Position: Field Services Coordinator
Program: Maritime Washington National Heritage Area/Washington State Main Street Program
Location: Hybrid/remote. Must reside within the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area 
Salary Range: $27-$31 per hour, based on experience
Position Type: Full-time (40 hours/week) hourly, non-exempt
Benefits: Medical, vision, and dental insurance; a retirement program; paid time off, including holidays, vacation, and sick time
Travel Required: Approximately 5% Maritime area, additional 5% Main Street statewide 
Reports to: Maritime Washington National Heritage Area Director & Washington Main Street Director

To Apply

Please e-mail your resume and a cover letter describing how your experiences and interests fit with the listed job responsibilities and qualifications to with the subject line “Field Services Coordinator.” References may be requested at a later date. In your email, please include your pronouns.

  • Application deadline: November 16, 2026 
  • Expected start date: January 4, 2027 

About

About the Washington Trust
The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation is dedicated to partnering with communities to preserve, share, and shape the future of historic places in Washington State.

The Washington State Main Street Program, which the Washington Trust manages in partnership with the Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation, supports a network of nearly 80 historic downtown districts across the state in implementing the Main Street Approach™ as their framework for organizing stakeholders to build and sustain vitality in these districts. Spanning 3,000 miles of Washington State’s saltwater shoreline, the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area celebrates our state’s unique water-based cultures. The heritage area builds partnerships to support our coastal communities in maintaining and sharing their water-based stories and resources.  

Values
We Are People-Centered. As we approach our work, we will listen to the needs of local communities and adapt our work to the moment. We commit to being:

  • Inclusive: To amplify the many voices of preservation and heritage in Washington and assess preservation’s historic complicity/biases and make change
  • Proactive: To be bold, creative, and solutions-oriented and to lead the charge in preservation advocacy
  • Empowering: To offer tools that enable local community builders to effect change and to connect preservation resources to economic recovery
  • Approachable: To be the organization you turn to to help save places that matter and to bring inspiration, hope, and (dare we say) fun to preservation

The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation is an equal opportunity provider and employer. BIPOC candidates and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

Position Overview & Responsibilities

The Field Services Coordinator is a cross-departmental staff position that supports both the Washington State Main Street Program and the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area. The coordinator is responsible for assisting the Washington Main Street Director and Maritime Washington Director with program implementation by coordinating and facilitating learning opportunities, maintaining network resources, and performing administrative functions for each program.  

Both programs (Washington Main Street and Maritime Washington National Heritage Area) support networks of local preservationists and practitioners across the state. The Field Services Coordinator will report jointly to the Washington Main Street Director and the Maritime Washington Director and works collaboratively across both program teams.  The coordinator has the unique opportunity to get to know, and hopefully make connections between, the networks of these two sister programs at the Washington Trust. 

The Field Services Coordinator will join 13 other Washington Trust staff, including three members of the Washington Main Street team and three members of the Maritime Washington team, with whom they will collaborate to accomplish responsibilities associated with the program.  

Primary Responsibilities

  • Maritime Washington network support:
    • Work closely with the Maritime Washington Director to manage administration of the Maritime Washington partner network, including onboarding of new partners, renewals of current partners, and recruiting of new partners 
    • Coordinate hosting of annual partners meeting 
    • Coordinate Maritime partner learning events, including but not limited to field trips, workshops and webinars, regional meetups and networking events, and site visits 
    • Maintain online resource library; create monthly partner newsletter featuring resources, events, and funding opportunities; and manage partner event scholarships 
    • Disseminate and analyze annual partners survey 
    • Coordinate responses to general emails and telephone inquiries about Maritime Washington, including responding to questions from partners network  
    • Other duties as assigned by the Maritime Washington Director  
  • Washington Main Street network support:
    • Work closely with the Washington Main Street team to plan the annual state conference, including communications, logistics, and educational content support 
    • Coordinate Main Street network learning events, including but not limited to quarterly leadership meetings, board regional retreats, progress visits, and webinars 
    • Maintain resources library and work with the Washington Main Street team to develop new resources; create monthly newsletter featuring resources, events, and funding opportunities 
    • Disseminate and analyze annual services survey and biannual salary and district trends surveys 
    • Answer e-mail and telephone inquiries and respond to questions from Main Street network  
    • Other duties as assigned by the Washington Main Street Director  

Skills & Experience Required:

  • Must embrace the mission and values of the Washington Trust  
  • At least one to two years demonstrated experience in program coordination, nonprofit administration, event planning, or a related field 
  • A candidate will be especially strong if they have experience coordinating adult learning experiences, working with diverse communities, and/or implementing the Main Street Approach 
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills required, including experience drafting newsletters, emails, reports, or other external-facing content 
  • Strong partner engagement skills. Must have the ability to build and maintain positive relationships, create positive energy in the face of challenges, and be an active listener
  • Must be able to proactively manage peaks and flows of workload, solve problems quickly and effectively, balance competing priorities between multiple teams, and efficiently manage multiple projects and overlapping timelines 
  • Experience with Microsoft Suite and general comfort learning new software platforms required 
  • Experience creating and analyzing survey results and program metrics a plus