Forest Program Manager

AFF is embarking on a bold new strategy for conservation impact across America’s family-owned forests. This will be a period of complex problem solving and rapid iteration. Teams must discover the root challenges in forest conservation issues, create solutions, and adapt based on iteration and learning to develop viable and scalable models for impact. AFF is driven by values of our shared purpose, measurable and verifiable results, and learning for continuous improvement to tackle big conservation challenges in climate change mitigation, biodiversity loss, reducing threats of catastrophic wildfires, and ensuring a sustainable resource economy for rural communities.

Position Overview: Family landowners everywhere face challenges in managing their land sustainably, but these challenges are particularly acute for African American landowners in the southeast. Too often things a simple as being able to obtain a clear title are incredibly difficult. This means that these families are unable to reap the full economic benefits of forest ownership and too often are kept from being part of the forest sustainability community. The established programs work on the ground with local partners to help alleviate these challenges.

The Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Project (SFLR) is a unique project supporting African American forest owners in AL, AR, GA, MS, NC, SC, TX, and VA with forestry and land retention.  The SFLR Manager manages the day-to-day operations of the project, working closely with the director and the eight site leaders and their staff, and the SFLR committees. The SFLR Manager will design and execute strategies to create efficiencies in the SFLR project that enable the sites, individually and collectively, to maximize the reach and impact of the project.

The SFLR Program Manager will serve as a liaison with the support of the SFLR committees, coordinating scheduling of SFLR committee meetings, managing committee activity, and preparing reports and other products to inform and/or capture the work of the committees. The SFLR Manager will maintain the budget and track expenditure/transaction.  Monitor reporting deadlines for AFF and for the site sub-awardees and correspond with the sites regarding performance under the grants.  Prepare sub-awards, assist with grant implementation and management including document preparation, monitoring grant agreements for compliance. The SFLR Program manager will work closely with the SFLR sites,

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required. Three years of related experience required.

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We are committed to creating a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

For more information on the American Forest Foundation, please submit your resume and cover letter at www.forestfoundation.org. Applicants are encouraged to apply prior to the deadline as interviews will be conducted as resumes are received.   A candidate could be selected prior to the deadline.