Jobs

Check back frequently to find land conservation career opportunities across the Pacific Northwest. 

Associate Director Great Peninsula Conservancy

Great Peninsula Conservancy (GPC) is seeking an experienced, collaborative, and mission-driven leader to serve as Associate Director. This newly created position represents an exciting opportunity to help guide GPC through its next phase of growth by strengthening organizational capacity, supporting staff leadership, improving collaboration, and increasing the effectiveness of programs that advance GPC’s conservation mission.

As a member of GPC’s Senior Leadership Team, the Associate Director will serve as a strategic partner to the Executive Director and play a critical role in ensuring that GPC has the leadership structure, systems, and culture needed to successfully achieve its goals. The Associate Director will help teams work together more effectively by improving communication, collaboration, and ensuring a shared understanding of organizational priorities.

The Associate Director will provide leadership and oversight for GPC’s Development, Communications, and Community Engagement programs while also contributing directly to organization-wide strategy. Through strong team management and relationship-building, the Associate Director will increase fundraising, elevate GPC’s visibility, improve community programming, and ensure that GPC’s public-facing work effectively communicates the impact of its conservation mission.

Learn more and apply here!

Conservation Manager/Director, Blue Mountain Land Trust

Blue Mountain Land Trust (BMLT) is seeking an experienced conservation professional to develop, coordinate, and lead land and water conservation projects across an 11-county service area in Eastern Oregon and southeast Washington. Depending on qualifications and experience, the selected candidate will be hired either as a Conservation Manager or Conservation Director.

Both roles lead complex land conservation projects, including conservation easements and fee title acquisitions, and work closely with landowners, funding partners, agencies, Tribes, and community partners. Both roles work closely with the stewardship and restoration director, executive director, and other BMLT staff to complete land and water acquisition projects to further strategic conservation goals. The Director role carries additional responsibility for strategic leadership, program management, staff supervision, and organizational leadership.

Learn more and apply here!

Executive Director, Columbia Land Trust

Columbia Land Trust seeks an inspiring, grounded leader who approaches conservation with deep respect for the science, the politics, and the people involved. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong leadership in thoughtfully guiding organizational growth while developing staff capacity and maintaining momentum. They bring strategic vision and a results-driven mindset to optimize resources, enhance performance, and deliver measurable conservation outcomes. They have strong ties to the Washington and Oregon communities and philanthropic landscape, or experience in a similar region, and a demonstrated commitment to working with, elevating, and genuinely learning from communities that have historically been marginalized in conservation spaces.

Learn more and apply here.

Program and Operations Manager, Idaho Coalition of Land Trusts

The Idaho Coalition of Land Trusts (ICOLT) is seeking a dedicated and organized Program and Operations Manager to oversee the Coalition’s operations and member engagement. This part-time position serves as ICOLT’s sole staff role and functions as the organization’s central operational manager, responsible for managing the organization’s operations, coalition engagement, contractor coordination, grant administration, and implementation of Board priorities.

This is an opportunity to play a leading role in advancing private lands conservation across Idaho. The Program and Operations Manager has a direct impact on the effectiveness of conservation organizations statewide, helping to strengthen collaboration, leverage resources, and advance shared priorities. Position, preferably based in Boise, is open until filled.

Click here for the full listing.

ARMS National Coordinating Attorney

The conservation defense initiative provides a coordinated, national strategy to ensure continued defense of conservation lands. The initiative consists of 1) a Fund for Alliance response to federal and state challenges including litigation, legislation and regulation; 2) a center that hosts an online legal library and facilitates a national network of expert attorneys and land trust practitioners; 3) a law school curriculum, an advanced symposia for experts and conservation defense offerings at Rally: The National Land Conservation Conference all of which provide legal education, risk assessment training and technical assistance; and 4) Alliance Risk Management Services LLC, which manages and supports Terrafirma Risk Retention Group LLC (conservation defense liability insurance).

The national coordinating attorney manages all claims for Terrafirma, related contractors, manages the policy form and has oversight of the ARMS operations manager and ARMS specialist. The NCA also collaborates with the conservation defense director to ensure the success of CDI. The conservation defense and ARMS team of experts collaborate closely on the management of all aspects of the Initiative to ensure continuity, cross-training and central communication of risk management and other learning to advance lasting conservation.

Click here for the full listing.