Compensation
Compensation:
- $95,000 – $107,000 / year
- Additional Job Description
- Essential Functions
In alignment with Audubon’s Community Building milestone strategy, lead the development and execution of Audubon’s community building strategy in Arizona and New Mexico, identifying and achieving strategic priorities related to center operations, network engagement and community education.
In partnership with Audubon Southwest Executive Director and Policy Director, provide overall strategic guidance to Audubon’s Southwest team, connecting and aligning actions and outcomes across community building, policy and advocacy, and habitat delivery programs to maximize conservation impact.
Engage with Community Building Milestone initiative teams (Community Chapters, Conservation Action Centers, and NextGen) to coordinate on strategy and shared projects, ensuring that Southwest regional efforts align with and contribute to Flight Plan Milestones.
Responsible for hiring, mentoring and supervising the education and engagement teams, including overseeing the recruitment and training of seasonal educators, volunteers, and interns leading to effective and impactful programming
Work closely with the Center Directors in the region to oversee and guide programming towards achieving Flight Plan milestones.
Establish assessment tools for measuring and evaluating program effectiveness and provide frequent reports on outcomes to the Executive Director.
Cultivate and maintain effective partnerships with key stakeholders including, but not limited to, community organizations, other state Audubon offices and chapters, educators and school administrators, National Wildlife Refuge and National Parks employees, tribal entities, partner biologists and other specialists. Additionally, developing new partnerships that leverage Audubon’s conservation and education outreach into broader and more diverse communities.
Serve as a spokesperson for Audubon Southwest as needed.
Along with the other members of the senior leadership team, responsible for fundraising and helping to secure donations. Effectively and enthusiastically communicate the case for support of the Center’s program at community and fundraising events.
Manage annual program budget and provide required financial reporting to the Executive Director, to include analyzing cost/revenue information against programmatic goals.
Enhance existing sources of earned income, including program revenue, camp and school program tuition. In addition, work with senior leadership team to identify and develop strategic partnerships for scholarship donations.
Prepare information for funder reports respond to education-related inquiries from donors, when needed.
Support a culture of philanthropy, including public funding efforts.
Collaborate with colleagues across the Americas including through joint planning and execution of shared priorities.
Maintains and fosters culture of safety.
