Description: ShoreRivers seeks an Outreach and Restoration Manager to join our team and help fulfill our mission to protect and restore our rivers and the living resources they support. This position manages the River-Friendly Yards Campaign, coordinates volunteer water quality monitoring programs, and manages restoration projects. The ideal candidate will be an energetic, outgoing individual who is enthusiastic about the environment and the communities we serve. This job requires a detail orientated, organized, and outwardly social self-starter.
Duties:
- Manage the River-Friendly Yards Campaign, a homeowner outreach program aimed at changing yard care behavior and practices to improve water quality.
- Implement restoration projects in high priority subwatersheds in the Chester and Sassafras.
- Manage volunteer water quality sampling programs on the Chester and Sassafras.
- Identify, secure, and manage grants to fund outreach and restoration projects.
- Work with the Riverkeepers and other staff on projects and programs.
Qualifications:
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in an environmental or science field and five years work experience in a relevant field.
- Belief in our mission to achieve clean local waters.
- Demonstrated experience with grant and program management.
- Demonstrated ability to speak confidently in a public forum.
- Ability to interpret and communicate water quality data to a wide range of audiences.
- Project management skills that include organization, budgeting, and delegation.
- An understanding of aquatic ecosystems, watershed issues, and the local factors that influence water quality on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
- Experience and familiarity with water quality testing techniques, protocols, and equipment is a benefit.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail and organization
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
To Apply: send cover letter and resume to Isabel Hardesty, Regional Director, Chester and Sassafras: ihardesty@shorerivers.org.