Executive Director
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SUMMARY:
Forest Bridges (www.forestbridges.org), a Nonprofit Public Charity is proud to announce the recruitment of our nonprofit’s first Executive Director. We seek a dynamic and charismatic individual to champion our vision to achieve breakthrough change in natural resources management for Western Oregon’s O&C BLM forest lands. This includes the development, refinement and implementation of Forest Bridges’ Agreements and Guiding Principles (Agreements) around forest management and barriers to management. Position and organization responsibilities also include tribal and public stakeholder engagement, cultivating new community support through Friends of Forest Bridges, the development of policy papers that relate Forest Bridges’ Agreements to both scientific and cultural literature and knowledge, as well as development, protection and compliance with grantor requirements related to financial assets.
A successful candidate will be a strong leader with a collaborative style that embraces multiple viewpoints, inspires trust, and motivates others to join. They also will embrace the Forest Bridges Agreements. They will possess the vision necessary to grasp and run with the short- and long-term visions of Forest Bridges, use connections to build coalitions of supporters, and engage tribes, counties other community leaders and the public regarding the management and barrier challenges affecting the O&C BLM lands in Western Oregon. They will be viewed as a person who is neutral and does not have a history of advocacy that could become a deterrent to trust. They will have field-tested experience in numerous phases of Forest Bridges’ work, as well as experience with non-profit management. This wide-reaching work will benefit from either an emerging leader or a seasoned veteran.
Application Period: Open December 28, 2021. Accepting applications until filled. Deadline for first consideration January 28, 2022.
Assignment: Full-time employment which reports directly and is accountable to the Forest Bridges Board of Directors (Board), regular communication with the Chair.
Job Location: Negotiable. 522 SE Washington Ave. Roseburg, OR 97470 is the current business address and preferred office location for the Executive Director. Will consider other Western Oregon locations along the Interstate 5 corridor.
Salary: $85,000 to $100,000 annual salary depending on experience.
Benefits: Individual Health Insurance (employer paid), Vision and Dental Insurance (employer paid), 401(K) Matching Contribution package (jointly paid), Annual Leave Package, Travel Reimbursement Fund. Moving expenses to be negotiated.