$30/hour | 20-30 hours/week | Based in Santa Fe, NM
Job description (PDF)
Position Overview
The Resilience Manager drives SFWA’s collaborative planning and implementation efforts to build a thriving, resilient watershed by working closely with diverse partners and interests, tracking and coordinating projects, and serving as an informed advocate for holistic management of the watershed. Working collaboratively across the SFWA team and reporting to the Executive Director, this role connects technical understanding with project management and community partnerships. Potential for growth within the organization.
About SFWA
The Santa Fe Watershed Association is a non-profit organization that works to build a thriving, resilient Santa Fe River Watershed through collaboration, stewardship, and education that inspires us all to care for our land, water, and each other.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage SFWA’s watershed planning process: a “strategic vision” for the entire watershed currently funded by a Bureau of Reclamation grant
- Grant management: reporting, invoicing, and budgeting
- Stakeholder outreach: email, phone, in-person meetings, and spreadsheet tracking
- Site visits: including remote locations within the watershed
- Developing and writing final plan in collaboration with other staff
- Updating planning matrices and spreadsheets, including key stakeholders, project priorities, and living reference list
- Working with other SFWA staff to keep watershed information on website updated
- Organizing and facilitating annual watershed forum in late February: coordinating steering committee, crafting agenda, inviting speakers, organizing activities, booking venue, working with SFWA team to promote and send invitations in a timely manner
- Carry forward watershed plan once it’s completed in 2028
- Regularly update stakeholder, project, and literature databases
- Interface with technical committee and community partners to identify priority projects, record status of ongoing projects, and coordinate future implementation
- Participate in and facilitate community meetings to bridge priorities between interest groups and geographies
- Apply for funding and manage future implementation projects
- Continuing annual forum
- Interface and support SFWA projects
- Lead occasional workshops, tours, and talks
- Support special events
Qualifications & Skills
- Background in hydrology, ecology, natural resources management, or similar fields
- Experience or interest in watershed planning and landscape restoration
- Ability to synthesize complex information into clear and practical action items
- Basic cultural literacy relevant to Northern New Mexico and the Santa Fe River Watershed
- Commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and community repair through land stewardship
- Experience working with and finding common ground among diverse stakeholders
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including technical, scientific, and public-facing communication
- Experience with complex project management
- Aptitude for and/or interest in basic facilitation
- Experience in and willingness to use Microsoft office suite, including SharePoint and Excel
- Experience or interest in GIS and mapping, including ESRI products
- Aptitude for systems thinking
- Experience in or willingness to apply for and manage federal and state grants
- Passion for learning, sharing knowledge, and collaboration
- Deep connection to and passion for Northern New Mexico and ideally the Santa Fe area
- Comfort and ability to work in an outdoor environment in a variety of conditions, including high elevation, rocky, muddy, dusty, windy, and snaky etc.
- Ability to work flexible hours
- Ability to physically travel to areas in the SF watershed
Work Environment & Benefits
This position is primarily in-person, with some flexibility for hybrid work after an initial onboarding period. After 90 days, benefits include a $50 wellness stipend per pay period, four weeks of flexible PTO (based on average hours worked), and up to 64 hours accrued sick leave annually. Collaborative, supportive, and equity-minded work culture.
