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Description
Title: Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps Recruitment Coordinator
Starting Salary Range: The starting salary range for this position will be in the $21.35 - $21.99 range, depending on experience, education, and skills relevant to the position. Please note that the indicated starting salary range describes the range for an incumbent in this position. Most new staff generally start at the beginning of the range percentile to ensure internal salary equity.
Location: ALCC Offices- Albuquerque, Gallup, or Zuni - Partially Remote Eligible
Status: Full-Time, Non-Exempt, 1-year term
Benefit Eligible: Health, Vision, Dental, Short/Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Retirement, Paid Time Off perPersonnel Policies, Supplemental benefits including critical care, pet insurance, supplemental life, and others.
Reports to: ALCC Individual Placements Program Manager
Posting Period: Please apply before September 18, 2026
Required Application Documents
• Resume
• Cover Letter
Please note: Applications must include all required documents to be considered.
Organizational Summary:
Conservation Legacy is a nationwide non-profit. The Corps programs within the organization engage participants in conservation and community projects that serve public and private lands. These projects provide opportunities for personal and professional development and strive toward a high priority of needs for public land managers and community partners. Through the mission of engaging future leaders who protect, restore and enhance our nation's lands through community-based service; Conservation Legacy works toward a world with healthy lands, air and water; thriving people and resilient communities.
Program Summary:
Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps Mission
Our vision is to lead our Nations back to ecological and cultural well-being by engaging underrepresented Indigenous youth and young adults in conservation service programs that reconnect participants to the land, their cultural heritage, and their traditions. We work to remove barriers to participation, education, and employment by partnering with local community organizations, agencies, and institutes of higher learning to create paid service and career training opportunities, personal and professional development, and pathways to postsecondary education and employment.
*Ancestral Lands serves local tribal communities in the regions we operate. This program is available to all, without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, marital or parental status, genetic information, and military service. Where a significant portion of the population eligible to be served needs services or information in a language other than English, the recipient shall take reasonable steps to provide written material of the type ordinarily available to the public in appropriate languages. Native American applicants are encouraged to apply.
Position Summary:
The Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps (ALCC) Recruitment Coordinator will be responsible for all ALCC recruitment implementation: recruiting, interviewing, hiring, selecting ALCC program participants. There will be a primary focus of recruitment implementation for the Individual Placements Program, with some responsibilities for recruiting for the ALCC Crew Program. This position will work to build and expand existing relationships and partnerships to develop recruitment pathways, including attending in-person outreach events. Travel is required for this position with some overnight trips related to recruitment, team meetings, content creation, and staff development.
Outcomes & Functions of Position:
Recruitment

• Receive, review applications, conduct interviews, check references, and select candidates for Individual Placement and Crew program positions.
• Develop and maintain job postings, job descriptions, applications, program flyers, and other recruitment related materials that reflect current recruitment needs.
• Screen all applicants and identify those who meet the basic requirements for the position.
• Communicate recruitment needs to all ALCC staff in a timely manner.
• Provide recruitment support for staff positions as requested.
• Track recruitment platforms for efficacy, suggest and track improvements.
• Enhance ALCC visibility in the communities ALCC operates in (Hopi, Zuni, Gallup, NM, Acoma, and Albuquerque, NM) and the Southwestern United States.
• Promote ALCC as well as Conservation Legacy's mission, programs, and achievements.
• Collaborate with the Conservation Legacy Recruitment Rendezvous group to improve and grow recruitment across programs.
• Work directly with Recruitment Leadership staff to enhance ALCC's recruitment process
• Collaborate with ALCC's and Conservation Legacy's Communications Team and Program Operations to understand recruitment needs, and promotional campaigns.
• Adhere to Conservation Legacy's Style Guide

Community Outreach:

• Develop and provide clear, concise, and audience appropriate presentations for the public to recruit, inform, and inspire.
• Identify and attend community events and meetings to increase and expand the local volunteer applicant pool.
• Develop and maintain relationships with community partners by attending career fairs, community events, and regional meetings to increase recruitment pathways and enhance ALCC's visibility.
• Attend in-person recruitment events.
• Create flyers and other media/press needs for host sites, program leaders, and others to increase awareness and interest in our programs.
• Network and develop new contacts and forums for recruitment, enhancing ALCC's relationships within the states of program presence (AZ, CO, NM, and UT), and the tribal nations we serve (not limited to the tribal nations in which our offices are located).

Organizational Advocacy

• Successfully engages, leads and supports a positive work environment for all within the organization and the communities we serve.
• Reports any potential complaints within the organization as identified in the Personnel Policy Manual.
• Assists or leads other responsibilities, as assigned.

Our Commitment:
Conservation Legacy is committed to the full consideration of all qualified individuals and will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to perform essential job functions. Physical requirements may include periodic overnight travel, non-traditional work hours, ability to move across varied terrain, use program-specific tools and a range of technology on an infrequent or frequent basis. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. The ability to safely drive an organizational vehicle may also be required for some positions. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.
Qualifications:

• Experience: 1+ years with outreach, recruitment, volunteer management, hiring, and/or onboarding.
• Strong organizational, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to successfully work in a fluid, changing work environment.
• Ability and comfort with speaking in public to different groups of people including youth, adults, community members, etc.
• Ability to operate Microsoft Office programs and applications, or similar platforms.
• Ability to keep others, and oneself, in remote locations accountable to expectations.
• Strong Preference for using Canva.
• Strong Preference for experience in using Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.
• Valid Driver's License and Insurable Driving Record per Personnel Policies.
• Must be able to pass the organization's criminal history check requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, communications, environmental studies, education, nonprofit management, or a related field. preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant professional experience.
• Previous experience with a conservation or other national service organization.
• Professional experience with social media content creation.

Other Competencies Desired for this Position's Success: Manage Complexity, Resourceful, Effectively Communicate, Cultivate Innovation, Drive and/or Influence Results, Plans & Aligns.
Recruitment Manager contact info: Cat Ami, gami@conservationlegacy.org
Conservation Legacy is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodations due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.