Program Coordinators

Written By MCN

MCN Overview: 

The Millennium Campus Network (MCN) is a global student network addressing humanity's greatest challenges. We convene, challenge, and celebrate student leadership that advances the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Program Coordinator plays a critical role in this program’s growth and implementation. They are responsible for the administrative and logistical elements of operations and programming for our signature program, the Millennium Fellowship - a semester-long leadership development program presented by the United Nations Academic Impact and MCN.  This program convenes, challenges, and celebrates bold student leadership advancing the Sustainable Development Goals on campus and in communities. The Millennium Fellowship Class of 2025 runs from August through December.

The Program Coordinator will be a thought partner in the continued development, implementation and growth of the Fellowship program as it expands to undergraduate students across the globe, and lead in making recommendations and edits to future Fellowship iterations based on 2018-2024 learnings. They will have opportunities to mentor and work with student leaders across the world. This position is contract-based,  remote, and reports to the Chief of Staff.

This is an incredible opportunity to support a growing organization and connect with a global development movement to ensure that young leaders have the voice they deserve, the skills they need, and the mindset for challenging the paradigms that perpetuate inequality.

Responsibilities:

Administrative Leadership for Fellowship Program (50%)

  • Manage student leaders from around the world, answering technical questions, and offering light mentorship as needed.

  • Manage communications, including weekly newsletter and social media, with support of volunteers and/or interns if relevant, make edits to website as needed

  • Ensure all administration systems are up-to-date, including metrics, pre and post surveys, story submissions, and final certificates.

  • Manage any technical challenges with online platform

  • General MCN Administration as needed, which may include developing or managing databases, writing to organizational partners

Program Implementation and Thought Partnership (30%)

  • Fellowship Program Implementation: Edit curricular components, creatively develop programming as needed; Co-Develop and implement training for student Campus Directors, manage communications with Campus Directors including connecting them with regional peer groups; Co-develop Virtual graduation ceremony. Future Program Thought Partnership (less than 5% of role):

Coordination of special Programmatic verticals (10%)

  • MCN and its partners implement special verticals within the Millennium Fellowship program to support specific sets of students. For example, in 2025, MCN is launching virtual exchange components for Fellows in MENA and the US. Program Coordinators contribute in the implementation of these verticals.

Future Program Thought Partnership (less than 5% of role): 

  • Contribute to development of the next iteration of the Fellowship program curriculum; Explore new technological platform options.

Qualifications:

  1. Bachelor's degree required. Pursuit of or completion of a Masters's degree is a plus.

  2. Extremely organized and self-directed.

  3. Proactively communicative: initiates reminders, requests, and develops solutions independently.

  4. Passionate about leadership, youth development, and global development.

  5. Demonstrated interest in global and/or domestic social justice and development work.

  6. At least one-year experience designing and/or implementing a program (any subject, can be combined from multiple experiences).

  7. Available work outside of typical business hours. Our campuses are based in 40+ different countries and leadership coaching is based on students’ schedules, which depending on the campus/country might be in the evenings and weekends.

  8. Team spirit, positive attitude.

  9. Skills in community-building, relationship cultivation, and mentorship a strong plus.

  10. Prior experience with MCN a plus.

Benefits:

  1. Be a key team member in a growing organization with global impact.

  2. Connect with a global development movement to ensure that young leaders have the voice they deserve, the skills they need, and the mindset for challenging the paradigms that perpetuate inequality.

  3. Opportunities to connect with global leaders at the UN, State Department, and beyond.

  4. Training into our global programs and administrative behind-the-scenes.

Other

  • This is a 4-month contract that will run from August through December 2025.

  • This position is remote and open to candidates in the US and worldwide.

  • Fluency in English required. Proficiency in any of the United Nations languages a plus (French, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Arabic)

Join us in supporting the next generation of leaders to create positive social impact. Apply by August 1st 2025.

MCN is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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