Land Trust Alliance
Land Trust Alliance Position Title: Department: Reports to: Supervisory responsibilities: Incumbent: Location: Date Prepared:
New York Program Manager Northeast Program Kevin Case Yes N/A Saratoga Springs, NY or the ability to get to Saratoga Springs 2-3 days per week. updated March 5, 2018
Overview: The Land Trust Alliance is a national conservation organization whose mission is to save the places people love by strengthening land conservation throughout America. As the national leader of America’s land trusts, the Land Trust Alliance (the Alliance) works to dramatically increase the pace and improve the quality of private land conservation in America. Founded in 1982, the Alliance has mobilized the energy of more than a thousand land trusts and has created an unprecedented grassroots movement, one that has successfully saved more than thirty-four million acres of land and has the potential to save millions more. The Alliance works with Congress to pass tax incentives and funding that help landowners to choose conservation over development. The Alliance serves as a university for land conservation that trains the people who do the work to conserve cherished farms, forests, parks and trails. It strengthens community-based land trusts by providing workshops, online learning, research, standards, and accreditation services. The Alliance’s conservation defense program helps land trusts ensure that conserved land stays protected forever. The Alliance works with the media to promote land conservation and engage more Americans in saving our most treasured places. With the involvement of land trusts throughout the country, the Alliance developed the Land Trust Standards and Practices that set forth the ethical and technical guidelines for the responsible operation of a land trust. The Alliance develops and delivers services to land trusts, including direct investments through capacity building and program development grants, to help them become strong institutions capable of permanently protecting their conservation lands in accordance with the Land Trust Standards and Practices. The Land Trust Accreditation Program, created by the Alliance, is a voluntary program that recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national standards for excellence, uphold the public trust, and ensure that conservation efforts are permanent. The Alliance is headquartered in Washington, DC and has program staff in the Southeast, Midwest, Northeast, and Western regions. The Land Trust Alliance Northeast Program supports approximately 460 Alliance land trust members in 11 Northeast States: ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, PA, NJ, MD and DE. The New York Program, a program within the Northeast Program, and the focus of this position, supports approximately 81 land trust members.
Summary of Position: The New York program manager (NYPM) position offers an exciting opportunity to play a leadership role in the land conservation community. The Land Trust Alliance’s New York Program is the state land trust association for New York. Within that context this position is responsible for a suite of high impact programs, closely aligned with Land Trust Alliance priorities and goals, that provide direct investments and technical assistance for New York’s land trusts, education and training opportunities on current and emerging issues in land conservation as well as high level representation at the state policy level on behalf of the community. A cornerstone of the program is the New York Conservation Partnership Program (NYSCPP). This robust $2.25 million grants and capacity building program, made possible through a partnership with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, invests in building strong and effective land trusts and land conservation across the state. The NY program manager plays a vital role in the program design, grants review process, state contracting and budgeting and interface with our state partner to ensure the program is achieving the desired impact, helping advance Land Trust Alliance strategic priorities and providing investments in land trusts where they can have the biggest impact. In addition, this position plays active critical role in advancing state policy issues relevant to land conservation. The successful candidate will have working knowledge and/or previous experience in policy advocacy and the ability to build and sustain close, working relationships with diverse stakeholders in the context of complex land conservation issues. The NYPM will represent the land trust community’s interests at the state legislature in Albany, and with relevant state agencies. The successful candidate works effectively leading close collaboration and coordination with Alliance staff and land trust partners to design and implement educational opportunities including an annual land trust conference and periodic trainings and roundtable opportunities across the state. The New York Program has a state Advisory Board, made up of land trust leaders across New York. The Advisory Board provides vital input on the activities and priorities of the New York Program, as well as plays a leadership role in raising critical funds to support the Program’s activities, especially at the state policy level. The New York program manager, in close coordination with the Advisory Board Chairperson, Committee Chairs and Alliance staff, manages Advisory Board activities. The successful candidate for this position must be comfortable raising funds from individuals, foundations and corporations. Ability to develop and manage budgets and help devise and implement strategies to diversify and grow funding for the Program is key. This position may periodically work closely with other Alliance staff regionally or nationally on issuespecific project teams. The full-time position requires 37.5 hours per week with approximate travel of 35%, including some evenings and weekends.
