National Forest Program Director
American Lands a national non-profit forest conservation organization is looking for a director for our National Forests program. The position is based in Washington D. C. The director is responsible for directing legislative campaigns, congressional education, forest policy, advocacy activities and managing communications to our national network of grassroots activists. The director reports to the Executive Director and supervises our campaign associate and works closely with our National Field Director to strategically integrate policy and legislative campaigns with organizing and field activities.
The candidate should have experience working with members of Congress on advocacy initiatives, demonstrated policy and campaign skills, be politically astute and be inspiring in both written and verbal communication. Familiarity with public land and biodiversity conservation law and policy is a plus.
Duties include:
• Leading and implementing current forest campaigns
• Developing new legislative and administrative forest campaigns
• Working with grassroots activists and national partners to develop political and policy strategies
• Representing American Lands Alliance to political leaders
• Writing alerts, updates and other communications to our activist network
• Writing publications, reports, fact sheets and other education and advocacy materials for forest activists, general public, press and Members of Congress
• Analyzing policy
• Writing press releases
Compensation: Commensurate with experience, excellent health care coverage.
Application: Send cover letter, resume, references, and a writing sample to Randi Spivak, Executive Director, , Applications encouraged by Feb. 6th but will be accepted until position is filled.
American Lands was founded in 1992 to protect and restore America’s forest ecosystems by providing national leadership, coordination, and capacity building for the forest conservation movement.
We provide national leadership on forest policy issues by combining grassroots experience with a deep understanding of Washington politics. American Lands Alliance, based in Washington D. C., represents citizens who work to protect wild places and wildlife in our national forests. Everyday we talk with forest activists from around the country and they keep us close to what’s happening on the ground. In turn, we keep them in touch with developments in Washington D. C. We are committed to ensuring the grassroots’ voices are heard in Congress.
American Lands was founded at the height of the AncientForest wars in the Pacific Northwest and has been at the center of the battle to save our national forests since 1991. The organization, known originally as the Western Ancient Forest Campaign, was created and continues to be governed by grassroots forest protection advocates who recognize that national policies impact local forests and that they have little chance of improving those national policies acting in isolation.