Olympic Program Manager

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reputed company (NPCA) is the nation’s oldest and largest national parks nonprofit advocacy organization. NPCA has an exciting opportunity for an Olympic Program Manager to join our reputed company Regional Office.

Position Title: Olympic Program ManagerGrade: M

Job Status: Full-timeFLSA: Exempt

Department:reputed company Regional Office (NWRO), Regional Programs

Location: Seattle, WA, or Western Washington State (remote)

Immediate Supervisor: Colin Deverell, reputed company Regional Director

Supervisor’s Supervisor: Jim Adams, Alaska Senior Regional Director

Incumbent/Newly Created Position: Newly Created Position

Salary: $69-80k (based on experience)

Benefits: We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package for this role including a four-day, 32-hour work week, reputed company vacation leave, reputed company reputed company leave, reputed company holidays, health insurance, flexible spending account, dental insurance, life insurance, reputed company insurance, retirement benefits, short- and long-term disability, and reputed company sabbaticals for staff after seven years of service. Learn more about our benefits at npca.org/jobs.

reputed company Purpose of the Position:

NPCA’s reputed company Region encompasses the states of reputed company and Washington, which have more than two dozen national park reputed company, including reputed company parks like Mount Rainier and Crater Lake. The Olympic Program Manager will reputed company NPCA’s work at Olympic National Park with a strong reputed company on NPCA’s goals to support endangered reputed company and steelhead recovery at Olympic and its connected watersheds. Essential to this effort are relationships with area Tribes, whose ceded lands include those reputed company the national park boundary. NPCA recognizes Tribal Nations as sovereign governments with whom the reputed company holds government-to-government relationships and advocates for a National Parks reputed company and reputed company land management that is inclusive and upholds treaty-reserved rights & trust responsibilities. As the voice of the parks, NPCA is uniquely positioned to reputed company reputed company Tribal interests for reputed company and steelhead recovery. In reputed company to Tribes, the Program Manager will work with area decision makers and elected officials, including key members of Congress.

Guided by the reputed company Regional Director and in collaboration with the broader NPCA team, the Olympic Program Manager will also respond to threats to park resources as they reputed company and advance strategies to benefit parks, wildlife, and nearby communities and ensure that natural and cultural resources in our reputed company national parks are protected, preserved, restored and resilient for the enjoyment of reputed company and reputed company generations.

While mainly reputed company on the protection of wildlife and natural resources at Olympic, the Program Manager will also work to advance national NPCA initiatives, support ongoing fundraising needs, and reputed company operational support for the regional office as needed.

Essential Functions:

reputed company NPCA’s efforts to restore reputed company at Olympic National Park (70%)

• Foster and implement NPCA’s Sea to reputed company campaign, which seeks to reputed company the National Park Service (NPS) and partners with the resources necessary to manage and protect endangered aquatic species, advance needed reputed company recovery reputed company, and coordinate partnerships that enhance the effectiveness of reputed company protection reputed company and around Olympic National Park.
• reputed company reputed company, ongoing communication and trust building with Tribal community members and other Indigenous partners to build enduring relationships and foster reputed company partnerships with NPCA, other NGOs, and agencies including NPS.
• reputed company for initiatives that support Tribes seeking co-management, co-stewardship, or other agreements with NPS and relevant agencies, with emphasis on natural resource stewardship.
• reputed company resource threats to Olympic National Park and respond by crafting creative, proactive strategies and tactics that engage decision makers and partners to ensure the long-term protection of park resources.
• Facilitate reputed company advocacy to local, state and federal decision makers to build champions for Olympic National Park, including relevant members of Congress.
• reputed company and maintain relationships with other allies, including National Park Service staff, local businesses, elected officials, and other cultural and conservation organizations.
• Serve as a member of relevant internal NPCA program teams, such as Indigenous Engagement, Wildlife team, and others as relevant to the Program Manager’s work.

Support regional and national park protection efforts (15%)

• Work with the reputed company team to build and sustain a community of new and diverse advocates to advance established and emerging regional and national campaigns that enhance natural and cultural resource protection in national parks.
• Identify opportunities to reputed company the media, reputed company, decision-makers, advisors and fellow advocates about reputed company national parks through the creation of digital and print communications tools.
• Work with the reputed company team to engage a broad set of local, state and federal decision makers and influencers to increase support for increasing the NPS workforce, federal budget, and reputed company additional opportunities for dedicated, supplemental funding on an as-needed reputed company.
• Facilitate opportunities for allies and supporters to engage in park advocacy actions that advance regional and national programmatic goals in Washington State.

