Positions Open!
Program Coordinator: a qualified and adaptable unicorn!
The coordinator position is approximately a 50/50 split between direct service and administrative duties 40 hours per week. Brand new to the organization, this dynamic position has been identified as a crucial role for our growing team, expanding programs, and increasing administrative demands.
From January through early June, this position follows a consistent hybrid schedule, with direct service in school-based programs on Mondays and Tuesdays and administrative support in the office or occasional program substitute days on Wednesday through Friday. As we transition into the summer season, the role shifts to a more fluid structure, alternating between weeks dedicated to administrative and program support and weeks focused on facilitating day camps and teen overnight trips. Day camp and administrative weeks run Monday through Friday, while overnight, multi-day trips may require days outside of the traditional weekday schedule. Time off is provided in surrounding weeks to balance extended hours.
In a nutshell, we’re looking for a qualified and adaptable unicorn that can flex between the two sides of the organization: facilitate high-quality outdoor based youth programs, and support the administrative team with a wide variety of tasks and initiatives behind the scenes.
AmeriCorps VISTA position: looking for a rock star!
If making a meaningful contribution to a youth development organization while spending much of your time in the woods and on the shores of Biscay Pond in midcoast Maine sounds like an amazing way to spend a year of service, you’re not wrong! Hearty Roots uses innovative, outdoor-based programs to help kids 5-17 years old find strategies that support their mental health during the ever present challenges of growing up. Our 115-acre campus of ancient hemlocks and lakeshore has trails, a pavilion and a few outhouses but it is ready for more!
Working with our facilities manager, this position will offer days spent outside in Bremen, Maine, developing the campus infrastructure and supporting year-round youth programming that happens on the land weekly. We dream of an ADA trail for our neuro- and physically-divergent kids, tent platforms in remote parts of the forest, and a gear barn; this volunteer would participate in the planning and execution of our mindful campus evolution.
Opportunities for skill development will include timber framing, trail design, woodland management, and more. The staff at Hearty Roots are a fun, inclusive, compassionate and thoughtful group of humans who value being part of a supportive community.
Think you’re the one? Apply here! Want to know more about the VISTA program? Here you go!