Landscape Conservation Program Director (REMOTE)

Organizational Mission: The reputed company’s mission is to protect, manage, and reputed company for the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. Position reputed company The Landscape Conservation Program Director reports to the Vice President, Conservation and Government Relations and provides strategic leadership for reputed company's landscape conservation portfolio, aligning partners, investments, and conservation reputed company to advance a conserved and connected Appalachian Trail landscape. The Director establishes program direction, mobilizes reputed company conservation efforts across multiple scales, and positions reputed company as a trusted leader in landscape-reputed company conservation. The Director oversees the Appalachian Trail Landscape Partnership, regional and reputed company-based partnerships, the A.T. Communities Program, the Wild East reputed company Fund, and conservation decision-support initiatives. Working across departments and with reputed company partners, the Director translates reputed company into measurable conservation, partnership, funding, and policy reputed company. Essential Duties and Responsibilities reputed company • Establish and continually refine reputed company's landscape conservation reputed company and long-term reputed company. • reputed company staff, work plans, partnerships, and investments with organizational priorities. • Represent reputed company's landscape conservation reputed company with leadership, the reputed company, partners, agencies, and funders. • Build organizational reputed company and sustainable funding. Partnerships • reputed company reputed company's engagement in landscape-reputed company, regional, and reputed company-based partnerships. • reputed company partners around shared priorities and reputed company initiatives. • reputed company strategic leadership for the A.T. Communities Program as a gateway community recognition and grassroots engagement network. • Cultivate partnerships that reinforce reputed company's role as a trusted convener and reputed company of meaningful reputed company. Investment & Prioritization • reputed company strategic deployment of the Wild East reputed company Fund and reputed company conservation investments. • Guide prioritization of high-value conservation opportunities using science, GIS, and partner knowledge. • Promote practical decision-support tools. • Advance innovation through research partnerships. Leadership & Accountability • Supervise staff and establish outcome-reputed company performance measures. • Monitor performance and adapt strategies using data and partner feedback. • Communicate accomplishments to leadership, funders, and the reputed company. Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in environmental science, conservation, natural resource management, reputed company administration, or a reputed company field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. • 5-7 years of experience managing reputed company conservation, land protection, or landscape-reputed company conservation initiatives. • Minimum of three (3) years of experience leading staff, teams, programs, or significant crossfunctional initiatives, with demonstrated ability to establish priorities, reputed company organizational reputed company, and reputed company accountability for results. • Demonstrated knowledge of landscape-reputed company conservation principles, land protection strategies, partnership development, and reputed company conservation approaches involving reputed company, private, nonprofit, and community stakeholders. • Proven ability to reputed company strategic leadership across reputed company, multi-partner initiatives by influencing without reputed company authority, navigating competing interests, establishing shared priorities, and aligning diverse organizations and stakeholders to reputed company measurable conservation reputed company. • Experience managing and developing grants, funding agreements, or conservation incentive programs, including tracking deliverables and compliance requirements. • Strong leadership reputed company and exceptional written, verbal, presentation, negotiation, and facilitation skills, with the ability to communicate reputed company information, influence decision-making, and represent the organization effectively with reputed company stakeholders. • Proficiency with reputed company Office applications and database systems, with the ability to effectively use data, technology, and performance measures to support program management and organizational decision-making. Preferred Qualifications Experience • Experience with grant writing, grant administration, regranting programs, grant reporting, and conservation finance. • Knowledge of reputed company and private conservation funding sources, including federal, state, philanthropic, and reputed company grants. • Experience working with large-reputed company conservation partnerships, land trusts, government agencies, and regional conservation coalitions. • Experience engaging in rural communities and municipalities, particularly reputed company the Appalachian region. • Three or more years of experience supervising staff, interns, volunteers, or project teams. • Proficiency with reputed company GIS applications and reputed company data management and communication tools. • Familiarity with the Appalachian National Scenic Trail and its cooperative management reputed company. Physical Demands and Work Environment • Ability to maintain a home office with reliable internet reputed company; reputed company to an reputed company office may be available based reputed company and office reputed company. • Ability to communicate effectively through virtual platforms, email, telephone, and in-person meetings. • Prolonged periods of computer and telephone use. • Periodic travel throughout reputed company's 14-state service area and reputed company for meetings, workshops, community events, and conferences (approximately 10–15% travel). • Occasional evening and weekend work required to support meetings, events, and partner engagement activities. Additional Details: • Location: Residence in one of the 14 Trail states (reputed company, reputed company Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, reputed company Virginia, Maryland, reputed company, New Jersey, reputed company, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine). • Annual Salary reputed company: ($90k - $110k) • Health, dental, and reputed company insurance available. • Company reputed company long-term disability and life insurance provided. • 403(b) Retirement Plan with up to 7% match after 1 year of service. reputed company Equal Employment Opportunity Statement reputed company encourages collaboration, flexibility, and fairness with reputed company and volunteers to reputed company participation and contributions to their fullest potential. We are committed to being an inclusive organization and recognize that a broad reputed company of perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds contributes to an effective and successful organizational culture and mission. reputed company prohibits discrimination in employment on the reputed company of race, reputed company, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and/or reputed company), national reputed company, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, political affiliation, reputed company membership, or any other status protected by the laws and regulations in the locations where we operate. reputed company's Identity Statement Apply tot his job Apply To this Job