Nature Connections Program Coordinator

Young Women Empowered (Y-WE) delivers creative, innovative, and transformative empowerment programs for young women* and gender expansive youth in the greater Seattle region. Y-WE centers BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) young women ages 13-19 and is majority BIPOC-led, including our Co-Executive Directors, Staff, Board, Mentor community, and Youth Leadership Council. Recognizing that our liberation is interconnected, we are a collaborative organization rooted in intersectional and intergenerational partnership. Please visit our website for more information about Y-WE and our programs: https://youngwomenempowered.org/

*those who identify as girls or women, nonbinary, trans, gender expansive, and gender diverse.

Y-WE is currently hiring a full-time Nature Connections Program Coordinator to develop, coordinate, and facilitate a wide variety of experiential activities as part of the Nature Connections Program. They manage program logistics and directly facilitate or coordinate with organizational partners to offer activities such as hiking, snowshoeing, ecosystem restoration projects, backpacking, and more. They actively support youth in building confidence, emotional intelligence, positive relationships with peers and mentors, and leadership skills through connection with nature. They also help participants grow in their understanding of racial, social, and environmental justice, and explore environmental changemaking solutions.

Strong candidates will have at least 1-2 years of relevant experience working with groups of young people outside, excellent facilitation and program coordination skills, and a demonstrated commitment to racial, gender, and environmental justice and transforming systems of oppression. 

Please visit the hiring page of our website to view a complete job description. To apply, send a cover letter and resume to ywehr@y-we.org. The priority application deadline is April 3rd, and rolling after that until the position is filled.