Eastern Water Project - Project Director

TROUT UNLIMITED’S
EASTERN WATER PROJECT
PROJECT DIRECTOR
Job Announcement

Trout Unlimited (TU) is North America’s leading coldwater fisheries conservation organization, dedicated to the conservation, protection and restoration of trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds. The organization has more than 140,000 members in 400 chapters across North America. TU’s vision is that, by the next generation, trout and salmon will be restored throughout their native range. To accomplish this vision, TU works to protect intact habitat, restore degraded habitat, and reconnect the two through restoration of instream flows and removal of barriers. Finally, TU seeks to sustain its achievements through outreach and youth education.

TU is hiring a director for its Eastern Water Project, a project created in 2005 to assure sustainable water management and healthy instream flows in the Eastern U.S.  The goals of the project are, through advocacy and grassroots mobilization, to reform, or create, if absent, state surface and groundwater laws, to protect healthy streamflows, and to restore water to already degraded watersheds.  The preferred office location for the Eastern Water Project is Albany, New York.    

Job Description
The Eastern Water Project Director must be entrepreneurial, organized, and a problem-solver.  The principle duties of the director will be to:

• Work at the state level to develop new or change existing instream flow and water management policies in the Northeast region.
• Mobilize TU chapters and councils within each state to influence streamflow debates and policies.
• Increase public awareness of the relationship between instream flow policy and aquatic health.
• Identify project and funding opportunities to expand TU’s work on streamflow issues to the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and Great Lakes states.
• Work with TU development staff on fundraising, including identifying potential funding sources, drafting grant proposals, and developing relationships with funders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree required, law degree strongly preferred.
• Professional experience in natural resource law and/or management required.
• Superior interpersonal skills and ability to work constructively with a wide range of partners.    
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.  Previous experience with media, outreach, or education helpful.
• Good organizational and problem solving abilities.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative to coordinate numerous partners.
• Willingness to travel within the region as necessary.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs required.
• Passion for protecting and restoring trout habitat and their watersheds.

Application Process
Send cover letter, resume, and 1-2 page writing sample to the following address or email. Elizabeth Maclin, VP for Eastern Conservation, Trout Unlimited, 1300 North 17th Street, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22209, emaclin@tu.org.  Open until filled.