Fellowship Program Coordinator Aldo Leopold Foundation

The Aldo Leopold Foundation’s Fellowship Program Coordinator will supervise and mentor 3 to 6 Leopold Fellows hired each year through the Future Leaders Fellowship Program. This position is responsible for the fellow’s overall experience and professional development as early career young adults in the environmental conservation field. A successful program will coordinate and schedule professional development sessions using subject matter experts to train the Leopold Fellows in the seven core areas.

The Fellowship Program Coordinator will develop Leopold Fellows’ personal and professional growth and career connections. In addition to coordinating the Fellowship Program, this position will be responsible for assisting with the advancement of the Land Ethic Leader curriculum, an online, asynchronous training program currently in development and provide logistical support for other foundation programs (e.g., guided tours, visitor services, and crane programming) as needed.

Leadership in conservation is a critical piece to solving the ongoing and emerging environmental issues of today. The Aldo Leopold Foundation’s Future Leaders Fellowship Program is designed for individuals who have recently completed a college degree or have equivalent combination of education, training, and work experience. Fellows will gain experience and grow in seven core areas: professionalism and ethics, conservation leadership, strategic planning, education and interpretation, marketing and communications, philanthropy, applied science and natural history, and socioecology.

Each of these areas is addressed through a professional development series and applied on-the-job experiences that allow for exploration of each topic and time for each Leopold Fellow to practice and apply these key elements of leadership. Leopold Fellows will specialize in either Communications or Land Stewardship. Fellows get exposure to both program areas through either independent projects and/or other organizational efforts.

Fellows also have the opportunity to interact with both a diverse range of conservation professionals and the Leopold community, including Leopold family
members.

The tradition of cultivating conservation leaders at the Aldo Leopold Foundation traces back to Aldo Leopold himself, whose mentorship of graduate students and his own children helped shape generations of environmental thinkers and practitioners. Today, this legacy continues through the Future Leaders Fellowship Program. As the Fellowship Program Coordinator, you play a central role in nurturing the next generation of conservation leaders by designing experiences that introduce, strengthen, and cultivate essential professional competencies—while also fostering the ethical awareness and relational perspective foundational to a contemporary land ethic.

This position creates opportunities for fellows to work alongside a community of practitioners, scholars, and mentors across the conservation field, allowing them to see how ethical decision-making, community engagement, and ecological responsibility play out in practice. We anticipate that program alumni will go on to lead in nonprofits, government agencies, universities, and private organizations. This position also contributes to expanding the program’s reach, impact, and visibility through new partnerships and emerging opportunities, furthering the foundation’s commitment to growing ethical conservation leaders for the 21st century.

• Develop and execute Future Leaders Fellowship Program strategy, planning, and scheduling, including weekly organization of workloads, cultivating professional competencies and building impact through mentorship
• Develop strategic partnerships that maximize program deliverables
• Organize Fellowship experiences including, but not limited to:
  • Schedule all Fellowship Program professional development sessions with subject matter experts
  • Schedule all Fellowship Program monthly field days
• Conduct monthly, quarterly, and end of program…