Upper Salmon Basin Project Manager

Description About Trout Unlimited

Trout Unlimited (TU) brings together diverse interests to care for and recover the rivers and streams on which we all depend. We are a national organization with 300,000 members and supporters organized into over 400 chapters and councils nationwide. Our dedicated grassroots volunteers are matched by a respected staff of organizers, lawyers, policy experts, and scientists, who work out of more than 25 offices across the country.

This position is an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated, highly capable person with a diverse skill set to advance TU’s conservation efforts in Idaho. The Upper Salmon Basin Project Manager will unite diverse interests and drive tangible, action-oriented efforts to support the recovery of ESA-listed fish species and conservation objectives across TU’s Priority Waters. The Project Manager will develop and implement projects to restore stream and riparian habitat using a variety of restoration techniques.

Externally, the role will expand TU’s base of private and public partners, which includes private landowners, as well as state and federal agencies. Internally, the role will collaborate closely with two additional members of TU’s Upper Salmon Program, as well as with the greater Idaho Program to advance conservation efforts within Priority Waters.

The ideal Project Manager is action and solution-oriented; works easily with diverse stakeholders and personalities; is optimistic and sees opportunity in challenging situations; responds with initiative to locally driven needs and opportunities; and, importantly, is enthusiastic about being part of a robust, multi-faceted, science-driven conservation program in Idaho.

Candidates must demonstrate strong project management skills and follow-through, as well as experience related river restoration, fisheries, hydrology, ecology, working agriculture and partnership-building. Project Managers are expected to manage projects from conception to completion and be a leader in working on project-oriented habitat restoration and conservation. Project Managers must demonstrate an eagerness to learn other job elements quickly and will be expected to work closely with other TU staff on conservation initiatives, budget management, community engagement, science, policy and advocacy matters.

The Upper Salmon Basin Project Manager will report directly to the Upper Salmon Basin Program Manager. This position requires frequent day travel to project sites for construction oversight, occasional overnight travel, and will require the successful candidate to be based in Upper Salmon Basin (which includes the towns of Salmon, Challis, and Stanley, Idaho).

• Plan and implement a suite of restoration projects.
• Coordinate efforts with Upper Salmon Basin Stakeholder Groups.
• Identify, develop, secure funding and permits.
• Construct priority habitat restoration, connectivity, and floodplain reconnection projects.
• Work with supervisor and other staff on program strategies and project priorities.
• Maintain clear and frequent communications about projects with restoration partners.
• Secure services of and oversee restoration design engineers and contractors.
• Perform administrative duties including contracting, grant reporting, invoicing, and budget management.
• Collect, manage, and analyze ecological and hydrological data.
• Conduct pre- and post-project effectiveness monitoring.
• Work with TU grassroots members and other volunteers on restoration project activities.
• Spend portions of the field season working in remote field settings.
• Attend, participate, and represent TU in meetings relevant to TU’s mission.

* This is not an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities.

• A minimum of 5 years relevant experience (school, work, training).
• Experience with restoration techniques, project management, irrigated agriculture and complex multi-party negotiations is essential.
• Knowledge of conservation, fisheries, ecology, hydrology, and watershed processes.
• Project and grant management skills.
• Grant writing experience and understanding of non-profit work.
• Superior interpersonal skills…