National Forest Foundation

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Job Description: • 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.