Southeastern United States (flexible in location)
(Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)
DEADLINE: JANUARY 29, 2016
Position Title:
Department:
Conservation Manager
Southeast Program
Reports to:
Location:
Overview:
Southeast Director
Office is located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, but successful candidate’s location may be open for negotiation.
Founded in 1982, the Land Trust Alliance is the national leader of more than 1,100 member land conservation organizations with its national office in Washington, DC and 70 staff across the country. Its mission is to save the places people love by strengthening land conservation across America.
The Alliance serves as the voice for land conservation on Capitol Hill; provides land trusts with the training and tools to strengthen their programs and impact; offers research, publications, and more than
300 workshops and webinars every year; and invests $3 million annually in building land trust capacity. It builds public support and elevates the quality of land trusts through accreditation, legal defense and communications strategies. The Alliance embraces a collaborative approach to leadership, engaging its members, partners and a variety of councils to inspire change and advance new initiatives.
The land trust community is crucial to the survival of our natural places. Land trusts are citizen-led, independent nonprofits dedicated to conserving wildlife habitat, farms, ranches, rivers, forests, parks, trails and urban green spaces. They range from large national groups with hundreds of staff to local, volunteer-led groups. Land trusts enrich the lives of people in communities throughout the country and have protected in excess of 50 million acres — an area larger than New England.
Over the past 10 years, the Land Trust Alliance has sought to transform the effectiveness of land conservation in America through a bold strategic plan with three goals:
 increase the pace of conservation;
 improve the quality of conservation; and
 ensure the permanence of conservation.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, the Alliance also maintains field program offices in the Southeast,
Midwest, Northeast, and West regions. The Land Trust Alliance Southeast Program directly supports more than 170 land trusts in twelve states and two US territories.

Summary of Position : Land conservation is a rapidly growing, multi-disciplinary field. It plays a central role in addressing myriad issues, including ecosystem protection, recreational and scenic use, land use planning, equitable benefit from and access to land for all community members, agricultural and forest preservation, and resilience to climate change. Land conservation is driven primarily by land trusts, which are community-based nonprofit organizations dedicated to the protection of America’s natural heritage.
The conservation manager position offers an exciting opportunity to play a leadership role in the land conservation community of the Southeast US. The successful candidate will demonstrate a proven track record in building and sustaining close, working relationships with diverse stakeholders in the context of complex environmental and cultural issues. The position is primarily responsible for developing, managing and delivering programs to build strong land trusts and enhance their capacity to achieve their missions more effectively. As part of a team with the program director and outside consultants, s/he will deliver and evaluate a suite of tools and resources to land trusts, such as guided organizational assessments, training programs, one-on-one technical coaching and assistance, and grant monies. The conservation manager also leads the design and production of the annual Southeast conference and plays a central role in convening, facilitating, and sustaining land conservation coalitions. In addition, s/he will work closely with other Alliance staff on issue-specific project teams, and support the work of land trust coalitions in their efforts to organize regionally and state-wide.
The full-time position requires 37.5 hours per week with frequent travel, including some weekends. S/he is supervised by the Southeast Director.
Responsibilities:
 Organizational Development: In consultation with the Southeast Director and outside contractors, implement training and assistance programs to help land trusts at various levels of organizational growth build stronger organizations. This includes serving as the Alliance’s lead person to southeastern land trusts that participate in our programs, evaluating program outcomes and land trust development, and providing excellent and consistent relationship-building with participating land trusts;
 Trainings: Plan and produce the annual Southeast Regional Conference for Community and Land
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Conservation. Collaborate with the Southeast Director to implement additional training programs.
This aspect of the position includes evaluating the topics, speakers and locations for training events, developing new workshops that respond to identified training needs in conjunction with
Alliance staff and experienced practitioners, and assisting with the design of new and efficient ways to deliver training to land trusts;
Coalitions / State Associations: Convene and assist coalitions of land trusts to provide a forum for land trust support, investigate key conservation issues within regions and states, and inform the
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Alliance’s program design and implementation in the Southeast;
Fundraising: Assist the Southeast Director and Alliance development staff to conduct research, and write proposals and reports, as well as identify and cultivate foundations, corporations, and individuals;
 Communications: Coordinate internal and external communications related to the Southeast
Program, including the development of articles for Alliance publications and website;
 Ambassadorship: Represent the Alliance at select conferences, events, coalition meetings, land
 trust gatherings and other venues as warranted; and
Administrative: Assist with meeting logistics, mailings, accounting, reporting and other administrative responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications and Attributes:
 A minimum of five years’ experience working with nonprofit organizations, preferably in land
 conservation
 Expertise in nonprofit organizational development and management
Skilled in facilitating diverse, multi-stakeholder processes
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Familiarity with private land conservation techniques and land trusts
 Ability to track and monitor program expenses
Exceptional oral and written communication skills
 Proven ability to plan and implement programs
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Work effectively without close supervision and as part of a team
 Demonstrated ability to build and sustain work teams, and multi-stakeholder collaborations.
Proven track record cultivating and maintaining relationships with diverse partners
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Comfort with and enthusiasm for donor and foundation cultivation
 Willingness to travel throughout the Southeast, and nationwide when necessary
Willingness to work a flexible schedule, including weekends
 Computer proficiency, especially with Microsoft Office Suite
 Bachelor's Degree in a related field required.
Compensation:
Competitive salary and benefits provided.
To Apply
Send resume and brief cover letter by January 6, 2016 detailing your qualifications and availability to hr@lta.org with the subject line “SE Conservation Manager and [your last name].” If email is not an option, applications will be accepted by mail to Kevin Brice, Land Trust Alliance, PO Box 33355,
Raleigh, NC 27636.
The Land Trust Alliance’s mission is to save the places people love by strengthening land conservation across America. The Land Trust Alliance is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or marital status.