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Professional Opportunities

Current Openings

DIRECTOR OF RESTORATION

Position Description:  Potomac Conservancy seeks a Director of Restoration to lead and expand its restoration program.  The Director of Restoration will be responsible for identifying and implementing restoration projects that improve water quality in targeted watersheds as well as compliment the Conservancy’s policy and land protection initiatives. 

This position is located in our Silver Spring Office.  The Director of Restoration will report to the Senior Director of Land Protection, in the Winchester office. 

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Direct Potomac Conservancy’s restoration program focusing initially on Frederick County, Maryland.  The goal of this program is to implement on the ground restoration projects that improve water quality, provide a demonstration for influencing policy changes, and build the Conservancy’s credibility at the local and regional level. 
  • Responsible for completing identified restoration activities in Frederick County, Maryland.  These activities include but are not limited to tree plantings and rain garden construction.
  • Responsible for identifying, coordinating and implementing new riparian restoration and LID projects in priority areas, working directly with landowners and in coordination with applicable partner organizations.
  • Provide support to Potomac Conservancy’s land protection programs including but not limited to conservation easement monitoring and fee simple island monitoring and management.

 Qualifications: 

  • Experience planning and implementing riparian protection/restoration projects such as riparian tree plantings, stream fencing, and invasive plant removal.
  • Demonstrated knowledge in Low Impact Development techniques including but not limited to rain garden design and construction.
  • Knowledge of State and Federal Cost-Share programs
  • Must have strong project, time and budget management skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously without sacrificing attention to detail.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Creativity, energy and ability to work without close supervision.
  • Ability to travel in your own vehicle and work occasional evenings and weekends
  • Experience and ability to work with a diverse array of partners and landowners.
  • Physical ability to work outdoors
  • Experience with conservation easements desirable
  • Experience and ability to work with GIS (particularly ArcGIS) desirable 
  • Minimum education: Bachelors degree in an appropriate area (e.g., natural resources, forestry, biology, etc.)

How to Apply:  Please reference Director of Restoration in your subject line and submit a cover letter along with your resume via email to:  Watkinson@potomac.org

 

Potomac Conservancy is an equal-opportunity employer

 

Internships

 Communications & Marketing Intern (Silver Spring, MD)

Internship Period: late Summer, Fall 

This position will offer hands-on experience with non-profit communications and online marketing. The intern will support the Director of Communications & Outreach in public relations and marketing tasks to increase publicity of the Potomac Conservancy, and may, at times, support the Conservancy's development team. Opportunities may include:

  • Maintaining media database, identifying new media prospects, and maintaining organized files of media coverage.
  • Assisting in writing, distributing, and follow-up of media outreach pieces, and measurement of public relations success.
  • Developing and organizing a digital photography database. This will include researching photography cataloguing software applications, developing cataloguing criteria, and cataloguing digitized images.
  • Helping to organize and promote special events and solicit event sponsors.
  • Writing and editing content for printed and electronic publications, including www.potomac.org.
  • Representing the Conservancy at select community events.
  • As needed, working with the River Center intern to implement communications and marketing strategies for the Conservancy's River Center at Lockhouse 8 and the outreach activities hosted there.
  • Additional duties, as needed, to support the Conservancy's communications and fundraising departments.

The successful applicant will have a background in communications, marketing, public relations, or journalism. Undergraduate students or graduate students preferred. Must be a self-starter. Other requirements include excellent written and verbal communication skills, graphic design abilities, technological savvy, attention to detail, and ability to multi-task and work as part of a team. Knowledge of HTML, DreamWeaver, etc, desirable, but not necessary. Eagerness to learn about non-profit communications and fundraising a plus. The applicant must be able to commit at least 16 hours per week at our Metro-accessible office in Silver Spring, Maryland. Occasional weekend work for off-site events. A limited stipend may be available.

Send resume and cover letter and 1 writing sample to:
Communications Intern
Potomac Conservancy
8601 Georgia Avenue, Suite 612
Silver Spring, MD 20910

 

Or via email to: Anne Sundermann at sundermann@potomac.org