Junior Project Coordinator

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Junior Project Coordinator

College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources

Principal Investigator

Staff-12 months

TBD

37.5 hours per week

Martin County, Kentucky, with regular travel throughout Eastern Kentucky

Full-Time

Exempt

The Junior Project Coordinator provides administrative, operational, field, and program coordination for the Center of Excellence for Preparing a 21st Century-Ready-to-Build Workforce for Economic Revitalization and Ecological Recovery of Degraded Landscapes in Eastern Kentucky. The position supports the daily implementation of a multidisciplinary workforce development and landscape restoration initiative and serves as a primary operational link among Kentucky State University, partner universities, community organizations, Cooperative Extension offices, landowners, trainees, instructors, industry representatives, and project field sites.

The position is based in Martin County and requires regular travel throughout Eastern Kentucky. Responsibilities include coordinating field activities and training programs, supporting participant recruitment and retention, coordinating project partners and instructors, maintaining project records, collecting and organizing data, monitoring project activities and deliverables, supporting grant reporting, and assisting with community outreach and engagement.

This is a grant-funded position with an appointment of up to three years, contingent upon satisfactory performance, continued grant funding, and applicable University requirements.

• Coordinate the daily administrative, field, and training activities associated with the project.
• Develop and maintain annual and monthly schedules for workshops, field demonstrations, online instruction, apprenticeships, community events, and other project activities.
• Coordinate access, logistics, and activities at the Appalachian Restoration Program Learning Center and other project sites in Martin, Pike, and surrounding counties.
• Support the recruitment, enrollment, communication, engagement, and retention of trainees, including landowners, displaced workers, farmers, students, youth, and community members.
• Coordinate instructors, technical specialists, partner universities, Extension personnel, community organizations, industry representatives, and other project partners.
• Assist faculty and technical personnel with field demonstrations, site preparation and assessments, participant-based data collection, and documentation of restoration activities.
• Support the collection and organization of quality-of-life, business, soil, vegetation, water-quality, biodiversity, land-management, and workforce-development data, including household surveys as applicable.
• Maintain accurate field records, photographs, location information, monitoring data, participant records, attendance logs, training documentation, consent forms, evaluations, and other project materials.
• Arrange meeting spaces, transportation, materials, equipment, meals, and other logistical requirements for project activities.
• Assist the project team in tracking outputs and outcomes, including curricula developed, participants trained, credentials earned, apprenticeships completed, and employment or enterprise outcomes.
• Collect and organize monitoring and evaluation data in collaboration with faculty, graduate students, project personnel, and the external evaluator.
• Prepare activity summaries, meeting minutes, progress updates, and supporting documentation for institutional and Appalachian Regional Commission reporting.
• Monitor project timelines, milestones, deliverables, expenditures, and procurement needs and promptly communicate potential delays or implementation concerns to the appropriate project personnel.
• Support project communication and outreach through newsletters, flyers, email lists, social media, websites, community partner networks, and other communication methods.
• Represent the project at community meetings, workforce development events, conferences, partner meetings, and other public or professional activities.
• Collaborate with the KSU Eastern County Director and participate in regular Cooperative Extension meetings and activities involving Kentucky State University and University of Kentucky Extension personnel in Martin, Pike, and surrounding counties.
• Promote project activities in collaboration with Extension agents, community partners, landowners, workforce organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure project activities are conducted in accordance with applicable University requirements related to safety, purchasing, travel, data management, participant protection, and grant administration.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Knowledge of project coordination, program administration, workforce development, community engagement, Extension…