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Program Director Jobs in Towson, MD at Gunpowder Valley Conservancy
Title: Program Director
Company: Gunpowder Valley Conservancy
Location: Towson, MD
Application deadline is Saturday, May 10, 2025
Position Overview: Gunpowder Valley Conservancy (GVC), a Maryland non-profit land trust and conservation organization, is seeking an enthusiastic person to join our organization as a full-time Program Director to lead our Education and Restoration programs in the Gunpowder watershed. This is an ideal opportunity for a person seeking experience with a nonprofit organization that focuses on habitat restoration, land preservation, and environmental education.
Location: This position is structured as primarily remote, with required travel to in-person events and
meetings across the Gunpowder watershed. This includes parts of York County, PA as well as Baltimore, Carroll, and Harford Counties, MD. The employee must provide their own vehicle, home office, computer, and reliable
internet service.
Key Responsibilities:
Direct Education & Restoration programs, particularly GVC’s Clear Creeks Project (2013-present), our flagship stormwater management and community engagement program, including tracking progress toward deliverable goals, managing Project resources, giving input on decisions affecting programs
Lead GVC’s conservation garden program, including managing GVC staff and several contractors carrying out garden program work, administering garden installation data and invoices, leading meetings with staff/contractors/partners, scheduling and helping to deliver garden-related workshops (rain gardens, Bayscapes, conservation garden design, garden maintenance), developing quality assurance plans and SOPs for garden processes and procedures
Develop working partnerships with other organizations involved in environmental engagement and restoration, such as other nonprofits, HOA and community associations, businesses, congregations, academics, and individuals
Manage Education & Restoration staff, including facilitating regular 1:1 and team meetings, assigning and helping to prioritize work, conducting annual performance evaluations, reviewing timesheets, hiring, training, and orienting new staff
Lead quarterly, annual, and other periodic programmatic grant reporting, including assigning reporting tasks to staff/contractors, assembling data, and writing narrative reports
Work with GVC Grant Writer to develop grants to support E&R programs
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or higher in a field such as environmental science, biology/ecology, sustainable landscape architecture/design
Excellent oral and written communication, organization, and time management skills
At least 5 years of experience in environmental engagement and restoration for the for-profit, non-profit, or extension sector
At least 2 years of experience managing contracts/contractors for environmental restoration and outreach programs
Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
Preferred: Knowledge of stormwater best management practices such as rain gardens, conservation landscapes, and rain barrels
Preferred: Experience managing grants for a nonprofit organization
Preferred: Experience using FieldDoc, a restoration project tracking tool used in the Chesapeake Bay region
Preferred: Knowledge of and experience with social marketing for behavior change
Position term, schedule, salary and benefits:
Full-time, exempt employee
Salary ($55,965 – $71,800, based on experience) plus reimbursement of roundtrip travel mileage from home to worksite ($0.67 cents/mile)
Nine paid holidays/year
Paid vacation and sick leave
Optional participation in employee medical/dental/vision insurance program
Optional participation in MarylandSaves retirement program
How to Apply: Send cover letter, resume, and three references to [email protected] by Saturday, May 10, 2025.
