Arctic Program Coordinator
Non-exempt, full-time; health insurance benefits included. $55,000-$60,000 + benefits, depending on experience. We strongly prefer the position to be based in Fairbanks, Alaska, but other locations in
Alaska may be considered.
Open until filled; first review of applicants on March 31st.
Send cover letter and resume to Lois Barger at lois (at) northern.org and include your last name and “Arctic Program Coordinator” in the subject line of the email. Candidates selected for a second interview will be asked to supply 3 professional references at least one of which must be a past supervisor of the candidate.
Arctic Program Coordinator Job Description
This position works to honor, respect, and enhance communications between Indigenous and Alaska-based groups on environmental justice campaigns in Arctic Alaska. This position would increase capacity for land and water defense in Arctic Alaska and ensure communication and coordination between Alaska-based partners and national defense campaigns. This position will be key in mobilizing and engaging Alaskans, and others across the U.S. and the circumpolar North, towards the de- escalation of climate chaos-inducing resource extraction. This position will help foster needed communication between National campaigns, Alaska-based organizations, Native organizations, and tribal governments (local and nationally).
Position Goals
1. Ensure Alaska Native land and water stewardship and cultural way of life is at the forefront of Northern Alaska environmental campaigns – largely the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as well as the Western Arctic and Arctic Ocean;
2. Bridge communications between local Alaska organizing entities – environmental, tribal, grassroots, legal, and policy;
3. Bridge communications between Alaska and national campaigns, contributing to national strategy, messaging, and outreach; and
4. Mobilize support for shared goals, and in particular, in accordance with Alaska Native tribal entities.
Position Details
• Full time, non-exempt position
• Requiring occasional overtime
• Flexible work hours
• Extensive travel
Scope of Responsibilities
45% Alaska-based communication/collaboration
25% National partner liaison/collaboration
25% Tribal sovereigns communication/collaboration (nationally & Alaska-based)
5% Fundraising
Experiences, skills, and personal attributes
• Proven success in campaign management
• Evidence of systems thinking skills that advance campaigns’ communications and successes, and promote project outcomes
• Experience helping mission-driven entities
• Strategic budgeting skills
• Experience with creative development of campaigns, interdisciplinary analysis, human or justice dimensions of environmental issues, or science communications
• Working knowledge of technology and software such as Google suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and social media platforms
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills
• An instinct for creativity, diplomacy, courage, humility, and a sense of humor
• Drive to advance social and environmental justice
Requirements
At least (5) years of experience in working with campaigning, program management, and team leadership in one or more contexts (e.g. nonprofit, academic, government, tribal, or private sectors) is required.
Application deadline
Priority will be given to complete applications received by March 31, 2023 with screening to begin soon thereafter, interviews in early April, and an ideal start date by April 15, 2023. After March 31st applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
Location
We strongly prefer the position to be based in Fairbanks, Alaska, but other locations in Alaska may be considered.
Compensation
The Arctic Program Coordinator salary range is $55,000-$60,000 + benefits, depending on experience. The Northern Center offers healthcare, vision, paid vacation leave (21 days), twelve (12) days of sick leave per year, two (2) personal days, and eleven (11) paid holidays.
How to apply
Please submit your resume and a cover letter to lois@northern.org and include your last name and “Arctic Program Coordinator” in the subject line of the email. Candidates selected for a second interview will be asked to supply 3 professional references at least one of which must be a past supervisor of the candidate.
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About the Northern Alaska Environmental Center
The Northern Alaska Environmental Center promotes conservation of the environment and sustainable resource stewardship in Interior and Arctic Alaska through advocacy and education.
We envision a Northern Alaska, far into the future, with abundant fish and wildlife that support vigorous subsistence traditions and an extraordinary, increasingly sustainable quality of life for Alaskans. The Northern Center advocates for complementary protective plans and management structures across Alaska’s Arctic lands and seas. We recognize the need for integrated approaches across America’s Arctic to permanently protect landscapes that address combined threats and protections needed for lands and coastal waters.
We acknowledge that we work throughout the unceded territories of the Indigenous Peoples of Alaska; that our office is located on the traditional territories of the Lower Tanana Dené Athabascan Peoples. We honor the ancestral and ongoing land and water stewardship and place-based knowledge of the peoples of these territories.
We organize using the Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing, and for our work in Arctic Alaska, a set of protocols derived from the Jemez principles.
Our Mission
The Northern Alaska Environmental Center promotes conservation of the environment and sustainable resource stewardship in Interior and Arctic Alaska through advocacy and education.
