Outdoor Education and Youth Development Specialist Field Coordinator

Location

Primary duties are performed within the Twin Rivers Charter School in Eugene, OR. SPIKE camping trips and field service days take place at various outdoor locations throughout the region.

$25,000 total living allowance, prorated and dispersed each month.

$7,395.00 Segal Ameri Corps Education Award upon successful completion of 1,700 hours of service.

Health insurance plan, training and professional development, loan forbearance and student loan interest accrual relief, City of Eugene bus pass, 8 days of instructional break.

• Full time, 40–45 hours per week, with a minimum of 1,700 hours during a 10-month service term from August/September 2026 to June 2027. Exact dates are subject to slight change due to snow days and other unforeseen calendar challenges.
• Service hours are generally Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with occasional night and weekend hours during SPIKE camping trips and other program events.
• The member must complete a minimum of 1,700 hours by the end of their term. The member will receive a 30‑minute lunch each day; this lunch break does not count toward Ameri Corps member service hours.
• Training will not exceed 20% of total member service hours.

Twin Rivers Charter School (TRCS) is a small, outdoor conservation‑focused public charter school operated under Northwest Youth Corps. We serve high schoolers seeking an alternative academic setting, and many of our students bring real behavioral challenges. Our program is built around small student crews, multi‑day camping expeditions, hands‑on conservation fieldwork, and natural resource management coursework.

This role is rewarding and genuinely varied. You’ll work as a crew lead, classroom presence, behavioral support, and field supervisor depending on the week. The work shifts across the school year, and that’s by design.

Because we’re a small school with a small team, flexibility matters. Priorities shift, unexpected needs arise, and our faculty step into whatever the school needs on a given day. The quarterly breakdown below describes a typical year, but real circumstances will ask you to flex beyond it sometimes. That’s the nature of a small, mission‑driven school.

We share all of this upfront because we want you to succeed. Candidates who understand the full scope and flexibility this role requires before they start are far more likely to thrive in it.

The Outdoor Educator and Youth Development Specialist Field Coordinator serves as a frontline crew leader, classroom support, and field operations coordinator for TRCS. You will spend the majority of your time in direct contact with students: leading small groups in classroom settings, providing environmental education in the field, facilitating conservation‑based service‑learning projects, and managing student behavior across all settings.

TRCS operates on a four‑quarter schedule. Your responsibilities shift between quarters, and you are expected to adapt accordingly. As a member of a small team, you should also expect to take on additional or adjusted responsibilities as school needs to evolve throughout the year.

The Outdoor Educator and Youth Development Specialist Field Coordinator is both highly demanding and highly rewarding, serving high school students identified as at risk of academic failure and/or presenting behavioral challenges. The Outdoor Educator and Youth Development Specialist Field Coordinators spend most of their time in direct contact with students, either providing direct student instruction in small groups in a classroom setting, providing environmental education in the field, or facilitating conservation‑based, service‑learning projects.

• Actively intervene in and disrupt inappropriate student behavior. You do not wait for someone else to handle it.
• Enforce school behavioral expectations consistently and fairly.
• De‑escalate conflicts between students.
• Establish and maintain clear, appropriate professional boundaries with students at all times.
• Model professional conduct,…