Reforestation Program Senior Specialist

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Reforestation Program Senior Specialist

National Forest Foundation (NFF) is pleased to offer a regular, full-time position that will provide leadership to NFF’s National Reforestation Program efforts. The Reforestation Senior Specialist will spearhead innovation, manage complex funding mechanisms, supervise program staff, and oversee NFF’s program of work focused on holistic reforestation, from nursery production to post planting monitoring, across the U.S.

As the official national partner to the US Forest Service (USFS), the National Forest Foundation was chartered by Congress in 1990. Today, the NFF advances forest resiliency, healthy watersheds and wildlife habitat, and recreation for all by working with communities and organizations across the country. The Foundation has grown significantly in the last few years in programmatic impact, revenue and support, and organizational capacity.

NFF leads with impact, deploying roughly 90% of its expenses towards projects and programs across the country’s 193-million-acre National Forest System. NFF is forward-thinking and innovative, with ambitious strategies and goals to advance and prepare forests for a new economy.

The Reforestation Senior Specialist reports to the Land and Water Restoration Director and is a leading member of NFF’s National Enterprise Programs which provide subject matter expertise, organization-wide coordination, and support to NFF Field Programs helping ensure programs and projects align with our mission, shared goals, and approach to managing cross-cutting risks. In this role, the Senior Specialist will manage a national program providing subject matter expertise to NFF staff, lead the development and execution of various reforestation programs of work, secure and manage programmatic budgets, supervise reforestation programmatic staff, and, as needed, directly manage projects to achieve national programmatic outcomes.

The position coordinates closely with the U.S. Forest Service, conservation NGOs, and private sector partners to support strategic initiatives and long-term goals.

• Serve as a member of a National Enterprise Program to rigorously develop best practices and deepen expertise in all aspects of reforestation activities, based on a national portfolio of projects, providing guidance and support to NFF Field Teams and positioning NFF as a recognized thought leader in these efforts.
• Strengthen the NFF’s ability to support holistic reforestation and expand programmatic scopes of work nationwide by identifying new program opportunities, collaborating with the Forest Service, NFF staff, and partner organizations, and focusing on opportunities to deepen that portfolio’s complementarity and opportunities for innovation.
• Lead the development of a system of national and regional reforestation resources with Enterprise Reforestation staff.
• Provide guidance on integration across Reforestation, = Field and other NFF programs to support the comprehensive delivery and cohesion of NFF’s Reforestation program.
• Support enterprise and field staff in the development negotiation, management, and implementation of programmatic scopes of work for national, regional, and local reforestation projects. In geographic areas where NFF field staff aren’t currently supporting National Forests locally, support the remote management of a strategic portfolio of projects through their full life cycle including contracts and budgets for services related to the on-the ground implementation and coordination with various partners.
• Guide engagement with Forest Service leaders shaping reforestation practice and funding in coordination with NFF’s Enterprise Program and Field…