Position Title: Program Coordinator 

Programs: Just Leader Fellow (JLF) & Build, Unlearn, & Decolonize (BUD)

Employment Type: Temporary Part Time (16 hr work week) 

Reports to: Education Director 

Location: Remote (with 10% domestic travel as needed)

Duration: January 2025 – July 2025  

Compensation: $40 per hour 

Start date: January 23, 2025

People of color, women, immigrants, people with disabilities, caregivers, working class and LGBTQ+ people are strongly encouraged to apply.

How to Apply:

To apply, email the following as attached PDFs to admin@cofed.org with subject line “Program Coordinator_Your Name” by Jan 5, 2025.

1. Resume 
2. A short (no more than one-page) response to the following: 
   1. What excites you about this role and how does your experience align with this position? 
   2. What role does education play in food and land justice work?
   3. Include examples of strategies or campaigns you’ve designed for engaging and successfully recruiting community members, particularly QTBIPOC or marginalized groups.
3. Work sample that gives us a sense of your project coordination skills and connection to food and land work. 

After submitting an Application:

The application deadline is Jan 5, 2025 by 11:59pm Eastern Time. You can expect to hear back from us by the second week of January about the status of your application. Interviews will be conducted the week of January 13, 2025.

About CoFED:

CoFED partners with QTBIPOC food and land workers to practice cooperative values and economics through food and land. Our goal is to build the next generation of diverse leaders living in deeper connection with mother earth and each other, through building cooperatives in the food and land systems.

CoFED is a national, fiscally sponsored project of Inquiring Systems, Inc. We currently have 4 full-time team members and a dedicated Advisory Committee.

Position Summary

The Program Coordinator will play a vital role in the successful launch and implementation of the 2025 Just Leader Fellow (JLF) and Build. Unlearn. Decolonize. (BUD) program. The ideal candidate loves paying attention to the details, creating timelines that keep themselves and their team organized, and can proactively problem solve with experience in program coordination, partner communication, and participant engagement. They will support outreach, cohort selection, onboarding, and program facilitation, ensuring alignment with JLF’s mission to empower CoFED’s next cohort of QTBIPOC leaders.

Other Requirements We’d Love to See: 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Works well under pressure and meets tight deadlines
• Content writing experience
• A working knowledge of WordPress functionality
• Strategic and creative mindset
• Meticulous attention to detail
• A portfolio of work available for review
• Open to generative feedback and collective care
• Results-driven self-starter who can successfully complete projects on time 
• Excels working independently and is a natural problem solver
• Detail-oriented and can track own impact/progress
• Punctual and responsive
• Strong technical aptitude (e.g. can work with CRMs, Google Drive, Zoom, and other content delivery platforms)
• Exceptional and influential communicator over email, phone, and video
• Trauma-informed and growth mindset
• Familiar with how race, class, and gender intersect with food and land justice and/or the cooperative and new economy movement
• Working knowledge of cooperative values and economics

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

This role will carry forward the vision and objectives outlined by the Education Director while they are on parental leave. The Program Coordinator will oversee the outreach and recruitment processes and manage the initial onboarding of the 2025 Just Leader Fellowship cohort. To ensure success in meeting deliverables and deadlines, the Education Director will provide comprehensive support materials, including documents, templates, and guides.