest in conservation.
• Attention to detail and experience in inputting large volumes of data.
• Exhibit a high level of emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with influencing varied groups of employees to achieve common goals.
• The ability to communicate effectively, manage complexity cultivate innovation, drive and influence results of oneself and others.

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.