The Nature Conservancy
The Conservation Manager provides day-to-day project management, leadership, and implementation of conservation projects within and around the southern Black Hills conservation area and develops projects in coordination with internal and external partners.
Examples of responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Performs ecological management tasks such as biological monitoring, invasive species control, grazing and fire management.
- Supervises technical, administrative, and professional staff with responsibility for work planning, performance management, training, and development.
- Develops and manages a budget, negotiating, and contracting with vendors, and supporting fundraising and donor stewardship efforts.
- Performs tasks with minimal supervision and makes independent decisions based on analysis, experience, and context.
- Ensures program compliance with internal policies and external requirements.
- Develops, implements, and delivers local programs/projects that align with TNC’s mission and goals.
- Negotiates/writes agreements and leases and handles compliance issues in cooperation with other staff.
- Travel to other sites to provide stewardship of other properties, assist other programs, and for trainings or meetings as needed.
- The Conservation Manager addresses critical threats to natural systems and individual species, fosters cross-site learning among the conservation community and local landowners, and supplies conservation planning teams with site or landscape-level information relevant to the planning process.
The Conservation Manager develops and/or implements conservation projects around climate adaptation, Indigenous Right Relations, fuels reduction, grazing management, and other relevant conservation programs while employing a full range of tools and tactics to secure public and private support for TNC’s priorities. May work in variable weather conditions, at remote locations, on difficult and hazardous terrain and under physically demanding circumstances.
TO APPLY:
Apply via link here: https://careers.nature.org/psp/tnccareers/APPLICANT/APPL/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=55191&PostingSeq=1
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