Watershed Resilience Manager

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⛰️ Colorado, Utah – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote ⛷️ Utah – Remote

💵 $96k - $105k / year

⏰ Full Time

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World Resources Institute

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1982

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

💰 $1.5M Grant on 2024-01

Food & Beverage • Healthcare • Consulting

World Resources Institute is a global research organization and non-profit focused on sustainable management of natural resources and addressing climate change. It conducts data-driven analysis, develops policy recommendations, and partners with governments, businesses, and civil society to advance solutions in areas like forests, water, energy, cities, and the global climate agenda.

📋 Description

• Lead implementation of C4F's watershed resilience strategy for the Great Salt Lake Basin and help scale lessons across Utah and other western states • Coordinate relationships with Utah partners, including utilities, state and federal agencies, Tribes, NGOs, universities, consultants, and local governments • Move restoration projects from concept to implementation by coordinating work plans, deliverables, funding strategies, and partner engagement • Represent WRI in regional collaboratives, steering committees, and partner meetings • Identify and cultivate beneficiaries and investors to fund forest and watershed resilience • Support innovative conservation finance strategies, including Forest Resilience Bonds, revolving loans, endowments, green bonds, and local revenue streams • Translate technical analyses into compelling materials for utility executives, corporations, funders, and decision-makers • Support project budgets, work plans, agreements, monitoring, and reporting frameworks • Draft grant proposals and funding applications • Develop and steward donor opportunities and relationships • Represent WRI and the Utah Resilience Fund at conferences, workshops, utility meetings, and stakeholder events • Develop presentations, reports, case studies, and communications materials • Support peer learning among Utah partners and national watershed initiatives • Contribute to publications, blogs, webinars, and other outreach activities

🎯 Requirements

• Master's degree or equivalent experience in natural resources or a related field • Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience • Experience developing and managing complex multi-stakeholder partnerships • Experience working with utilities, government agencies, conservation organizations, or watershed collaboratives valued • Experience securing grants, developing funding proposals, or managing fundraising initiatives • Understanding of watershed restoration, wildfire resilience, natural resource management, or water resource planning • Strong project management and organizational skills • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills • Ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical audiences • Ability to work independently while managing diverse stakeholder relationships • Willingness to travel regularly throughout the Greater Salt Lake region and occasionally elsewhere in the U.S. • Preferred: knowledge of Utah's water, wildfire, forest, and watershed management landscape • Preferred: experience with conservation finance, environmental finance, public-private partnerships, environmental markets, resilience funds, green bonds, revolving loan funds, or similar mechanisms • Preferred: familiarity with watershed benefit modeling, economic valuation, risk assessment, or investment analysis • Preferred: experience with natural resource, wildfire mitigation, forestry, or watershed resilience policy • Preferred: experience with federal and state funding programs and partners • Preferred: experience supporting executive-level stakeholder engagement • Spanish language skills are a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Access to the WRI global network with the opportunity to exchange with and learn from passionate colleagues working at the cutting edge of their fields across Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the US • Opportunity to have an impact and develop your career within a mission driven organization • Varied learning and training opportunities • Opportunity to join and get involved in different working groups and affinity groups • Commitment to hybrid working model with flexible working hours • Generous leave days that increase with tenure • Medical Coverage • Dental Coverage • Vision Coverage • Retirement plan access and employer contribution