Job Description

Join the friendly and inclusive community of faculty, staff, postdocs, postgrads, and students working together at the Yale School of the Environment (YSE) to advance its mission to address the world’s most critical environmental challenges. The Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative (ELTI) is one of the Centers, Programs, and Initiatives (CPI’s) of The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment (YSE). ELTI was launched in 2006 as an interdisciplinary initiative focused on developing the capacity of landholders, practitioners, and decision makers to conserve and restore tropical forest landscapes. ELTI’s capacity development model includes immersive field courses in tropical countries implemented with local partners, a world renowned global online training program administered from YSE, and a leadership program to support alumni to apply and share the knowledge they learned. The ELTI team is comprised of between 10-15 members, many of whom are Yale-based staff members while others are program affiliates based with a network of local partners in the tropics.The position of Program Coordinator reports to ELTI’s Program Operations Manager and the Executive Director (ED) and works closely with ELTI’s staff, field affiliates, associated faculty, and international partners. This position will provide high level administrative support, coordinate, establish, and implement office procedures and systems, assist other staff members with their administrative activities, and ensure the smooth functioning of these programs through problem solving skills and communication skills.