Program Manager

🕒 August 21

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $72k - $90k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

📋 Program Manager

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Trout Unlimited

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1959

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

📚 Education

Non-profit • Social Impact • Education

Trout Unlimited is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of freshwater streams, rivers, and watersheds, particularly those that support wild and native trout and salmon. The organization encourages community involvement and offers membership opportunities, allowing individuals to contribute to conservation efforts through donations, volunteer work, and advocacy. Trout Unlimited undertakes various projects and initiatives aimed at protecting, restoring, and reconnecting critical water systems across the United States. It seeks to build coalitions and pass legislation to safeguard aquatic environments for future generations, providing educational programs and resources to promote its mission.

📋 Description

• Lead development and implementation of a multi-year strategic vision for Trout Unlimited’s Virginia conservation program • Lead long-range planning and implementation for Priority Waters initiatives, including Upper James/Shenandoah, Grayson Highlands, and Blue Ridge watersheds • Manage a team of 2–4 Trout Unlimited employees • Identify, develop, initiate, and manage assessment, protection, restoration, and research projects • Coordinate multiple conservation projects simultaneously across Virginia’s Priority Waters • Develop and execute strategies for landscape-scale conservation partnerships and agreements • Coordinate watershed-scale conservation plans integrating restoration, science, volunteer engagement, communications, and public funding opportunities • Evaluate organizational staffing and capacity models for future Priority Waters growth • Identify strategies to diversify and sustain program funding sources • Develop and manage annual budgets for Virginia projects and programs • Provide leadership to staff, partners, agency officials, contractors, and others involved in Virginia initiatives • Build networks of community, volunteer, business, and agency partners in Virginia • Coordinate communications and outreach efforts • Manage grassroots engagement and support for volunteers • Collaborate with development staff on fundraising, grant proposals, and funder relationships • Collaborate with government affairs and policy teams on Virginia and federal advocacy and policy activities • Manage staff workloads and schedules • Oversee contracted work and compliance with contract terms • Communicate progress, obstacles, operational challenges, and program performance to supervisors • Ensure contractors, staff, volunteers, and partners comply with safety and workplace procedures • Serve as a recognized fisheries and coldwater conservation leader within Virginia and provide technical guidance to partners, stakeholders, funders, and staff • Represent Trout Unlimited in strategic discussions regarding conservation priorities, fisheries management, and restoration investments

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required • Master’s degree a plus • 10 years of experience coordinating or managing restoration projects or initiatives • Working knowledge of principles and practices of fisheries, aquatic resource management, geomorphology, or restoration design and engineering • Demonstrated success developing and executing multi-year program strategies • Experience building and sustaining large partnership networks across agencies, NGOs, private landowners, and funding organizations • Demonstrated success securing and managing major federal, state, or philanthropic funding programs • Experience evaluating program growth opportunities and aligning staffing, budgets, and resources to strategic priorities • Ability to integrate science, policy, communications, fundraising, and stakeholder engagement into comprehensive conservation strategies • Demonstrated supervisory skills to communicate with and direct staff to accomplish program goals • Superior interpersonal skills and ability to work constructively with a wide range of partners • Prior experience with local communities in the watershed is a plus • Excellent written and oral communication skills • Previous experience with media, outreach, or education helpful • Ability to work with multiple and diverse partners in a highly collaborative and inclusive manner, even on contentious issues • Good organizational and problem-solving abilities • Ability to work independently and take initiative to coordinate numerous partners • Willingness to travel within the watershed and region as necessary • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office computer programs • Passion for protecting and restoring trout habitat and watersheds • Requires a valid driver’s license

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement • Frequent local and occasional overnight travel