Program Coordinator Steamboat Springs – SOS Outreach

Organizational Overview

SOS Outreach, founded and headquartered in Colorado’s Vail Valley, is a national youth development nonprofit utilizing outdoor experiential learning to inspire positive decision making for healthy and successful lives. Every SOS program incorporates the SOS core values of courage, discipline, integrity, wisdom, compassion and humility. SOS volunteers and mentors help students define and practice these core values as they provide a consistent adult presence for students who may not otherwise have a positive role model in their lives. The program targets underserved youth intervening in situations that typically lead to high school dropout. SOS offers a multi-year, progressive curriculum beginning with a one- to five-day introductory program, continuing with the four-year mentor-lead curriculum and culminating when students return to SOS in a junior mentor capacity. Throughout the curriculum, SOS students complete outdoor experiential learning, character development, service learning, values-based leadership training, and citizenshipenrichment. The programs of SOS are based out of over 30 ski resorts across the Mountain West, and include both winter and summer outdoor experiential education. Activities include skiing, snowboarding, snow shoeing, camping, hiking, rock climbing, teambuilding, low ropes course, backpacking, fly fishing and mountain biking.

Program Coordinator Responsibilities
The Steamboat Program Coordinator position is a part-time, seasonal position averaging 20-35 hours a month for 7 months, October- April. The Program Coordinator is responsible for the planning, management, execution, operations and evaluations. This position is responsible for overseeing the continued successful operation of SOS programs at existing sites, and implementing curriculum. The program coordinator works largely independently but oversees volunteers, program mentors, and seasonal resort program coordinators.

Program Management

  • Manage relationships with mountain resort partners and youth serving-agencies to ensure that SOS is continued to be offered program spots by resorts, and able to fill program spots with youth from partner agencies.
  • Recruit, hire, and train part-time program support staff including resort coordinators, teachers/youth agency coordinators, and program mentors.
  • Maintain the accuracy of the SOS Outreach Civicore database by tracking program, contact, donor, and student information in a timely manner.
  • Plan and Implement the SOS Outreach Learn to Ride and University Curriculum by scheduling ride days, service learning, youth leadership, social justice, and registration nights and trainings as outlined in the SOS Program Objectives.
  • Invoice, collect, and track fee-for-service payments.
  • Manage program inventory (ski and snowboard hard- and soft-goods), ensuring adequate resources to outfit all program participants.

Volunteer Management

  • Recruit volunteers in order to ensure all programs have volunteer support to function as needed.
  • Ensure all volunteers are adequately prepared with proper expectations for their assigned role, and have received instruction on the SOS curriculum, best practices in working with youth, and risk-management guidelines.
  • Ensure that volunteers feel appreciated and supported through their SOS experience.

Reporting

  • Update the SOS Outreach CiviCore Database with program and session information in a regular and timely manner.
  • Maintain regular written and/or telephone communication with the SOS Outreach Staff to whom you report. Providing the VP of Programs with status updates via phone calls or emails at least once every 2 weeks.
  • Work with VP of Programs to determine opportunities for program expansion, including the increase of participants in the Learn to Ride and/or University programs, and/or increased participant days during the summer

Funds, Fundraising, Events, and Marketing Management

  • A budget needs to be presented before the program starts for overall programs and development to project expenses and fundraising. An actual budget and fee for service table must be completed at the end of the season or program to help overall budgeting for SOS.
  • Collect at minimum 90% of the projected Fee for Service from participants and/or agencies.
  • Identify and create event opportunities to represent SOS as necessary for the purposes of raising awareness of SOS, recruiting volunteers and staff members, and fundraising.
  • Fundraise locally, with the coordination and support of the Development Director.
  • Take photographs at SOS program days and upload photos to the SOS website for the purpose of engaging sponsors, volunteers, donors, and foundations.

Qualifications and Requirements
The ideal candidate should be a very organized, independent, and systemic worker. She/he must be willing to do it all: from cataloguing program equipment inventory to scheduling volunteers to implementing the core value curriculum on the ski slopes. At a minimum, candidates must possess the following:

  • Experience, comfort, and passion in working with underserved and at-risk youth
  • Experience with service learning, volunteer recruitment and management, and supervising staff.
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills
  • The ability to work largely independently in a dynamic work environment, including ski areas, mountains, with schools and youth agencies.
  • Some experience with basic information technology, database management, and program evaluations
  • Some experience with outdoor adventure sports, especially skiing and/or snowboarding
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Valid Driver’s License
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, Outlook and Word.
  • Preferably Spanish speaking

Compensation
This is a contracted position October – April paying $750 per month.

How To Apply

Please send a resume, cover letter, and three references to Scott Partan, at .

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SOS Outreach is an Equal Opportunity Employer.