New York, New York, United States · On-site
$85k–$95k/yr
Location: New York City or Stamford, CT Travel: Up to 50% travel both in the US and to buildOn partner countries Hours/FLSA: Full Time/Exempt Schedule: Monday - Friday, Weekends for Trek Events Salary: $85,000 -$95,000 I…
Skills: International Program Management, Youth Development, Service-Learning, Risk Management, Strategic Planning
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The Trek Director oversees the full lifecycle of immersive international service-learning programs, managing everything from participant recruitment to in-country execution. This includes leading global teams, ensuring participant safety through risk management, and collaborating with fundraising teams to engage donors.
Candidates must have a bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of experience in international program management, youth development, or service-learning. Strong leadership skills, cross-cultural competency, and the ability to travel up to 50% internationally are required.
Location: New York City or Stamford, CT
Travel: Up to 50% travel both in the US and to buildOn partner countries
Hours/FLSA: Full Time/Exempt
Schedule: Monday - Friday, Weekends for Trek Events
Salary: $85,000 -$95,000
Interested applicants must submit their resume and a cover letter.
buildOn is a global nonprofit that unites people through service and education to ignite opportunity (buildon.org). Service builds leaders. We mobilize communities in low-income countries to build schools. American youth transform their own communities through service and change the world by helping build these schools.
The Opportunity:
The Trek Director leads buildOn’s immersive international service-learning program – Trek. buildOn Trek, which is rooted in solidarity, brings U.S. students and buildOn supporters together with underserved communities to build a school. The program is thoughtfully designed for participants to immerse in a rural community while exploring buildOn’s Constructive Leadership Principles, which include: Courage, Empathy, Passion for the Possible, Resilience, and Solidarity.
The Trek Director oversees the full lifecycle of Trek experiences, from participant recruitment and pre-Trek preparation to the in-country Trek experience and post-Trek support and reflection.
The Trek Director leads a highly skilled global team across multiple countries to ensure Trek participants have a transformational experience rooted in service, solidarity, cultural humility, and safety.
The ideal candidate is an experienced leader who can balance strategic planning with operational execution, relationship-building, participant engagement, and risk management. Strong communication, cross-cultural competency, and attention to detail are essential.
This position requires frequent international travel and the ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends during Trek seasons.
buildOn is an equal opportunity employer. For more information about buildOn, please visit: www.buildon.org
Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
buildOn is committed to building and maintaining an inclusive environment that drives innovation, strengthens ONE buildOn and bolsters a culture where people truly feel valued, heard and respected. buildOn provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or veteran status.
To learn more about buildOn, please visit our website at www.buildOn.org.
We unite communities through service and education to ignite a more equitable future.
buildOn has been uniting people through service and education to ignite a more equitable future since 1991. buildOn U.S. mobilizes high school students from marginalized communities to transform their neighborhoods through service. buildOn Global partners with low-income countries to build schools and provide access to education for children and adults.
Offices: 1111 Summer St, Suite 602A, Stamford, Connecticut 06905, US · 220 Bagley St, Detroit, Michigan, US · 101 Broadway, Oakland, California, US · 500 W Monroe St, Chicago, Illinois, US · buildOn c/o: Community Academy of Science and Health (CASH), 11 Charles Street, Dorchester, MA 02122, US
We unite communities through service and education to ignite a more equitable future.
buildOn has been uniting people through service and education to ignite a more equitable future since 1991. buildOn U.S. mobilizes high school students from marginalized communities to transform their neighborhoods through service. buildOn Global partners with low-income countries to build schools and provide access to education for children and adults.
Offices: 1111 Summer St, Suite 602A, Stamford, Connecticut 06905, US · 220 Bagley St, Detroit, Michigan, US · 101 Broadway, Oakland, California, US · 500 W Monroe St, Chicago, Illinois, US · buildOn c/o: Community Academy of Science and Health (CASH), 11 Charles Street, Dorchester, MA 02122, US
