Natural Resources Defense Council is hiring a
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role shaping current water policy throughout the country. Today, our staff of more than 500 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy and communications experts, and others, work out of offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana, and Beijing.
Position Summary:
NRDC seeks a Partnership Manager to work with the International program’s Canada project. The Partnership Manager will help advance NRDC’s campaign to protect Canada’s boreal forest. The role will focus on supporting the efforts of Indigenous communities to advance Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs), building relationships with strategic stakeholders in the Canadian boreal forest and advocating for NRDC’s Canadian federal and provincial policy agenda to protect carbon rich ecosystems, preserved biodiversity and advance Indigenous sovereignty. The successful candidate must have excellent communication and problem solving skills and the ability to write effectively for audiences in the government, media, business community and general public.
This position would either be based in, or spend a significant portion of time in, Ontario and Quebec to coordinate with our Indigenous allies in the boreal and support NRDC’s federal and provincial advocacy strategies.
NRDC is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating and actively welcoming a diversity of voices and perspectives is essential to solving the planet's most pressing environmental problems, and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a supportive working environment. Salary is based on a nonprofit scale and commensurate with skills and experience. For this position the salary will be CAD 95,000 to CAD 120,000 (Updated on 4/25/22).
To apply, please visit www.nrdc.org/careers and upload your resume and cover letter through our online portal. We would like you to upload any additional papers or project work that you think would showcase your abilities. Due to the high volume of applications NRDC receives, we will only contact candidates we would like to progress through the search process. Please no phone calls, emails, faxes, or in-person resume drop-offs. Please reference where you saw this posting. NRDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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For further information about NRDC, please visit www.nrdc.org.
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