The Chesapeake Bay Trust seeks a qualified candidate to serve as a Program Coordinator for the Urban Trees Grant Program and provide support for other related environmental justice and community engagement programs. The Trust was tapped to administer this grant program by the Maryland General Assembly via the 2021 Tree Solutions Now Act, and its goal is 500,000 new trees planted (and maintained) in urban, underserved areas as defined in the statute within the next six years.
Duties will include traditional community-based grant program tasks (e.g., identifying new potential grant applicants; assisting applicants with ideas and proposals; soliciting, reviewing, and administering awards to nonprofit organizations, governments, schools, and other entities) as well as designing and executing big picture program elements that solve program challenges, such as innovative applicant recruitment techniques, long-term maintenance at a cost-effective scale, and investigating new procurement models for goods and services to help our lower-capacity applicants/grantees. The position will require frequent site visits to proposed and completed project sites and engagement in the urban trees/forestry community of the region. This person will be a key member of a 35+ person staff and will report to the Environmental Justice Program Manager.
About the Trust
The Chesapeake Bay Trust seeks to engage and empower a diversity of groups to take actions that enrich the natural resources and local communities of the Chesapeake Bay region. The Trust is a nonprofit grant-making organization established by the Maryland state government in 1985. The Trust currently makes 400+ grants and other awards per year ranging from $100 to ~$1,000,000 for projects in the K-12 environmental education, on-the-ground restoration, science, capacity building, and community engagement realms. In the past 15 years, the Trust has increased its grant-making four-fold through various revenues streams under the purview of four Trust departments, with annual awards of approximately $12-25 million.
Specific Duties:
Qualifications
Candidates must have the following skills, abilities, and/or qualifications:
Position Salary and Benefits
an excellent benefits package and opportunities for related professional development through workshops, training programs, and conferences.
Position Location
The position will involve site visits to urban communities throughout the state of Maryland. Within the first 6 months, the Program Coordinator will be expected to be in the Trust offices in Annapolis, Maryland, at least 2 days per week on average when not in the field, with remote work possible for the remainder of the week. After the 6-month probation period, the position may transition to fully remote on non-site visit days.
Application Instructions and Deadline
The position will remain open until filled. Please submit a resume and cover letter for full consideration. Your cover letter is the most important piece of your application. In your cover letter, please address your ability, based on your skills and experience, to accomplish the specific duties of the position as outlined above. Please describe why you would be an excellent member of the Trust team and why you would be an excellent choice to lead this new urban tree initiative. Applicants that do not address these two points in a cover letter but instead simply outline past experience are unlikely to be considered.
The Chesapeake Bay Trust provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. We encourage applications from people of color.
The Chesapeake Bay Trust seeks a qualified candidate to serve as a Program Coordinator for the Urban Trees Grant Program and provide support for other related environmental justice and community engagement programs. The Trust was tapped to administer this grant program by the Maryland General Assembly via the 2021 Tree Solutions Now Act, and its goal is 500,000 new trees planted (and maintained) in urban, underserved areas as defined in the statute within the next six years.
Duties will include traditional community-based grant program tasks (e.g., identifying new potential grant applicants; assisting applicants with ideas and proposals; soliciting, reviewing, and administering awards to nonprofit organizations, governments, schools, and other entities) as well as designing and executing big picture program elements that solve program challenges, such as innovative applicant recruitment techniques, long-term maintenance at a cost-effective…
an excellent benefits package and opportunities for related professional development through workshops, training programs, and conferences.
an excellent benefits package and opportunities for related professional development through workshops, training programs, and conferences.
Please apply using the link. It is important to our hiring process that you submit a cover letter as described in the job description.
Please apply using the link. It is important to our hiring process that you submit a cover letter as described in the job description.