About the position
Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (DU) has an opening for a Manager of Conservation Programs position in Aquatic Resource Mitigation for work primarily in Long Island, NY. The successful candidate will join a highly motivated, interdisciplinary conservation team responsible for delivering and managing a growing coastal aquatic resource mitigation program. This full-time, salaried position will be responsible for mitigation project delivery, management coordination, and monitoring primarily on Long Island in tidal and freshwater settings. This will be a remotely based position, within proximity of Long Island.
Responsibilities
• Working collaboratively to secure wetland restoration projects.
• Working collaboratively with other team members to permit projects.
• Performing annual reporting requirements including biological and accounting reports.
• Representing DU with regulatory partners.
• Identifying adaptive management needs and implementing adaptive management plans through oversight and coordination of permanent and seasonal staff, volunteers, and subcontractors.
• Writing mitigation plans and permitting for wetland restoration projects and adaptive management.
• Develop and steward collaborative relationships with state agencies, partnering organizations, and land trusts.
• Field work may require strenuous outdoor activity in difficult environmental conditions.
• Position will travel throughout Long Island, to upstate New York and coastal states, occasionally outside of the northeast for conferences and meetings.
• Willingness to work outside of normal business hours, work independently, travel overnight, work in inclement weather, and ability to work with minimal supervision in remote environments is required.
• Always represent DU in a professional manner.
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree (with advanced degree preferred) in Ecology, Conservation Biology, Natural Resources Management, Wildlife Management, or an applicable related field from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum 7-10 years of related experience in natural resource management.
• Excellent management, written and oral communication, and inter-personal skills.
• Ability to write mitigation plans and monitoring reports are required.
• Ability to quickly synthesize and explain complex information from disparate sources to various stakeholder groups.
• Applicants must have knowledge of state and federal wetland regulations, policies and laws.
• Budget management, expense position awareness, expense forecasting.
Nice-to-haves
• Desired experience includes seeking out wetland restoration opportunities, wetland mitigation implementation, vegetative sampling protocol, invasive species control, hydrology monitoring, wetland delineation, wetland permitting through state level permitting agencies/ the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, state historic preservation office permits, soil and erosion control permits.
• General familiarity with land protection mechanisms and documents is desired.
• Knowledge of coastal ecology, restoration and management is desired.
• Self-motivated, goal oriented and self-starter, with ability to drive results.
Benefits
• DU offers an exceptional benefit package that includes comprehensive group medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance, including spouse and dependent coverage; three weeks paid vacation; paid sick leave and 10 paid holidays; 401(k) plan (including partial employer match); and tuition reimbursement.