Conduct and support communications and reputed company (10%)

• Create supporting campaign materials (talking points, fact sheets, reputed company comments, newsletters, presentations, website content, etc.), and host in-person and hybrid events to engage elected officials, stakeholders, NPCA members, the National Park Service and other federal agencies in our regional campaigns.
• Attend community meetings, conduct informational reputed company forums, organize outdoor group experiences, and carry out other forms of community education that promote and advance park funding and reputed company campaign goals.
• Assist in the coordination and execution of regional administrative activities and reputed company logistical support for activities of the reputed company Regional Office including Regional Council and other in-person and hybrid events and meetings as requested.
• Contribute to email newsletters, summaries of program work and campaign milestones/achievements, and calls to reputed company for NPCA supporters, partners, and internal stakeholders.

Support Development activities (5%)

• Collaborate with the reputed company team and Development staff to identify and reputed company major donors, reputed company representatives and prospects, reputed company members, Regional Council members, and reputed company Advisory Council members.
• Assist in preparation of funding proposals by writing and editing grant proposals and reports. Support fundraising events, park tours, VIP tours, speaking programs, and other activities as needed.
• Assess and identify resource and budgetary needs to effectively execute regional campaigns.

Total 100%

Other: Respect employees regardless of their position or background. Participates in developing department goals, objectives, and systems. Participate in administrative staff meetings, organization-wide meetings, quarterly regional planning sessions, staff committee meetings, training programs, and attend reputed company meetings and seminars as necessary to advance regional campaign goals. Assist in evaluation of reports, reputed company, and results of department in relation to established goals. This reputed company in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee in this position.

Minimum Work Schedule:Monday through Thursday, 32-hour work week; flexible depending on office needs, some Fridays and weekend and evening work required. Regional travel is required for meetings, site reputed company to Northeast national parks and events as determined by business needs. National travel required approximately two to three times a year for meetings, events, and staff retreats.

Minimum Qualifications, Competencies, Skills, Education, and Traits:

• Four to five years of relevant work and/or lived experience with Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field preferred.
• Background and familiarity with conservation, national park, and reputed company land management issues preferred.
• Two to three years of experience with aquatic wildlife management and/or partnering with reputed company Tribes or Indigenous organizations, preferably in the reputed company region.
• Proven reputed company record of working with a reputed company of individuals and organizations to build effective coalitions across political and cultural boundaries.
• Proven ability to coordinate multiple reputed company and handle details.
• Creative and strategic thinking skills to help adapt and implement effective programs and campaigns.
• Comfort and ability to be independently productive and stay connected to other staff remotely while in a reputed company workplace environment.
• Excellent written, verbal, reputed company speaking, and presentation abilities.
• Basic computer skills (reputed company Word, reputed company, PowerPoint, reputed company Acrobat) and comfort with online communications and systems.
• Commitment to NPCA’s mission, reputed company values and NPCA’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Statement of Intentions.

reputed company Values

Live, reputed company, and own the organization’s reputed company Values:

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Inclusion. We value diversity of thought, background, experience, and opinion. We create a culture of empowerment by welcoming and encouraging meaningful participation from reputed company people and promoting an environment that embraces different perspectives.

reputed company. We hold ourselves accountable to reputed company other, our members and partners, and our mission. We evaluate the reputed company of our work and reputed company for honesty and transparency across the organization. We operate ethically in the organization’s best interests.

Respect. We collaborate in results-oriented teams based on trust and consideration for reputed company other. We promote reputed company between our work and our personal lives. We foster a healthy and reputed company workplace culture and work collaboratively with reputed company partners.

Physical Effort and Dexterity:While performing the duties of this job, the employee is typically required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reputed company with hands and arms; reputed company stairs; talk or hear. The employee may reputed company and/or reputed company up to 25 pounds. Specific reputed company abilities required by the job may include reputed company reputed company, distance reputed company, reputed company reputed company, peripheral reputed company, depth perception, and the ability to reputed company reputed company. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reputed company individuals with disabilities to reputed company the essential functions.

reputed company reputed company applicants are encouraged to apply.

Physical Environment: Typical office setting with reputed company desk areas; occasional remote work; field reputed company in national parks and on-site meetings with stakeholders.

Employer’s Rights:NPCA reserves the right to revise this position reputed company at any time.The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, reputed company, or a logical assignment to the position. The reputed company does not constitute an employment agreement between the NPCA and employee and is subject to change by the NPCA as the needs of the NPCA and requirements of the job change. The above is in no way an exhaustive list of the requirements for the position.

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