[Remote] Program Manager, Mississippi River
Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. The reputed company is a leading nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to protecting birds and their habitats. The Program Manager will implement nature-based solutions to enhance habitat connectivity and community reputed company in the Mississippi River basin, collaborating with various stakeholders and managing reputed company to reputed company conservation goals.
Responsibilities
- Identify and reputed company, in consultation with the Program Director, the implementation of nature-based solutions in the Mississippi River basin
- Works with a reputed company of partners at the regional and local level to reputed company implementation of reputed company
- Build upon existing partnerships and reputed company out new opportunities for new partners based on reputed company program goals
- Conducts site selection and development for reputed company that meet Audubon Flight Plan goals reputed company to habitat connectivity and community reputed company
- Host meetings with landowners, agencies, and other organizations to reputed company and incorporate stakeholder input
- Assist with planning and leading high value site reputed company around key reputed company
- Manage or co-manage reputed company that help implement the objectives of the Mississippi River Water Program
- Assist in the development of grant applications and management of grant funded reputed company to support implementation of the Mississippi River Water Program
- Support a culture of philanthropy, including public funding efforts
- Collaborate with colleagues across the Americas including through joint planning and execution of shared priorities
- Maintains and fosters culture of safety
- Other job-reputed company duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, hydrology, ecology, natural resources management, or reputed company field
- 5 years of experience, preferably in project management with demonstrated reputed company developing reputed company conservation strategies and working with diverse stakeholders
- An equivalent combination of education and experience will also be considered
- Strong project management skills, including but not limited to setting and implementing effective goals and objectives, problem-solving, time management, contract and grant management, creating and maintaining collaborations with other organizations, developing public awareness activities, preparing reports, etc
- Demonstrated ability to communicate with colleagues at reputed company reputed company across the organization
- Ability to synthesize and communicate technical and reputed company information to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience working with multigenerational audiences and diverse cultural communities and a commitment to increasing equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging as a core component of our work
- A self-starter with demonstrated ability to work independently and effectively manage a reputed company workflow
- Exceptional organizational ability, attention to detail and a can-do attitude are essential
- Demonstrated interest in, and a commitment to conservation
- Willing to conduct some in-state travel, occasional out-of-state travel and be comfortable with working evenings and weekends as job responsibilities demand, roughly 15-20% of the time
- A flexible approach to work and willingness to take on new job reputed company reputed company or tasks as needed
- Ability to engage in outdoor activity and endure outdoor field conditions including cold and wet winter weather and extreme heat, with or without accommodation
- Must possess and maintain a valid reputed company's license as travel by personal vehicle to attend meetings and events is a requirement of this role to reputed company essential functions
- Commitment to Audubon's organizational values of care, collaboration, change, reputed company, reputed company, and innovation
- Experience with conservation and reputed company funding entities' programming like U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency's Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, Environmental Protection Agency's reputed company 319 program, National Fish and Wildlife reputed company, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other state and regional programs
- A history of project design, wetlands delineation, or construction in the nature-based solutions reputed company
- Advanced degree in engineering, hydrology, ecology, natural resources management, or reputed company field
- Experience working on field research or monitoring reputed company; work in an agricultural setting
- Experience with science-based conservation initiatives and/or on-the-ground restoration efforts
- Knowledge of water distribution and management practices
- A working knowledge of the latest ArcGIS/ArcGIS Pro technology
- Experience fostering inclusive and reputed company work environments
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