Sr. Conservation Manager, Conservation Campaigns

Full-Time Sr. Conservation Manager, Conservation Campaigns

The Wilderness Society is a national conservation organization dedicated to protecting America's wild places since 1935. Our mission is to unite people to protect America's wild places. Through science, advocacy and partnerships with communities and policymakers, we champion the protection of wilderness, national parks, forests, and other public lands that provide clean air and water, wildlife habitat and the freedom to connect with nature.

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Position Overview

Reporting to the National Campaign Director and working with programs across the organization, the Conservation Manager will develop and execute organizational projects and initiatives throughout the country. They will engage in a range of campaigns through partnerships, coalition building and coordination, campaign planning, outreach activities, communications, and other efforts. They will represent TWS in coalitions, in communications with elected officials, agency officials, and other decision makers and their staff, and in the media.
This position plays a critical role in fostering an organizational culture where people feel respected, included, and accountable to shared goals and outcomes. TWS has made it a priority to ensure that our public lands work reflects fairness, representation, and accessibility. This leader will carry those commitments into our conservation campaign work - expanding partnerships, strengthening community connections, and ensuring our work is responsive to a broad range of perspectives and needs.

Across our team, we aspire to be campaign-oriented, collaborative, innovative, transparent, and supportive of staff – our greatest asset.

Support TWS' mission to unite people to protect America's wild places and ensure that TWS' public lands work is rooted in community and demonstrates fairness, representation, and accessibility for all in both our approach and its impact.

• Support the development and execution of strategic program priorities to advance TWS’ overarching goals and vision in across the country, including engaging in conservation designation campaigns and land planning and stewardship activities, , as well as participating in state-specific policy efforts.
• Build new and lead existing coalitions where needed, provide strategic guidance to local partners to help deliver shared organizational goals, and position TWS as a trusted collaborator among partners and decision makers.
• Support TWS’ mission to unite people to protect America’s wild places and ensure that TWS’s public lands work is rooted in community and demonstrates fairness, representation, and accessibility for all in both our approach and its impact.
• Foster existing relationships and further build a network to educate and influence decision-makers, media outlets, and opinion leaders on TWS’ priorities across the country, with a focus on our target states.
• As needed, work effectively with Tribal Leaders and communities and a wide range of interests, includes, but is not limited to, elected officials and their staff, non-profit partners, agency staff, lawyers, scientists, members of industry (e.g., timber, mining, etc.), public land user groups (e.g., recreationalists, ranchers etc.) and grassroots activists.
• Serve as a credible and trusted spokesperson for relevant media outlets, in coordination with the relevant State Directors and TWS External Affairs staff when appropriate.
• Plan and represent TWS at public and private gatherings and educational events, raising awareness of national and local organizational priorities and programs.
• May manage staff and contractors and, when appropriate, provide leadership to internal multi-disciplinary teams.
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