Shoals Marine Laboratory Program Coordinator

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This position supports academic, custom and public program development for Shoals Marine Laboratory's upcoming summer season. By professionally working with internal and external group leaders and instructors to plan programs to best support the mission of SML and the needs of the visiting groups. This position plans arrival and departure of groups, shipboard activities, island-based activities, classroom and laboratory use, instruction and support from SML staff, completes facility use agreements, updates internal schedules and records, coordinates visitor forms and waivers, creates estimates and invoices, as well as other duties to support the academic and programmatic needs of SML.

Duties/Responsibilities

• The Programs Coordinator will work to ensure the successful planning of all programs, including working with SML Associate Director and Operations Director to ensure proper academic and logistical planning and alignment with SML Mission.

• Working in collaboration with SML’s leadership team coordinate logistics with instructors and group leaders, including development and execution of SML Facility Use Agreements and ensuring completion of additionally required documents by visiting groups.

• Coordination, communication, and facilitation of curricular needs of instructors and group leaders across departments to ensure smooth and successful delivery of programming

• Organize and coordinate at sea educational activities.

• Planning and scheduling for use of laboratory and oceanographic equipment for open-water activities is expected, paying particular attention to the health and safety of all users.

• The Programs Coordinator will work to balance competing needs of multiple concurrent programs and be diplomatic in dealing with instructors, researchers, and staff.

• Plan programs to ensure a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for students, researchers, and visitors.

• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Applicants must be eligible for employment in the United States.

• Working knowledge of the flora and fauna in the Gulf of Maine is required.

• Good communication skills and ability to work well with instructors, group leaders and other staff members.

• Strong knowledge of computer skills; proven organization skills; attention to detail along with experience managing multiple tasks.

Compensation Pay Range:

$21.25/hourly

10-20 hours per week, until May 4th 2026

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

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