Responsibilities:
Program Management: Working in close coordination with Alliance leadership and Northeast Program staff, and with the input of the NY Advisory Board, oversee development of strategic workplan for the NY Program. Ensure alignment with national Alliance priorities and manage all elements of day-to-day implementation. Program priorities include the NYSCPP, policy/advocacy efforts, supporting implementation of the national Land & Climate program priorities related to renewables and hosting an annual land conservation conference. Policy & Advocacy: Represent Land Trust Alliance and New York Land Trust Community at the state assembly and with state agencies advocating on issues important to land trusts and land conservation success. Coordinate NY land trust community engagement on specific policy issues as needed. Education and Training: Lead design and implementation of annual education and training offerings, including annual state conference. This includes evaluating the topics, speakers and locations for training events, developing new workshops that reflects known 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. Fundraising: Collaborate with development staff in identifying and cultivating relationships with key foundations, corporations, individuals and public agencies with a goal of growing and diversifying funding. Help foster a culture of philanthropy throughout the Alliance. Communications: Provide oversight of the development and implementation of the communication strategy for the NY Program, closely coordinated with the Alliance Communications team. May also include developing and submitting articles for Alliance publications and website. Budget Management: Partnering with the finance and development departments, and under the direction of the Northeast Director, develop, implement and monitor the New York portion of the Northeast Program annual plan and budget. Ambassador: Represent the Alliance at select conferences, events, coalition meetings, land trust gatherings and other venues as warranted; Supervisory Oversight and Staff Coordination: Supervise grants management specialist and work in close collaboration and coordination with Northeast program manager regarding their work in New York. Administrative: Assist with grant program administration, meeting logistics, mailings, accounting, reporting and other administrative responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications and Attributes:
A minimum of five (5) years’ experience working with nonprofit organizations, preferably in the land trust community. Strong project management experience, including a minimum of 3 years demonstrated project budget management. Ability to facilitate diverse, multi-stakeholder groups. Familiarity with private land conservation techniques and land trusts.
Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in raising funds from individual, foundation and corporate sources. Experience in conference planning for large audiences preferred but not required. Knowledge and experience in advancing policy priorities at the legislative and agency levels Demonstrated ability to manage consultants and other contractors. Exceptional oral and written communication skills. Proven ability to plan, implement and adapt programs based on evaluation to strengthen and enhance them. Ability to work effectively without close supervision and as part of a team in a fast-paced work environment. Demonstrated ability to build and sustain work teams and multi-stakeholder collaborations. Proven track record cultivating and maintaining relationships with diverse partners. Willingness to travel up to 35% including weekends. Bachelor's Degree in a related field required. Graduate degree preferred.
Compensation: Competitive salary and benefits provided. Contact: Send resume and cover letter via email to [email protected]. If email is not an option, applications will be accepted by mail to Human Resources Manager, Land Trust Alliance, and 1250 H Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005. The Land Trust Alliance’s mission is to save the places people need and 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.
New York Program Manager Northeast Program Kevin Case Yes N/A Saratoga Springs, NY or the ability to get to Saratoga Springs 2-3 days per week. updated March 5, 2018
Overview: The Land Trust Alliance is a national conservation organization whose mission is to save the places people love by strengthening land conservation throughout America. As the national leader of America’s land trusts, the Land Trust Alliance (the Alliance) works to dramatically increase the pace and improve the quality of private land conservation in America. Founded in 1982, the Alliance has mobilized the energy of more than a thousand land trusts and has created an unprecedented grassroots movement, one that has successfully saved more than thirty-four million acres of land and has the potential to save millions more. The Alliance works with Congress to pass tax incentives and funding that help landowners to choose conservation over development. The Alliance serves as a university for land conservation that trains the people who do the work to conserve cherished farms, forests, parks and trails. It strengthens community-based land trusts by providing workshops, online learning, research, standards, and accreditation services. The Alliance’s conservation defense program helps land trusts ensure that conserved land stays protected forever. The Alliance works with the media to promote land conservation and engage more Americans in saving our most treasured places. With the involvement of land trusts throughout the country, the Alliance developed the Land Trust Standards and Practices that set forth the ethical and technical guidelines for the responsible operation of a land trust. The Alliance develops and delivers services to land trusts, including direct investments through capacity building and program development grants, to help them become strong institutions capable of permanently protecting their conservation lands in accordance with the Land Trust Standards and Practices. The Land Trust Accreditation Program, created by the Alliance, is a voluntary program that recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national standards for excellence, uphold the public trust, and ensure that conservation efforts are permanent. The Alliance is headquartered in Washington, DC and has program staff in the Southeast, Midwest, Northeast, and Western regions. The Land Trust Alliance Northeast Program supports approximately 460 Alliance land trust members in 11 Northeast States: ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, PA, NJ, MD and DE. The New York Program, a program within the Northeast Program, and the focus of this position, supports approximately 81 land trust members.
