Volunteer and Training Coordinator Washington Trails Association Trails Everyone, Forever

Compensation: $25.50 – $27.50/hr, full time, non-exempt

Priority Application Date: October 14, 2026

Location: Based in WTA’s Seattle office with option for remote work up to 60% of the time

Washington Trails Association (WTA) is the nation’s largest state-based trail nonprofit. For 60 years, we’ve been mobilizing public lands advocates, trail stewards and on-the-ground hiking experts in pursuit of our vision of Trails for Everyone Forever. Each year, with the support of over 23,000 donating members, WTA staff and more than 3,500 volunteers perform over 160,000 hours of trail maintenance across the state.

Through our online Hiking Guide and Trailblazer app, we help hundreds of thousands of people find trails, from everyday adventures to backcountry explorations. Our vision depends on fostering an organization and outdoor community where all people are welcome, represented and included.

WTA’s Trail Maintenance (TM) team engages in trail work throughout the year, with work parties ranging from single day outings to multiday backcountry trips. Our crews build and maintain trails in close coordination with land managers, a statewide community of volunteer leaders and other partners. This position is part of our 3-person volunteer programs team and provides critical support of those efforts.

Washington Trails Association is seeking a Volunteer and Training Coordinator who loves working with people and shares our commitment to trail stewardship, volunteerism and building community. This position ensures a positive experience for WTA’s volunteers by helping shape the trail maintenance volunteer program through overseeing the program’s training content and providing administrative support. They also play a key role in coordinating and facilitating our volunteer leadership programs.

The successful candidate will be a detail-oriented team player who is passionate about providing excellent customer service to our volunteers, as well as motivated to develop and facilitate engaging trainings.

The Volunteer and Training Coordinator is a full-time, non-exempt position based in WTA’s downtown Seattle office that reports to the Senior Volunteer Program Coordinator.

• Serve as the process owner and main point of contact for the volunteer registration process; respond to inquiries via phone, email and other channels.
• Establish and maintain relationships with volunteers and program partners. Provide feedback on volunteer performance.
• Accurately track volunteer data, work party data, and related payments for work parties in the Salesforce database and hard copy files.
• Support Logistics Coordinator with procurement and distribution of volunteer incentives, such as hard hats, vests, and T-shirts.
• Manage office volunteers in administrative projects.
• Collaborate with Senior Volunteer Program Coordinator to support annual Volunteer Appreciation events statewide (virtual and in-person) and associated accomplishment materials.
• Communicate with our volunteer and broader hiking community by gathering content, writing and sending the monthly Green Hat and bi-monthly Orange Hat volunteer newsletters, as well as contributing content to other communication channels.
• Manage group and corporate work party requests, collaborating with regional managers and development team staff as needed to schedule events.

• Maintain and update training manuals, curriculum and other materials. Coordinate the annual cycle of material review including formatting and copy editing.
• Implement training content management strategy as directed by supervisor which…