Director of Land Conservation & Stewardship-Flagstaff, AZ

The Director of Land Conservation and Stewardship provides strategic direction, coordination, and oversight, for the Trust’s land conservation efforts in northern Arizona and southern Utah. The Director plays a lead role in fundraising, outreach, and policy advocacy efforts at the regional and national level. In addition, and more specifically, the Director is primarily responsible for overseeing the Grand Canyon Trust’s Kane and Two Mile Ranches Program.

Overall Duties and Responsibilities

• Policy and Political Advocacy: Develop relationships and assume leadership roles that allow the Trust to significantly influence policy and political efforts of particular importance to the Trust’s ongoing land conservation efforts.
• Coordination and Oversight: Coordinate and oversee the Trust’s land conservation efforts in southern Utah and northern Arizona. Supervise program staff and contractors to ensure that they are accomplishing program goals, and communicating, coordinating, and collaborating sufficiently. Ensure that program funds are tracked and accounted for.
• Fundraising: Take primary responsibility for developing and maintaining ambitious but sustainable funding mechanisms for the Trust’s land conservation program overall, and the Kane and Two Mile Ranches Program specifically. Work closely with the Trust’s Development Director to develop and maintaining fundraising relationships, prepare relevant proposals to foundations, individuals, and corporations, and report on the use of grant funds received. Take on other fundraising tasks as assigned by the Executive Director.
• Communications: Ensure that external outreach activities are occurring effectively and efficiently. Provide updates to other staff members about the program when appropriate, write Advocate newsletter articles when requested; keep website updated; communicate actively with all relevant partners and colleagues; work with public media; give public presentations as needed; and participate in Trust outreach and education efforts as appropriate.

Kane and Two Mile Ranch Program–Specific Responsibilities

• Project Design, Management and Implementation:Design, develop, implement, and evaluate projects to achieve program goals, including, but not limited to:
  • Implementing actions described in the Kane and Two Mile Ranches Restoration and Climate Adaptation plans
  • Overseeing an ecologically and economically viable livestock management program
  • Developing, distributing, and publicizing adaptive management systems to interested parties.
  • Leading efforts to enhance the visibility of the Kane and Two Mile Ranches and the Research and Stewardship Partnership
  • Expanding opportunities for transferability of portions of the K2M program to other regions of the Colorado Plateau

Job requirements:

Requirements for the Director of the Land Conservation and Stewardship include:

• M.A./M.S. degree or higher in relevant field and at least 5 years experience managing the implementation of large-scale conservation/restoration initiatives;
• Proven ability to understand and work effectively in the nexus between conservation science, environmental policy, and environmental politics;
• Creative ability and an aptitude for innovation and creative strategic thinking;
• Good time management and organizational skills, including the ability to focus on a few high-priority projects and to keep them moving forward simultaneously and on schedule;
• Ability to work constructively with a wide variety of constituents, members, volunteers, the general public, federal, state, tribal, and local government officials, and representatives of the private sector;
• Excellent writing and speaking skills;
• Enthusiasm, energy and a high level of commitment to the work of the Trust, including a willingness to do what is necessary to get the job done by traveling, and working weekends and evenings when necessary;
• Sense of humor and ability to thrive in potentially adversarial situations.

Please visit our website for a full job description at www.grandcanyontrust.org/jobs

Please send a cover letter, resume, and three references via e-mail to:

Darcy Allen, Senior Director of Administration

Grand Canyon Trust

2601 N. Fort Valley Road

Flagstaff, AZ 86001