West Atlanta Watershed Alliance

SUPERVISOR Facilities Manager
OVERVIEW The Facilities Coordinator is responsible for maintaining the quality, functionality, and operational readiness of WAWA’s facilities (The Outdoor Activity Center) and grounds through effective coordination of maintenance, stewardship, and site management activities. This role supports the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Outdoor Activity Center (OAC) facility and grounds management procedures, ensuring alignment with organizational needs, safety standards, and environmental stewardship goals and objectives.
The Facilities Coordinator ensures that the building, infrastructure, and surrounding grounds are well-maintained, welcoming, safe, and prepared to support staff, stakeholders, visitors, and public engagement activities. In doing so, the position also contributes to the responsible care and preservation of the site's unique old-growth forest ecosystem and its ecological inhabitants.
This position offers opportunities for professional growth and advancement within the organization.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
The specific scope of work associated with this role is as follows:
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<li>Coordinate daily maintenance and long‑term upkeep of the OAC facility, trails, built structures, forest, and grounds. Building maintenance includes but is not limited to; daily internal/external cleaning, organizing, minor painting, repairs, and general maintenance. Ground maintenance includes but is not limited to: litter removal, repairs to outdoor infrastructure as feasible, sweeping, blowing, raking, trimming, mowing, mulching, weeding, edging, and watering.</li>
<li>Provide quality care while completing tasks onsite.</li>
<li>Support the development of planning processes that provide clear deliverables, timelines, and personnel/volunteer coordination to meet environmental stewardship goals.</li>
<li>Conduct regular inspections to identify maintenance needs, safety concerns, and opportunities for improvement.</li>
<li>Maintain and enhance best practices for ecological stewardship, cost‑efficiency, and sustainable facility operations.</li>
<li>Lead weekend volunteer programs focused on environmental stewardship tasks 1-3 times per month.</li>
<li>Collaborate with management to build strong relationships with key City of Atlanta staff, partners, contractors, and technicians.</li>
<li>Maintain a variety of light and heavy equipment and power tools relating to general maintenance, grounds maintenance, and landscape installation.</li>
<li>Collaborate with other WAWA personnel, contractors, and volunteers to help maintain and restore areas in the OAC forest as needed.</li>
<li>Direct and work alongside volunteers to complete objectives and project tasks. Provide guidance, skills, and techniques while completing tasks onsite.</li>
<li>Troubleshoot and resolve potentially hazardous issues onsite.</li>
<li>Perform clean-up, set-up, and break down tasks for indoor and outdoor events.</li>
<li>Conduct program evaluation and completion of post-program tracking obligations for reports, grants, and stakeholder communication.</li>
<li>Attend meetings, training, and other gatherings related to your scope of work as the Facilities Coordinator.</li>
<li>Provide OAC guests and partners with quality customer service.</li>
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QUALIFICATIONS
Education level. High school diploma/ GED, or higher.
Experience. Two to five **(**2-5) years of experience maintaining physical assets such as buildings, farms/gardens, greenspaces and/or equipment. Preferred that this person have diverse maintenance experience with 2 or more tangible properties/assets. Additional skills in niche areas such as carpentry, chainsaw operation, pesticide/herbicide application, environmental stewardship, beekeeping, etc. is an added plus.
Personal characteristics. Accountable, attentive to detail, clear communicator, adaptable, self starter, problem solver, cautious, passionate about the outdoors. Committed to and consistent in maintaining the organization’s standards.
Certifications. First Aid/ CPR Certification (Must have certification prior to beginning work or plan to complete certification within 30 days of work). Mandated Reporter Certification. Epinephrine certification (Not mandatory).
Licenses. Will need to complete a background check.
Physical abilities. Must be able to stand or walk for extended periods including up steep elevated spaces. Must enjoy the outdoors, and be willing to be outdoors for long periods and in precarious weather conditions.
Availability. Work hours would occur mostly within the standard corporate work week (M-F 8a-5p) with some variations for weekend work, Must be willing to work 1-3 weekends per month.
COMPENSATION $17.50-19.50 /hr (As a contract position, there are no benefits associated with this role at this time.)
HOW TO APPLY Submit your cover letter and resume to <a href="mailto:info@wawa-online.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">info@wawa-online.org</a> with “Facilities Coordinator” in the subject line by September 18, 2026.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION The West Atlanta Watershed Alliance (WAWA) is a community-based non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life within the West Atlanta Watershed by protecting, preserving and restoring our community’s natural resources. WAWA represents African American neighborhoods in Northwest and Southwest Atlanta that are most inundated with environmental stressors, but are often least represented at environmental decision-making tables. Through its work in the areas of environmental justice, environmental education and environmental stewardship, WAWA is growing a cleaner, greener, healthier, more sustainable West Atlanta.
Visit us at WAWA-ONLINE.ORG.
Pay: $17.50 - $19.50 per hour
Expected hours: No less than 30.0 per week
Work Location: In person

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