The Director of Development works in collaboration with the director, faculty, and staff of the Flathead Lake Biological Station to develop and articulate their fundraising initiatives and to execute on relationship-building and fundraising activities that ensure growing and sustainable private support for FLBS.

The Director reports to the Assistant Vice President of Development, working in close collaboration with the director, faculty, and staff of FLBS. The Director is also supported by and works in collaboration with several UM Foundation teams, including Corporation and Foundation Relations, Prospect Research and Management, Marketing and Communications, Stewardship, Gift Planning, Annual Giving, and Gift and Fund Administration.

The Conservation Project Manager works closely with the Executive Director and othermembers of the Lands and Stewardship team to help set priorities and implement long-range and annual project objectives related to the Five Valleys’ mission and as guided by Five Valleys’ Strategic Business Plan. Using a full range of tools, the Conservation Project Manager is responsible for building effective working relationships and negotiating and completing complex land transactions with private landowners, conservation partners, Tribes, and government agencies in Five Valleys’ priority conservation areas. The Conservation Project Manager leads the due diligence and closing of these projects collaboratively with other members of the project team and in accordance with Five Valleys’ policies and procedures. The Conservation Project Manager cultivates strong relationships with rural landowners including agricultural producers in order to maintain a strong foundation for our private land conservation work

The Montana Audubon Center Director (Center Director) is a professional staff position based in Billings, Montana. The Center Director is responsible for the administrative, facility, personnel, and operational needs of the Center, which operates as a program hub within the education division of Montana Audubon. The Center Director is also Montana Audubon’s key liaison to the local community – working with public and private partners to implement and grow a sustainable, high performing community-based education program.

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The Good Neighbor Agreement (GNA) Manager/Community Organizer is key to the success of the agreement between Northern Plains and the Stillwater Mining Company. The GNA Manager/Community Organizer spends a good portion of their time facilitating the logistics, communications, and campaign needs for the Good Neighbor Agreement between the Sibanye-Stillwater Mining Company, and Northern Plains’ leaders and technical consultants.

The Program & Comms Coordinator will work to leverage People and Carnivores’ conflict prevention field work in western Montana and expand our other (non-field) program work to help keep large carnivores alive and moving in and throughout the Northern Rockies. This includes two primary responsibility areas: (1) To develop and carry out, with other staff, various initiatives and activities to support and advance our program objectives, such as program/business partnerships, coexistence-related policy initiatives, community outreach, project assessments and research initiatives, and other non-field projects that support our conservation goals; and (2) To develop and manage print and digital communications in support of P&C’s work, including all social media platforms and activities, outreach materials, our video production and other content development, media/press opportunities, etc.

The University of Montana invites applications for Ecological Monitoring Crew Lead/Botanists for the Ecological Mapping, Monitoring and Analysis (EMMA) group at the O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West. 

Ecological Monitoring Crew Lead/Botanists will participate in implementing the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Riparian and Wetland Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) strategy in Nevada and Idaho. This protocol focuses on collecting standardized inventory and monitoring data to determine condition and trends of target resources on BLM lands in the Western U.S. The Crew Lead/Botanist will lead 2 Technicians in collecting quantitative vegetation data using line-point-intercept, as well as detailed soils, hydrology, water quality, and surrounding land use data. Successful candidates will be trained by Wetland Ecologists from the Colorado Natural Heritage Program and the BLM’s National Operations Center to properly implement data collection procedures.

The communications manager will be part of a team at Wild Montana that develops and implements communications support for the organization and its programs, campaigns, events, and projects.

The communications manager will help plan, gather, write, and edit content for Wild Montana’s print and electronic media assets, including its website, eblasts, newsletters, annual report, and social media channels. This position will help ensure that Wild Montana maintains a high editorial quality and consistency in messaging across its many communications platforms.

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Lewis and Clark County Public Health, Environmental Services Division is recruiting for a Hydrogeologist to join our team!  

Under direction of the Water Quality District Program Supervisor, this position performs lead work in the areas of water quality and water supply testing and research.