The Chesapeake Bay Trust (the Trust) seeks a qualified candidate to serve as a Program Officer on our Outreach and Education Team. The Program Officer will support the Outreach and Education team’s programmatic work, including administration of grant programs focused on intersectional work at the nexus of community health and environmental well-being. The Program Officer will support existing program work and new related grant programs as they are developed, with a particular focus on administration of the Trust’s Outreach and Restoration Grant Program. The selected candidate will also work to implement the Trust’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice work plan. This position will support the Trust’s core values of learning, science and innovation, engagement of our awardee community, diversity and inclusion, fiscal responsibility, transparency, and accountability. The Program Officer will be expected to work a minimum of two days at the Trust office in Annapolis, Maryland, during the initial probationary period, with the remainder of the time worked from a remote location. After a successful six-month probationary period, the staff member can discuss with their supervisor moving to a different hybrid or remote work plan for the year. The Program Officer will report to the Program Manager for Capacity Building and Community Engagement. The selected candidate will be a key member of a 40+ person staff and will support outreach and engagement aspects of the Trust’s award program portfolio that focuses on human dimensions of environmental conservation.
About the Trust
The Chesapeake Bay Trust seeks to engage and empower a diversity of groups to take actions that enrich the natural resources and local communities of the Chesapeake Bay region. The Trust is a nonprofit grant-making organization established by the state government in 1985. The Trust currently makes 425+ grants and other awards per year ranging from $100 to ~$500,000 for projects that empower people to restore local natural resources. In the past 15 years, the Trust has increased its grant-making fourfold through various revenues streams under the purview of four Trust departments, with annual awards of approximately $12-28 million.
Specific Duties:
Qualifications
Candidates must have the following skills, abilities, and/or qualifications:
Position Salary and Benefits
$50,000-$60,000 with an excellent benefits package and opportunities for related professional development through workshops, training programs, and conferences.
Benefits include:
Application Instructions and Deadline
The position will remain open until filled. Please submit a resume and cover letter for full consideration. Your cover letter is the most important piece of your application. In your cover letter, please address your ability, based on your skills and experience, to accomplish the specific duties of the position as outlined above. Please describe why you would be an excellent member of the Trust team and why you would be an excellent choice for this position. Applicants that do not address these two points in a cover letter but instead simply outline past experience are unlikely to be considered.
The Chesapeake Bay Trust provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age or disability in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. We encourage applications from people of color. Applicants must have a residential address in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, or Washington D.C and must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The Trust does not participate in programs that require sponsorship for work visas.
The Chesapeake Bay Trust (the Trust) seeks a qualified candidate to serve as a Program Officer on our Outreach and Education Team. The Program Officer will support the Outreach and Education team’s programmatic work, including administration of grant programs focused on intersectional work at the nexus of community health and environmental well-being. The Program Officer will support existing program work and new related grant programs as they are developed, with a particular focus on administration of the Trust’s Outreach and Restoration Grant Program. The selected candidate will also work to implement the Trust’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice work plan. This position will support the Trust’s core values of learning, science and innovation, engagement of our awardee community, diversity and inclusion, fiscal responsibility, transparency, and accountability. The Program Officer will be expected to work a minimum of two days at the Trust…
Benefits include:
Benefits include:
Please apply at the link and be sure to include the tailored cover letter described. The cover letter is an important part of our process.
Please apply at the link and be sure to include the tailored cover letter described. The cover letter is an important part of our process.