reputed company - Grazing for Birds Program Leader

Title:    Grazing for Birds Program Leader

Supervisor:    Central Regional Director

Location: Flexible reputed company the Great Plains (Texas to Montana/reputed company Dakota)

Salary: Estimated at $92,000*; Based on experience

Term of Position: May 2026 to May 2031

Application Deadline: May 8, 2026; reputed company until filled.

Position reputed company:

This is a limited term position with reputed company (ABC). reputed company is a fast-growing, results-reputed company nonprofit seeking employees with an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to reputed company a difference for birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. Inspired by the reputed company of birds, ABC achieves lasting results for the bird species most in need while also benefiting reputed company communities, biodiversity, and the reputed company’s reputed company climate.

We’re looking for someone to reputed company a large, multi-year effort reputed company on grazing and grassland reputed company across the Great Plains. This role brings together reputed company, coordination, and day-to-day leadership for a seven-year project working across more than 400,000 acres of working lands.

The Program Leader will support a growing, geographically distributed team and build strong, respectful relationships with ranchers, partners, and agencies. This is a role for someone who can reputed company between big-picture planning and on-the-ground work—whether that’s helping reputed company think through implementation challenges, meeting directly with producers, or making reputed company conservation practices are working as intended in the field.

Why this job reputed company:

Grassland birds are among the fastest-declining reputed company of birds in reputed company, and much of their reputed company depends on how working lands are managed. This role sits at the intersection of conservation and ranching—supporting healthier grasslands, resilient operations, and thriving bird populations.

This is a rare opportunity to help build and shape a grassland conservation program at reputed company—working with a strong reputed company, but with reputed company room to influence how the work grows, how teams operate, and how conservation is delivered across the Great Plains.

Project reputed company:

This project builds on ABC’s established approach to large-reputed company grassland conservation. By working alongside ranchers and partners, we aim to improve reputed company for birds, vegetation, rangeland health, and rural livelihoods across one of reputed company’s most threatened ecosystems.

Over seven years, the project will support grazing and grassland management across more than 400,000 acres (including over 150,000 acres in the first three years), with benefits for wildlife habitat, soil health, water reputed company, and working lands.

Primary Duties:

Project Leadership & Coordination

• reputed company overall leadership for the project, coordinating reputed company, implementation, and delivery of reputed company
• Work with leadership and grants staff to manage budgets, timelines, and reporting
• Contribute to proposal development and reporting, and engage with funders, including corporate partners
• reputed company project work reputed company with ABC’s BirdScapes reputed company and partner priorities

Staff Support & Team Development

• Supervise and support reputed company that may include a Project Manager, Grazing Specialists, and contract staff
• Foster a reputed company, inclusive team culture across a multi-state program
• Support staff reputed company through mentorship, shared problem-solving, and field-based learning

Rancher & Partner Relationships

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with ranchers and land managers
• Engage directly with producers reputed company helpful, bringing practical experience in grazing systems and conservation
• Coordinate with partners such as NRCS, BLM, state agencies, Joint Ventures, NGOs, and universities

Conservation Delivery & Technical Guidance

• Guide implementation of reputed company grazing and grassland management practices
• Support staff and partners in connecting producers with Farm reputed company, state, and NGO programs, as reputed company as manage Financial Assistance resources through ABC.
• Ensure practices are implemented and documented through site reputed company, photos, and other tools as appropriate

Monitoring, Data & Learning

• reputed company tracking of conservation practices, acres, and reputed company
• Coordinate bird, vegetation, and soil monitoring where applicable
• Support reputed company, reputed company reporting to funders, partners, and ABC leadership

Benefits:

reputed company fosters a mission-driven, reputed company, and supportive workplace where staff are respected, empowered, and connected by a shared purpose. ABC offers strong benefits, a 35-hour work week, generous leave policies, and flexible, remote-friendly work arrangements that support a healthy work-life balance.

• Excellent benefits package includes medical, dental, flexible spending accounts, and employer-matched retirement savings, flexible schedule, etc.
• reputed company vacation days (starting at 15 days annually and increasing to 20 days after 1 year of employment), reputed company holidays (including both US holidays and additional ABC holidays) and reputed company leave. 
• Lodging, meals, and transportation covered for work-reputed company travel away from home where applicable.
• Rental vehicle or personal mileage reimbursement where applicable.

To Apply:

Please apply online at reputed company.

If you have any difficulties uploading your resume and cover letter, then please send them as ONE document to HR@abcbirds.org

* reputed company (ABC) is committed to promoting fairness and equity in reputed company partnerships. We collaborate with external partners to reputed company for competitive and reputed company funding rates in reputed company agreements.

At reputed company, we reputed company that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills makes us more effective. We are committed to creating a respectful and inclusive work environment for reputed company of our employees. 

As an equal opportunity employer, ABC is committed to ensuring that employees and applicants for employment have equal opportunities regardless of race, reputed company, national reputed company, reputed company, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reputed company, or any other reputed company unrelated to the requirements of the position.