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Land Trust Alliance, Inc
Land Protection Manager
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LAND PROTECTION MANAGER
Land Protection Manager
Wildlands Trust
Wildlands Trust seeks a full-time land protection manager to help grow our organizational capacity to protect land throughout our 60-community service area in Southeastern Massachusetts. The LPM will work as a member of a small, collaborative land protection team and report directly to the director of land protection.
Essential duties:
- Initiate and cultivate relationships with landowners, conservation partners, and municipalities to identify potential projects.
- Oversee project due diligence working with surveyors, appraisers, LSPs, attorneys, and other service providers.
- Negotiate land conservation transactions, including gifts of land or conservation restrictions, bargain sales, and limited development projects.
- Work with other staff, board, and conservation partners to successfully complete projects.
- Provide education to landowners regarding conservation options.
- Manage logistics of multi-party real estate transactions, contracts, and budgets.
- Maintain detailed and accurate documentation.
- Participate in the fundraising necessary to complete conservation projects.
- Work with other staff to ensure that all land conservation transactions are adequately documented, including written reports, database management, and GIS maps.
- Seek opportunities to stay current and familiar with state-of-the-art legal, technical, and pragmatic best practices for conservation acquisitions of all kinds.
- Maintain working knowledge of current trends, developments, and activities occurring in the local, state, and national conservation communities.
- Attend outreach and fundraising functions, as necessary.
Skills, abilities and qualifications:
Five or more years' experience in land conservation, conservation planning, real estate, or legal support.
Bachelor's Degree, at a minimum
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to convey complex concepts to a lay audience.
Experience managing complex, multi-faceted, multi-partner projects.
An ability to establish effective, close working relationships with a wide range of people and organizations.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and databases.
Personal qualities of integrity, credibility and a commitment to and passion for land conservation.
Ability and willingness to work some evenings and weekends to attend meetings and events.
Ability to work in a variety of terrains and weather.
Ability to work independently, as well as with a team.
Willingness to embrace and participate in a small-office culture where everyone chips in to help.
Willing to perform other duties as assigned.
The salary range is $67,000-76,000 annually.
Compensation may be negotiable for candidates with more extensive experience. Benefits include healthcare, dental, retirement account with employer match, flexible healthcare spending account with employer contribution, 13 paid holidays, and generous paid time off.
To Apply:
Send your resume, cover letter and two references to Rachel Bruce, chief of staff: rbrucewildlandstrust.org.
Job Details
Wildlands Trust
675 Long Pond Rd.
Plymouth, MA 02360
APPLICATION
DEADLINE
September 14 LOCATION
Massachusetts
JOB CATEGORY
Land protection
JOB TYPE
Full-Time