STEM Education Program Manager

Job Title: STEM Education Program Manager

Type: Full-time

Start: February 2026

About Solar One

Solar One is a 501c(3) organization that empowers communities in the New York City metro area to thrive in the face of the challenges brought on by climate change and embrace a world that is low-carbon, resource-efficient, and socially inclusive.

Founded in 2004 to manage Stuyvesant Cove Park, a two-acre native plant park and small environmental education center, Solar One has grown into an award-winning organization with a thriving array of programs. Solar One's mission is to design and deliver innovative education, training, and technical assistance that fosters sustainability and resiliency in diverse urban environments. We empower learning that changes how people think about energy, sustainability, and resilience by engaging and educating diverse stakeholders and beneficiaries.

Job Summary

The STEM Education Program Manager will be responsible for launching an energy literacy summer camp for elementary and middle school students in Brooklyn, Syracuse, and Albany during summer 2026. Each camp will support 50 students from underserved communities. This is a new initiative for Solar One and will require considerable program development and management experience. This position is mostly remote, though they will be asked to report into the NYC office periodically. Applicants should live within commuting distance of NYC. The position will require occasional travel to Albany and Syracuse and may require 1-3 weeks of travel during the camp in July.

Job Responsibilities:

• Partner development- identifying camp locations in target cities, touring facilities, and maintaining partnerships with camp facilities
• Creating recruitment materials and initiating outreach to families, local community hubs, and CBOs in each geographic region
• Creating and organizing enrollment documents in Salesforce to ensure participants have all necessary documentation.
• Meeting regularly with program funders, ensuring that we are meeting programmatic goals and expectations
• Serving as camp Director for one of the sites for 1 week during the summer of 2026
• Coordinating food, transportation, supplies, field trips, and other programmatic logistics for each camp
• Distributing and analysing the program evaluation for each program
• Collaborating with the education team on curriculum development
• Assist with hiring and onboarding seasonal teaching assistants to be at the camp.
• During Fall and Winter, there will be opportunities for other projects that support the education team, as needed.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree required. Master’s preferred in education or related fields.
• Three to five years of experience in program management in an educational environment or a camp director position.
• Experience working with children in underserved urban communities.
• Basic graphic design experience, such as with Canva, is a plus.
• Demonstrated success in communicating with partner organizations and individuals to build and maintain strong partnerships.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Strong organization skills and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Exce,l PowerPoint, Outlook, and Google Suite, including Calendar, Docs, Spreadsheet, and Drive.
• Teaching experience is a plus.

Pay and Benefits

Pay starts at $75,000-$80,000 per year.

We offer a variety of benefits which include:

• This position is Full Time / Exempt
• Health care and well-being programs, including medical, dental, vision, and EAP
• 4 weeks of paid time off that increases with tenure
• Life and disability insurance
• Paid Holidays
• 401(k) retirement savings

Solar One is an equal opportunity employer. Solar One strives to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in all elements of our work and with our partners to support the interdependent needs of renewable energy and resilience and people in a rapidly changing world. Solar One recruits and employs through a lens of equity and encourages people of all races, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, genetic information, service in the uniformed services, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law to apply.