American Rivers

Director

• Lead American Rivers’ floodplain management work across the Southeast Region.
• Develop and expand a floodplain restoration and protection program and funding in the Southeast.
• Actively work with American Rivers’ National Floodplain Community of Practice (CoP), engaging in CoP meetings, collaborating with colleagues on project ideas and approaches, working with CoP leaders to develop, refine, and implement effective strategies, communicating priority concepts and activities to the Southeast Region team, and participating in CoP retreats and other related activities.
• Provide strategic guidance and support to regional staff on floodplain restoration issues, campaigns, and projects.
• Lead organizational fundraising in region focused on building and sustaining a floodplain restoration program and support other fundraising efforts in partnership with other regional staff and Advancement staff.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of American Rivers’ Federal Floodplain Policy agenda, including working with federal agencies, Congress, and partner coalitions.
• Provide technical assistance for projects and program-building assistance to key partners for completing high priority projects.
• Identify, track, and collaboratively pursue funding sources for projects; execute contracts, requests expenditures, and invoices.
• Assist in the selection and management of consultants, and coordination of partners engaged in restoration projects.
• Build upon and establish new equitable partnerships with civic and community leaders, non-profit organizations, government agencies, consulting sector, and other partners.
• Represents American Rivers at technical meetings, conferences, press events and other public events in the region and nationally as needed.
• Compose, edit, and prepare high-quality, time-sensitive correspondence, reports, proposals, blogs, newsletter articles and other informational materials.
• Manage time and expenses independently.

Conservation Director

• Shared position: 50% Northwest Region hydropower reform work and 50% Hydropower Reform Coalition work.
• Coordinate with local, state, federal, and Tribal partners to engage in renewal of operating licenses for hydropower projects in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Alaska).
• Attend and actively engage in meetings, review proposed operations and best available science, identify information needs and mitigation strategies, track projects, and draft comments.
• Serve as hub and administrative heart of the Hydropower Reform Coalition; develop and maintain member relationships, provide administrative support to steering committee and regional caucuses, conduct outreach to new members, connect individuals/organizations/Tribes to resources.
• Manage HRC’s website and social media; communicate policy positions and project updates to public, media, and funders.
• Collaborate on grant writing, fundraising, budgeting, and distribution of funds.
• Plan and organize annual Coalition meetings and quarterly trainings; provide policy and administrative support to HRC Chairs and government relations team.
• Work with federal, state, and Tribal natural resource agencies in the Northwest to promote implementation of laws and restoration of rivers affected by hydropower.
• Analyze and evaluate state and regional legislation, regulations, and policies impacting hydropower in the Northwest.
• Participate in AR Hydropower Community of Practice, Conservation team, and NW Regional team activities.
• Produce communications materials; travel to hydropower licensing meetings and Coalition meetings; other duties as assigned.

Associate Director, Hydropower Reform

• Lead American Rivers’ efforts to grow the practice of dam removal in Missouri and Iowa as a tool for river restoration, aquatic connectivity, and public safety
• Build successful aquatic connectivity programs and partnerships, develop/implement on-the-ground projects focused on increasing free-flowing river miles, and help identify federal and state policy needs to advance aquatic connectivity
• Serve as American Rivers’ primary Central Region staff member in Missouri and Iowa focused on identifying and developing new projects, managing and providing technical assistance to projects, and leading strategic regional capacity building for dam removal
• Engage with Missouri Stream Connectivity & Management Partnership and develop similar partnerships in Iowa
• Provide assistance to key partners to complete high priority projects and foster new project managers in partner organizations
• Identify, track, and collaboratively pursue funding sources; execute contracts, requests expenditures, process invoices, and administer grants
• Assist in selection and management of consultants, coordinate partners engaged in restoration projects, manage time and expenses, represent American Rivers at meetings and public events, and lead community engagement
• Support federal and state policy actions to further aquatic connectivity goals and support project and programmatic fundraising in collaboration with staff across the organization

Conservation Director

Associate Director, Hydropower Reform

Associate Director, River Restoration