Watershed Program Manager

The Forest Stewards Guild is hiring a full-time Watershed Restoration Manager position in Santa Fe, New Mexico to lead and maintain the Guild's All-Lands Watershed Restoration Program with the goal of increasing the pace and scale of watershed restoration in the region. The Manager will be responsible for conducting, contracting and managing watershed restoration action plans (WRAP), wetland plans, and other riparian and watershed initiatives on four national forests in Colorado and New Mexico, managing agreements and contracts with the Forest Service, landowners, and Guild partners, applying for large landscape-scale grants to grow the watershed restoration program, engage in growing and maintaining partnerships, and participating in the 2-3-2 Cohesive Strategy Partnership.
The ideal candidate should have exceptional communication and collaboration skills and experience designing, organizing, funding, and directing complex stream, riparian, and watershed projects with a variety of partners inside and outside the organization. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to cross boundary landscape-scale restoration by managing and shaping the work of our new watershed restoration program!
How to Apply
Interested applicants should visit the Smart Recruiters posting here: https://smrtr.io/m7JcP, and click "I'm Interested" to submit a one-page cover letter, resume, one-page writing sample, three professional references, and earliest available start date. This position is open until filled, application review beings July 22nd. NOTE: After clicking "Next" on the initial application page, you will have an opportunity to upload the cover letter and reference documents. The one-page writing sample format is flexible. It can be on a natural resource subject of your choice; it can be a press release, newsletter article, research brief, or other sample of your writing capabilities. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Questions about this position can be directed to Eytan at eytan at forestguild.org.

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