Manager, Conservation Policy

About Audubon

The National Audubon Society is a leading nonprofit conservation organization with 120 years of science-based, community-driven impact, dedicated to protecting birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. Birds are powerful indicators of our planet’s health, acting as sentinels that warn us of environmental change and inspire action. Audubon works across the Western Hemisphere, driven by the understanding that what is good for birds is good for the planet.

Through a collaborative, bipartisan approach across habitats, borders, and the political spectrum, Audubon drives meaningful and lasting conservation outcomes. With 800 staff and over 1.9 million supporters, Audubon is a dynamic and ever-growing force committed to ensuring a better planet for both birds and people for generations to come. Learn more ubon.org and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @audubonsociety.

Reporting to the Vice President, Audubon Vermont, the Manager, Conservation Policy will be responsible for assisting in the design and implementation of a tri-partisan policy agenda at the state and/or federal levels with a particular near‑term focus on habitat conservation, land use, land conservation, community resiliency, and service‑learning opportunities. This role will work in collaboration with Audubon Vermont staff and national conservation strategy and policy leadership.

The Manager, Conservation Policy will be a critical team member to help drive successful implementation of laws, policies and funding opportunities that are designed to enhance biodiversity protection, promote resilient communities that can adapt to the impacts of climate change, foster proactive land use and habitat conservation strategies, recover threatened and endangered species, equip landowners with proactive tools and programs to maintain healthy bird and wildlife populations, and promote service‑learning opportunities for young adults interested in gaining environmental skills.

The Manager, Conservation Policy will build and maintain working relationships with external partners and stakeholders, including state and federal legislators, state and federal agencies, and diverse partners to remain informed of policy and legislative developments related to Audubon’s agenda. They will help advance opportunities to leverage Audubon’s best assets—an engaged and growing grassroots membership, a desire to build broad coalitions, coordination with chapters, and an organization‑wide commitment to pragmatic science‑based solutions—in pursuit of sustainable policy accomplishments in Vermont and with the state’s federal delegation.

This hybrid position is based within the state of Vermont with travel to the Green Mountain Center, State House in Montpelier, VT and other locations around the state, as needed.

$62,000 - $70,000 / year

• Serve as a member of Audubon Vermont’s policy and engagement team, serve as a key advisor on Vermont-based policy initiatives, and conduct legislative tracking.
• Oversee aspects of the conservation policy program for Audubon Vermont, including support for strategic planning, short and long‑term goal and agenda setting, and policy advocacy.
• Guide the day‑to‑day efforts to successfully track the policy agenda in Vermont, working closely with Audubon staff to align the program with the organization’s strategic priorities.
• Ensure successful partner and coalition coordination in the state and support Audubon Vermont’s mobilization of chapter, grassroots, and grass‑tops support for key policy priorities.
• Engage key stakeholders including government officials to advance conservation and service‑learning efforts. Lobby Vermont legislators, federal and state administrative branches and agencies, and others to advance conservation and service‑learning objectives.
• Stay abreast of local, state, and federal legislative and administrative affairs and decisions effecting Audubon’s conservation agenda and its constituents.
• Raise the profile and visibility of Audubon Vermont as a leader in conservation policy efforts; build creative and enduring alliances and partnerships to support Audubon’s…