Summary of Position: The New York program manager (NYPM) position offers an exciting opportunity to play a leadership role in the land conservation community. The Land Trust Alliance’s New York Program is the state land trust association for New York. Within that context this position is responsible for a suite of high impact programs, closely aligned with Land Trust Alliance priorities and goals, that provide direct investments and technical assistance for New York’s land trusts, education and training opportunities on current and emerging issues in land conservation as well as high level representation at the state policy level on behalf of the community. A cornerstone of the program is the New York Conservation Partnership Program (NYSCPP). This robust $2.25 million grants and capacity building program, made possible through a partnership with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, invests in building strong and effective land trusts and land conservation across the state. The NY program manager plays a vital role in the program design, grants review process, state contracting and budgeting and interface with our state partner to ensure the program is achieving the desired impact, helping advance Land Trust Alliance strategic priorities and providing investments in land trusts where they can have the biggest impact. In addition, this position plays active critical role in advancing state policy issues relevant to land conservation. The successful candidate will have working knowledge and/or previous experience in policy advocacy and the ability to build and sustain close, working relationships with diverse stakeholders in the context of complex land conservation issues. The NYPM will represent the land trust community’s interests at the state legislature in Albany, and with relevant state agencies. The successful candidate works effectively leading close collaboration and coordination with Alliance staff and land trust partners to design and implement educational opportunities including an annual land trust conference and periodic trainings and roundtable opportunities across the state. The New York Program has a state Advisory Board, made up of land trust leaders across New York. The Advisory Board provides vital input on the activities and priorities of the New York Program, as well as plays a leadership role in raising critical funds to support the Program’s activities, especially at the state policy level. The New York program manager, in close coordination with the Advisory Board Chairperson, Committee Chairs and Alliance staff, manages Advisory Board activities. The successful candidate for this position must be comfortable raising funds from individuals, foundations and corporations. Ability to develop and manage budgets and help devise and implement strategies to diversify and grow funding for the Program is key. This position may periodically work closely with other Alliance staff regionally or nationally on issuespecific project teams. The full-time position requires 37.5 hours per week with approximate travel of 35%, including some evenings and weekends.
Responsibilities:
Program Management: Working in close coordination with Alliance leadership and Northeast Program staff, and with the input of the NY Advisory Board, oversee development of strategic workplan for the NY Program. Ensure alignment with national Alliance priorities and manage all elements of day-to-day implementation. Program priorities include the NYSCPP, policy/advocacy efforts, supporting implementation of the national Land & Climate program priorities related to renewables and hosting an annual land conservation conference. Policy & Advocacy: Represent Land Trust Alliance and New York Land Trust Community at the state assembly and with state agencies advocating on issues important to land trusts and land conservation success. Coordinate NY land trust community engagement on specific policy issues as needed. Education and Training: Lead design and implementation of annual education and training offerings, including annual state conference. This includes evaluating the topics, speakers and locations for training events, developing new workshops that reflects known 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. Fundraising: Collaborate with development staff in identifying and cultivating relationships with key foundations, corporations, individuals and public agencies with a goal of growing and diversifying funding. Help foster a culture of philanthropy throughout the Alliance. Communications: Provide oversight of the development and implementation of the communication strategy for the NY Program, closely coordinated with the Alliance Communications team. May also include developing and submitting articles for Alliance publications and website. Budget Management: Partnering with the finance and development departments, and under the direction of the Northeast Director, develop, implement and monitor the New York portion of the Northeast Program annual plan and budget. Ambassador: Represent the Alliance at select conferences, events, coalition meetings, land trust gatherings and other venues as warranted; Supervisory Oversight and Staff Coordination: Supervise grants management specialist and work in close collaboration and coordination with Northeast program manager regarding their work in New York. Administrative: Assist with grant program administration, meeting logistics, mailings, accounting, reporting and other administrative responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications and Attributes:
A minimum of five (5) years’ experience working with nonprofit organizations, preferably in the land trust community. Strong project management experience, including a minimum of 3 years demonstrated project budget management. Ability to facilitate diverse, multi-stakeholder groups. Familiarity with private land conservation techniques and land trusts.
Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in raising funds from individual, foundation and corporate sources. Experience in conference planning for large audiences preferred but not required. Knowledge and experience in advancing policy priorities at the legislative and agency levels Demonstrated ability to manage consultants and other contractors. Exceptional oral and written communication skills. Proven ability to plan, implement and adapt programs based on evaluation to strengthen and enhance them. Ability to work effectively without close supervision and as part of a team in a fast-paced work environment. Demonstrated ability to build and sustain work teams and multi-stakeholder collaborations. Proven track record cultivating and maintaining relationships with diverse partners. Willingness to travel up to 35% including weekends. Bachelor's Degree in a related field required. Graduate degree preferred.
Compensation: Competitive salary and benefits provided. Contact: Send resume and cover letter via email to [email protected]. If email is not an option, applications will be accepted by mail to Human Resources Manager, Land Trust Alliance, and 1250 H Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005. The Land Trust Alliance’s mission is to save the places people need and 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.
