Northeast Program Manager

We're protecting and enhancing America's National Park System for present and future generations.

National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) is the nation’s oldest and largest national parks nonprofit advocacy organization. NPCA has an exciting opportunity for a Northeast Program Manager to join our Northeast Regional Office
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Grade: M

Job Status: Full‑time FLSA: Exempt

Department: Northeast Regional Office (NERO), Regional Programs

Location: New York, NY (hybrid)

Immediate Supervisor: Northeast Campaign Director

Supervisor’s Supervisor: Northeast Regional Director

Incumbent/Newly Created Position: Incumbent

Salary: $69k-80k (based on experience)

Benefits: We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package for this role including a four day, 32‑hour work week, paid vacation leave, paid sick leave, paid holidays, health insurance, flexible spending account, dental insurance, life insurance, vision insurance, retirement benefits, short‑ and long‑term disability, and paid sabbaticals for staff after seven years of service. Learn more about our benefits /jobs.

NPCA’s Northeast Region includes New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. The Northeast Program Manager will build support for national parks and develop park champions throughout the region, with a specific focus on national park sites in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. The Northeast Program Manager will develop relationships, educate, and mobilize communities surrounding national parks to advance strategic regional park campaigns and contribute to NPCA’s program team goals.

Guided by the Northeast Campaign Director and in collaboration with the broader NPCA team, the Program Manager will advance strategies to ensure that natural and cultural resources in our Northeast national parks are protected, preserved, restored and resilient for the enjoyment of current and future generations.

While mainly focused on the protection and expansion of cultural resources and inclusive story telling in Northeast national parks, the Program Manager will also work to protect key Northeast landscapes, enhance park visitors’ experience and provide operational support for the regional office, based in New York City.

• Build a community of new and diverse advocates to advance established and emerging regional and national campaigns that enhance historic and cultural resource management and expand narratives in Northeast national parks.
• Lead the campaign to ensure the protection and promotion of Stonewall National Monument and evaluate and develop proposals and creative thinking for the monument and the full inclusive stories the park represents.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen cultural resource protection and interpretation and leverage innovative partnerships in parks to ensure Northeast national parks reflect different perspectives and true, honest history.
• Facilitate direct advocacy to local, state and federal decision makers to build champions for Northeast cultural resource parks.
• Develop and manage authentic and reciprocal relationships with allies, including National Park Service staff, local businesses, elected officials, universities, social justice organizations and other cultural heritage and conservation organizations.
• Serve as a member of relevant internal NPCA program teams, such as Welcoming and Inclusive Parks Working Group, New Parks team, Visitation team, and others as relevant to the Program Manager’s regional campaigns.

• Build a coalition of park advocates to increase park funding, staffing, and engage federal, state and local decision‑makers in support of regional and national priorities.
• Identify opportunities to educate the media, public, decision‑makers, advisors and fellow advocates about the Northeast national parks through the creation of digital and print communications tools.
• Work with Northeast team to engage New York, New Jersey and Connecticut local, state and federal decision‑makers and influencers to grow support for increasing…