Landscape-Scale Restoration Manager

The Landscape-Scale Restoration Manager leads one of the most ambitious forest and fire restoration efforts underway in Washington States dry forests. This role focuses on advancing equitable climate-resilient cross-boundary restoration from planning through implementation on federal lands in close partnership with Tribes the U.S. Forest Service WA State and regional partners.

The manager serves as a practical integrator across forestry prescribed fire science and partnerships working to resolve bottlenecks align projects and partners and ensure restoration work moves forward at the pace and scale required. This role is both strategic and deeply operational requiring the ability to navigate federal systems advance complex agreements and deliver real on-the-ground outcomes. This role is critical to ensuring that decades of investment in forest restoration translate into durable on-the-ground outcomes.

The Landscape-Scale Restoration Manager helps translate restoration priorities into implementable projects on the ground. They coordinate with Tribal federal state and community partners to refine priority landscapes support National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)-ready restoration pathways oversee key agreements and deliverables and help design implementable treatment packages that integrate mechanical thinning prescribed fire cultural burning opportunities workforce development and community-informed smoke management. The role focuses on removing barriers to delivery including aligning partners advancing agreements coordinating contracting and implementation pathways and ensuring that NEPA-ready work progresses through thinning prescribed fire and follow-on stewardship.

This role requires a strong understanding of how restoration work is implemented on federal lands including familiarity with stewardship contracting partner agreements and agency processes. The manager works closely with agency staff contractors and partners to align timelines resolve constraints and maintain momentum through complex multi-party projects.

To be considered please submit a cover letter explaining how your experience has prepared you for this position and what inspires your interest in this role and its work.

RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE

• Leads and coordinates landscape-scale restoration initiatives that advance cross-boundary forest health wildfire resilience and community wellbeing across priority geographies.

• Identifies and resolves implementation bottlenecks across partners contracts and workflows to keep restoration projects moving from planning to completion.

• Advances federal restoration projects through contracting and agreement pathways including stewardship contracts partner agreements and related mechanisms.

• Builds and maintains strong working relationships with Tribes federal and state agencies collaboratives contractors community partners and other stakeholders to support shared restoration goals.

• Supports development and implementation of restoration strategies that connect NEPA-ready opportunities with on-the-ground delivery including mechanical treatments prescribed fire cultural burning opportunities and follow-on stewardship needs.

• Oversees or coordinates agreements scopes of work partner deliverables and budget tracking associated with restoration projects and partnership commitments.

• Applies ecological operational and community context to inform restoration sequencing implementation feasibility smoke management considerations and workforce opportunities.

• Represents the Conservancy in collaborative forums and communicates program objectives progress risks and opportunities to internal and external audiences.

• Helps identify and advance policy funding and partnership opportunities that increase the pace scale and durability of restoration outcomes.

Work Location & Schedule

• The primary work location for this position is flexible within dry forest region of Central Washington (Cle Elum Ellensburg Wenatchee Yakima) with the ability to be onsite at TNC locations in Washington State required.

• Travel up to 20% time throughout Washington State (including overnight) with occasional travel to other locations throughout the United States.

• May work in variable weather conditions at remote locations on difficult and hazardous terrain and under physically demanding circumstances.

• BA/BS degree and 5 years experience in conservation forestry fire natural resources landscape restoration or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Experience managing complex or multiple projects including scopes timelines budgets agreements and deliverables under deadlines.

• Experience working with or within federal land management systems (e.g. U.S. Forest Service Bureau of Land Management or similar)

• Experience negotiating contracts agreements or implementation pathways for natural resource projects.

• Experience developing partnerships with Tribes government agencies community organizations contractors and/or other external partners.

• Skilled and clear communicator able to represent program goals and outcomes effectively via written spoken and presentation formats with internal and external audiences.

• Experience with stewardship contracting Good Neighbor Authority or other federal restoration delivery mechanisms.

• Direct experience advancing forest restoration fuels reduction or prescribed fire projects from planning into implementation.

• Demonstrated ability to work across agencies contractors and partners to deliver tangible project outcomes.

• Experience working in landscapes with complex wildfire risk community interface and/or Tribal stewardship priorities.

• Multi-lingual and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience appreciated.

• Ability to use science data and local context to inform restoration strategy implementation planning and adaptive management.

• Politically savvy adaptable diplomatic and able to navigate complex external relationships with sound judgment.

This position requires a valid drivers license and compliance with TNCs Auto Safety Program. Employees may not drive Conservancy-owned/leased vehicles rental cars or personal vehicles on behalf of the Conservancy if considered high risk drivers. To learn more about the Auto Safety Program visit the Auto Safety information page. Employment in this position will be contingent upon completion of a Vehicle Use Agreement which may include a review of the prospective employees motor vehicle record.

The starting pay range for a candidate selected for this position is generally within the range of $75200 - $86530. This range only applies to candidates whose country of employment is the USA. Where a successful candidates actual pay will fall within this range will be based on a variety of factors including for example the candidates location qualifications specific skills and experience. Please note countries outside the USA would have a different pay range in the local currency based on the local labor market and not tied to USA pay or ranges. Your geographic location will be confirmed during the recruitment.

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Our recruiting process includes a rolling interview process to ensure we engage applicants in a timely manner. This means we may review applications in the order in which they are received. Once a strong candidate pool is identified the role will be unposted. The timeline may vary depending on the expressed interest in the role so we highly encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible.

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