Gunpowder Valley Conservancy (GVC), a non-profit land trust and conservation organization located in Baltimore County, Maryland,
is seeking an enthusiastic person to join our organization as a full-time Program Director to lead our Education and Restoration
programs in the Gunpowder watershed. This is an ideal opportunity for a person seeking experience with a nonprofit organization
that focuses on habitat restoration, land preservation, and environmental education.

Position schedule, pay rate, and benefits:
• Full-time, exempt employee
• Salary ($55,965 – $71,800, based on experience) plus reimbursement of roundtrip travel mileage from home to worksite
($0.67 cents/mile).
• Nine paid holidays/year
• Paid vacation and sick leave
• Optional participation in employee medical/dental/vision insurance program; employee pays 50% of monthly premium
(choice between two programs)
• Optional participation in MarylandSaves retirement program

Location: This position is structured as primarily remote, with required travel to in-person events and meetings across the Gunpowder watershed. This includes parts of York County, PA as well as Baltimore, Carroll, and Harford Counties, MD. The employee must provide their own vehicle, home office, computer, and reliable internet service.

Job responsibilities:
• Direct Education & Restoration programs, particularly GVC’s Clear Creeks Project (2013-present), our flagship stormwater
management and community engagement program, including tracking progress toward deliverable goals, managing Project
resources, giving input on decisions affecting programs
• Lead GVC’s conservation garden program, including managing GVC staff and several contractors carrying out garden
program work, administering garden installation data and invoices, leading meetings with staff/contractors/partners,
scheduling and helping to deliver garden-related workshops (rain gardens, Bayscapes, conservation garden design, garden
maintenance), developing quality assurance plans and SOPs for garden processes and procedures
• Develop working partnerships with other organizations involved in environmental engagement and restoration, such as
other nonprofits, HOA and community associations, businesses, congregations, academics, and individuals
• Manage Education & Restoration staff, including facilitating regular 1:1 and team meetings, assigning and helping to
prioritize work, conducting annual performance evaluations, reviewing timesheets, hiring, training, and orienting new staff
• Lead quarterly, annual, and other periodic programmatic grant reporting, including assigning reporting tasks to
staff/contractors, assembling data, and writing narrative reports
• Work with GVC Grant Writer to develop grants to support E&R programs

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a field such as environmental science, biology/ecology, sustainable landscape
architecture/design
• Excellent oral and written communication, organization, and time management skills
• At least 5 years of experience in environmental engagement and restoration for the for-profit, non-profit, or extension
sector
• At least 2 years of experience managing contracts/contractors for environmental restoration and outreach programs
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

Preferred candidates will have the following qualifications:
• Knowledge of stormwater best management practices such as rain gardens, conservation landscapes, and rain barrels
• Experience managing grants for a nonprofit organization
• Experience using FieldDoc, a restoration project tracking tool used in the Chesapeake Bay region
• Knowledge of and experience with social marketing for behavior change

Sound like a good fit? Please send a cover letter, resume, and three references to info@gunpowdervc.org by Saturday, May 10