Education Program Administrator

Solar One; New York (NY); On-site; USD 59,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care and well-being programs

4 weeks of paid time off

Life and disability insurance

Paid Holidays

401(k) retirement savings

Job summary

Solar One in New York City seeks an Education Program Administrator to support the Green Design Lab’s Environmental Education Center, Career & Technical Education, and STEM Education programs. The role focuses on administering systems, coordinating logistics, invoicing, purchasing, and maintaining records.

On-site work at the Environmental Education Center in Manhattan is required, and a NYS driver’s license is needed.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of administrative/coordination/operations experience.
• Associate's degree or higher preferred.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Customer service skills with educators, families, and students.
• Attention to detail and reliability.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Suite.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate purchasing of program expenses and input receipts into expense software.
• Inventory supplies for program use and maintain materials.
• Prepare documents for invoicing program partners.
• Assist with data management and analysis of program metrics.
• Support data visualization of post-program surveys.
• Arrange transportation for program materials as needed.
• Collaborate with operations, fiscal, and development teams on procedures and records.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Communication skills

Customer service

Independence

Education

Associate's degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Suite

Job description

Job Title: Education Program Administrator

Type: Full-time

Start: August 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 Green Design Lab (GDL) is Solar One's educational department. The education program administrator will play a critical role in ensuring smooth day-to-day operations for our education programs (Environmental Education Center, Career & Technical Education, and STEM Education). This position supports program delivery by managing and improving administrative systems, coordinating logistics, handling invoicing and purchasing, and maintaining records. This position will work onsite at our Solar One Environmental Education Center in Manhattan. A driver's license is required.

Job Responsibilities:

Coordinate the purchasing of programmatic expenses, tracking, and inputting receipts into expense management software

Inventory supplies such as teacher toolkits, teaching materials, worksheets, etc

Organizing documents for invoicing program partners

Assisting with data management related to programmatic metrics

Assisting with analyzing and visualizing post-program survey data

Renting a Zipcar or a U-Haul to deliver program supplies to schools, as needed.

Collaborate with Solar One operations, fiscal, and development to support Solar One and ensure the Green Design Lab is complying with procedures, invoicing, purchasing, and providing records as requested.

Respond to basic inquiries from teachers, schools, and community partners.

Organizing photo drives, ensuring media release forms for participants.

Collecting paperwork for summer camp programming

Qualifications and Skills

Successful candidates for this role should be able to demonstrate the following:

2+ years of experience in an administrative, coordination, or operations-based role.

Associate's degree or higher education preferred.

Strong organizational and time management skills.

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Strong customer service skills, comfortable interacting with educators, families, and students.

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Google Suite, including Calendar, Docs, Spreadsheet, and Drive.

Maturity and ability to work independently.

NYS driver's license required.

Pay and Benefits

Pay starts at $59,000- $62,000 per year.

We offer a variety of benefits depending on the position type. Our full-time benefits include:

This position is a full-time position

Health care and well-being programs, including medical, dental, vision, 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 across all elements of our work and with our partners to support the interdependent needs of renewable energy, resilience, and people in a rapidly changing world. Solar One recruits and employs through a lens of equity and encourages people of all races, religions, 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.