Regional Director

October 24

🏄 California – Remote

Although this job is listed in California, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $125k - $130k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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American Farmland Trust

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Agriculture • Non-profit • Charity

American Farmland Trust is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to saving the land that sustains us by protecting farmland, promoting sustainable farming practices, and keeping farmers on the land. AFT operates programs like the Farmland Information Center, farmland protection grants, soil health initiatives, and the U. S. Farmed certification to support farmers, influence policy, provide technical assistance, and engage the public to ensure farming remains a viable way of life.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 1980

🌾 Agriculture

🤝 Non-profit

🤲 Charity

📋 Description

• Cultivate partnerships with farm and ranch organizations, local, state, and federal agencies in California, universities, conservation organizations, corporations and others with aligned interests. • Collaborate with the development team to engage individual donors, foundations, government agencies and corporate partners. • Leverage external relationships to advance funding opportunities and strategic collaborations that grow AFT’s programs and impact. • Advance AFT’s commitments to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice through programs, partnerships and other means. • Develop and lead programs in California to advance AFT’s mission to save the land that sustains us by protecting farmland, promoting sound farming practices and keeping farmers on the land. • Collaborate with regional and national staff to inform and advance program, policy and research priorities. • Oversee the development and implementation of annual workplans and budgets for California. • Lead a high-impact team in California that successfully achieves program, budget and other organizational goals. • Support the recruitment, hiring, supervision, and creation of an inclusive environment for an entirely remote staff. • Serve as an organizational spokesperson with mainstream media, create public-facing communications and speak at public and private events.

🎯 Requirements

• Must be outgoing and energetic and have direct professional experience working with primary constituencies, such as farmers and ranchers, public officials, agricultural and conservation organizations, and corporate partners. • Must have knowledge of agriculture and conservation issues in California; experience with agricultural stewardship, land protection and viability is particularly beneficial. • Experience in developing strategic alliances, partnerships, and programs as well as creating and executing effective communications and fundraising strategies. • Understanding of effective fundraising with individual and institutional funding partners and experience with fundraising requests greater than $1 million is valuable. • Must be entrepreneurial, self-motivated, and willing to work in a fast-paced work environment. • Previous experience with supervising staff and consultants, including in a remote working environment, is necessary. • Excellent written and oral communication skills (public presentation, phone, writing, partner relations) and creativity are essential. • Willingness to work independently and travel across California.

🏖️ Benefits

• Insurance coverage begins the 1st of the month following the date of hire. • Medical & Prescription Coverage • Dental Coverage • Vision Coverage • Company Paid Life Insurance & Long-Term Disability (LTD) • Voluntary Life Insurance • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) – Healthcare & Dependent Care • Health Savings Account (HSA) • 401k Plan • Sick Leave: Regular full-time employees accrue 13 “sick days” per year. • Vacation Leave: Accrue 15 days during the first year increasing by one day per year to 20 days per year maximum. • Holidays: AFT observes twelve fixed holidays and a week between Christmas and New Years off during the year (all offices closed) plus a choice of up to three (depending on hiring month) floating holidays.