Senior Director - Wings Over Working Lands, North America

October 4

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National Audubon Society

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Grassroots Conservation • Public Policy • Environmental Education • Land Stewardship and Management • Important Bird Areas

501 - 1000

Description

• Develop Audubon’s Wings Over Working Lands conservation goals, priorities, and strategies that contribute impact toward Audubon’s organizational habitat conservation goals. • Determine policy priorities in the Healthy Birds Healthy Planet policy agenda. • Collaborate closely with conservation leaders responsible for designing and implementing local, regional, and national implementation plans to ensure impact and scale toward policy and conservation goals. • Work with colleagues throughout the hemisphere to ensure an integrated approach to these conservation efforts. • Guide day-to-day implementation of Audubon’s Wings Over Working Lands teams and manage the initiative’s budget. • Manage internal teams through establishment of work objectives and priorities, reviewing and revising these objectives on an ongoing basis, and convening communities of practice designed to support effective and successful execution of conservation goals. • Ensure tracking, measurement, and reporting of work within the initiative’s portfolio toward organizational habitat conservation goals. • Drive adoption of Audubon’s Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Conservation Principles across the initiative’s work. • Develop and maintain key partnerships in the working lands conservation space. • Leverage opportunities to elevate Audubon’s leadership and profile with external leaders, coalitions, and partners. • Build relationships with key agencies responsible for decisions and public funding opportunities impacting Audubon’s Wings Over Working Lands priorities. • Work with communications and marketing staff around strategies to utilize print, online and social media and digital organizing to support Audubon’s goals. • Lead efforts to develop position documents, fact sheets, articles, newsletters, and press releases and social media posts. • Lead a marketing and communications strategy for Audubon’s Conservation Ranching program. • Serve as a natural partner with Development on fundraising for habitat conservation priorities and support culture of philanthropy across the team and organization. • Partner on developing proposals and projects that increase Audubon’s public funding. • Other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 10+ years' progressive, professional experience in government relations, advocacy, science on-the-ground conservation and/or public service, including time spent leading successful conservation efforts. • 3+ years in a leadership position. • An equivalent combination of education and experience will also be considered. • Solid expertise in working with private or public landowners on conservation strategies and/or wildlife conservation issues and policies, as well as strong connections with leading experts in this field. • Firm grasp of conservation issues and trends. • Demonstrated experience overseeing complex and multiple projects in a matrixed environment to success, including meeting financial goals, project deadlines, and communicating and coordinating closely with key staff and partners. • A self-starter who works collaboratively with staff on multiple career levels. • Outstanding interpersonal skills, judgment, and a demonstrated ability to collaborate and build coalitions with a wide range of individuals and organizations at all levels. • Willingness to aid in fundraising efforts as needed and a proven track record of success in cultivating donors and funders. • Public funding experience preferred. • Technically savvy, including proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications and various web-based technologies. • Excellent and persuasive communication skills, both written and verbal. • Experience working with the media a plus. • A deep commitment to building a culture of workplace excellence is a must. • Willingness to travel as required. • Commitment to Audubon’s organizational values of care, collaboration, change, integrity, impact, and innovation. • Demonstrated personal and professional commitment to and experience in advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.