Upper Yellowstone Shields Project Manager - Trout Unlimited

POSITION SUMMARY 

TU  Project Managers hold unique and diverse positions. The shortest  description of the job is to “make things happen.” In that spirit, TU  seeks to hire a self-motivated and highly capable person to identify,  plan, and implement water conservation, fish passage and stream  restoration projects to benefit aquatic resources and native and wild  fish populations in the Upper Yellowstone and Shields watersheds. The  Project Manager will work closely with local agricultural communities to  seek opportunities to reconnect and restore cold-water habitat on  private lands as well as coordinate with agency land managers to improve  and reconnect aquatic habitat on public lands. The Project Manager will  be responsible for all aspects of restoration project work, but will  also work closely with other TU staff and volunteers working throughout  the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone Basin as well as colleagues in the  Clark Fork Basin.  Experience with stream restoration, contractor  oversight, and hydrology are key qualifications.   

A  significant focus will be placed upon partnership-building with the Joe  Brooks and Madison-Gallatin Chapters of TU as well as other local TU  chapters and grassroots leaders, land trusts, state and federal  agencies, landowners, watershed groups, and other non-profit  organizations. Good communication skills are required.  In addition, the  successful applicant will be expected 

to assist the Director as  we seek out and obtain grant funding to support project work and core  operational costs. The Project Manager will be supervised out of the Trout Unlimited office in Bozeman, MT, but could live within the Greater  Yellowstone region.  This position will require frequent local travel  for field work and occasional travel outside the region for meetings.