Land & Water Program Manager

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⛰️ Colorado – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

💵 $70k - $95k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📋 Program Manager

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Western Landowners Alliance

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11 - 50 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🌾 Agriculture

Consulting • Logistics • Agriculture

Western Landowners Alliance is an organization founded and led by landowners dedicated to the health and prosperity of working lands in the American West. The Alliance advances policies and practices that sustain working lands, connected landscapes, and native species. They specialize in areas such as policy development, advocacy, stewardship, ecological resilience, conservation, and wildlife management.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement strategies, programs, and projects that support watershed health through integrated stewardship of forests, rangelands, riparian areas, wetlands, and water resources, consistent with WLA’s strategic priorities. • Develop annual work plans, budgets, performance metrics, and implementation strategies; manage grants and projects to ensure successful delivery of program • Identify emerging opportunities and challenges affecting watershed health and develop collaborative, landowner-driven solutions that strengthen working lands and landscape resilience. • Convene landowners, producers, partners, and other stakeholders to identify priorities and advance watershed stewardship initiatives. • Support implementation of voluntary, on-the-ground stewardship projects that improve watershed function, ecosystem resilience, and working lands productivity. • Design and facilitate peer-learning opportunities, workshops, field tours, webinars, and other forums to promote knowledge exchange. • Build partnerships with agencies, conservation organizations, universities, Tribal governments, and other stakeholders to advance program goals. • Identify and support public policy and economic initiatives that advance voluntary conservation, watershed stewardship, and resilient working lands by providing technical expertise and stakeholder perspectives. • Collaborate with WLA communications staff to develop educational resources, technical guidance, reports, and other outreach materials related to watershed stewardship. • Serve as an organizational representative on watershed and working lands issues with partners, funders, decision-makers, and the public. • Supervise, mentor, and manage program staff, contractors, and consultants. • Track outcomes, evaluate program effectiveness, and prepare reports for funders and organizational leadership. • Support fundraising through proposal development, grant writing, and donor engagement • Other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in related field from an accredited institution or equivalent work experience required • Five or more years of experience watershed management, natural resource conservation, working lands stewardship, forestry, rangeland management, or a related field. • Demonstrated knowledge of watershed processes and interconnected management of forests, rangelands, riparian systems, and working agricultural landscapes. • Strong understanding of USDA conservation programs and other public and private conservation funding opportunities. • Outstanding interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain positive working relationships • Experience working with landowners • Experience and demonstrated success in working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders toward a common goal • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; detail oriented, strong independent work ethic; and ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic work environment • Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation required • Willingness and ability to maintain confidential information and work with diverse populations • Strong technology literacy and adaptability, including the ability to learn and effectively use new software, digital tools, and collaborative platforms.

🏖️ Benefits

• comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance • paid time off • parental and medical leave • 403b retirement savings account with a discretionary match • life insurance • short-term disability benefits • employee assistance program