Maine Redevelopment is Hiring a Program Coordinator Position

Job Description

• Job Title: Program Coordinator

• Location:Maine (Remote-first/In-State travel)

• Job Type: Full-time

• Salary Range: $65,000 – $70,000 annually (commensurate with experience)

• Benefits: Competitive benefits package

About Maine Redevelopment

The Maine Redevelopment Land Bank Authority (Maine Redevelopment) is a quasi-governmental agency established to revitalize underutilized, blighted, and environmentally challenged properties across the state. Through collaboration with municipalities and partners, Maine Redevelopment turns “stuck” properties into assets that benefit communities and drive economic development.

Position Summary

Maine Redevelopment is seeking a strategic, results-oriented Program Coordinator, to bring additional capacity, expertise and energy to our growing team and portfolio of projects. The Program Coordinator will support redevelopment initiatives that assist Maine communities in addressing vacant, abandoned, deteriorating, tax-acquired, surplus, and environmentally impacted properties.

This role will focus on two core programmatic pillars of the organization:

1. Municipal Technical Assistance – Providing direct advisory and project management support to municipalities navigating redevelopment and property repositioning

1. Brownfields Redevelopment – Managing environmental assessment, remediation coordination, and compliance processes to enable safe and productive reuse

Why Join Maine Redevelopment?

This isa unique opportunity to shape the future of economic development in Maine. As part of a small but ambitious team, you’ll engage in impactful work that transforms communities while advancing your own professional growth. Ifyou’reintellectually curious, passionate about making a difference, thrive in collaborative environments, and embrace both the challenges and rewards of a startup, we’d love to hear from you. We’re building as we goandthat’s half the fun!

Key Responsibilities

Municipal Technical Assistance

• Serve as a trusted advisor to municipal officials, planners, and economic development staff

• Support “stand up” work for new initiatives, including early-stage research, site understanding, and toolkit development

• Prepare materials that translate technical analysis into clear, actionable outputs for partners

• Assess redevelopment feasibility for complex, resource constrained, stuck properties

• Develop project scopes, work plans, timelines, and redevelopment scenarios

• Support municipalities in navigating property disposition processes, procurement requirements, and regulatory considerations

• Facilitate stakeholder meetings, public engagement sessions, and interagency coordination

• Identify and help secure funding opportunities to close project capital gaps
• Provide strategic guidance on adaptive reuse, infill development, municipal policy, public-private partnerships, due diligence, and contractor management

Brownfields Redevelopment

• Coordinate Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs)

• Support and advise on the procurement and oversight of environmental consultants and contractors, internally and externally

• Support remediation planning cost estimation, and risk mitigation strategies

• Ensure compliance with state and federal environmental regulations

• Assist with EPA Brownfields and related grant management, reporting, document and data integrity
• Translate environmental findings into actionable redevelopment strategies for municipalities, residents, and business owners.

Additional/Fractional Responsibilities

• Review and development of project budgets, timelines, pro forma and feasibility analysis

• Tracking project progress, key performance indicators, and other relevant metrics

• Contribute to internal process development, improvement, and implementation

• Due diligence and research on pipeline properties and potential partners/redevelopers

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in planning, environmental science, public administration, economics, real estate development, engineering or related field

• 3+ years of relevant experience or graduate education in project management, planning, environmental remediation projects, real estate development, land use, or related areas in either the public or private sector.

• Demonstrated experience managing complex multi-stakeholder projects

• Knowledge of environmental site assessment process and regulatory frameworks preferred

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Familiarity with Maine’s land use, redevelopment, or environmental policies, and economic challenges preferred

• Ability to work independently and as part of a small, mission-driven team.

Benefits

• Competitive salary ($65,000–$70,000 depending on experience)

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• Retirement plan with employer contribution

• Paid time off and holidays

• Professional development opportunities

To Apply

Please submit a resume and cover letter outlining your interest and qualifications to info@maineredevelopment.org. Applications will be accepted until July 2, 2026 at 5pm Eastern.