National Forest Foundation

Southern Appalachian Forests Program Manager

National Forest Foundation

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: North Carolina • Tennessee • United States

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Salary

💰 $83,800 - $101,275 per year

About the role

  • Provide programmatic leadership to successfully plan, develop, implement, and manage a portfolio of restoration and forest resilience projects.
  • Facilitate collaborative efforts and manage complex funding mechanisms.
  • Supervise program staff and collaboratively work with NFF’s technical advisory teams and the U.S. Forest Service.
  • Support and supervise up to four staff by helping develop their scopes of work, provide networking and fundraising support, and professional development guidance.
  • Lead collaborative development of field team strategies and work plans.
  • Work directly with contractors, consultants, nonprofit organizations, agency partners, and/or private landowners to coordinate the on-the-ground implementation of stewardship projects.
  • Oversee the advertising, negotiation, and awarding of contracts for services related to project implementation.
  • Manage program and project budgets and reporting associated with agreements and contracts with federal, state, local governments, and contractor services.
  • Provide collaborative conservation expertise and facilitation support for priority regional initiatives.
  • Draft and revise meeting agendas and facilitation-related meeting materials.
  • Expand existing partnerships with local National Forest Service partners.

Requirements

  • Minimum of an undergraduate degree in conservation, forestry, planning, landscape design, environmental science or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • At least 4 years of experience leading restoration or conservation programs, project planning, and/or coordinating project implementation, preferably on federal lands.
  • Field forestry and/or reforestation experience, planning, and overseeing forest management actions on federal lands, preferred.
  • Experience in planning and overseeing recreation infrastructure projects.
  • Experience leading project planning, accomplishment, and budget tracking, and project operations management that involve multiple implementation partners, contractors, contracts for services, and funding sources.
  • Experience supervising and managing project-level staff.
  • Demonstrated success coordinating multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Experience facilitating, building consensus, and securing agreements in collaborative processes that involve the U.S. Forest Service or other land management agencies.
  • Experience developing and implementing public outreach and engagement strategies and plans.
  • Commitment to the mission of the NFF and familiarity with the U.S. Forest Service purpose and National Forest lands management.
  • An understanding of southern Appalachian natural resource issues.
  • Strong communication, project management, interpersonal, organizational, and administrative skills.
  • Strong writing skills and public speaking experience.
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States.
Benefits
  • Medical and dental insurance paid at 75% by the organization for you and any dependents.
  • Vision insurance paid 50% by the organization for you and any dependents.
  • Health savings account (HSA) with employer contributions between $1,878-$3,750 per year, predicated on coverage type.
  • Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA).
  • Employee assistance program (EAP) at no cost.
  • 403(b) retirement plan with a 5% employer match after one (1) year of service.
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance at no cost.
  • Basic life and AD&D insurance at no cost, with voluntary life insurance options.
  • Whole life insurance at a discounted rate.
  • Employees start with 35 days of annual leave, sick leave, personal leave and holidays (annual leave accrual rates increase with years of service).
  • Family & medical leave for up to sixteen (16) weeks with up to four (4) weeks paid.
  • Professional development reimbursement for up to $1,000 per year.
  • The opportunity to support an incredible mission and travel to / work in spectacular locations.
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