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The IRR Project Manager is responsible for the coordination, oversight, and implementation of large and complex initiatives, processes, and projects. They have lived experience working in Indigenous communities or in close collaboration with Indigenous partners. They exercise independent judgment to identify, communicate, and solve problems and are comfortable making decisions and interacting with leadership across all levels of the organization. They develop project plans, establish team structures, facilitate meetings, manage timelines, clarify roles, and ensure accountability. The IRR Project Manager demonstrates sensitivity in handling confidential information and may engage in issue resolution and conflict management to collaboratively solve complex problems. They model the work of right relations, creating safe spaces for co-creation, learning, and change.

The IRR Project Manager engages in work across the program's many priorities, including increasing Indigenous ownership, use, and access to lands and waters and supporting Indigenous-led conservation. Working closely with the IRR team, they navigate interdependencies and ensure alignment of activities across the program's strategic pillars. They work across a highly matrixed and decentralized organization to foster and maintain collaboration and communication. To support effective project management, they develop expertise around right relations and the IRR program's strategic focus areas. The IRR Project Manager's work is diversified and may not always fall under established projects, processes, or systems.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate's degree and 6 years of related experience or equivalent combination, including lived and professional experiences in Indigenous studies, conservation practice, project management, and/or natural resource management
• Experience leading complex projects or strategic initiatives in an unstructured environment.
• Experience researching, critically analyzing, and evaluating information from divergent sources and compiling it into cohesive reports and recommendations for strategy and action.
• Experience working with Indigenous Peoples or in other multicultural/multidisciplinary contexts
• Experience writing and editing promotional and informational material.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working with Indigenous Peoples or in other multicultural/multidisciplinary contexts
• Familiarity and knowledge of the histories, cultures, rights, and policies related to the Indigenous Peoples of North America
• Experience in diversity, equity, and inclusion and its application to conservation design, implementation and outcomes
• Bachelor's or Master's degree
• Ability to develop and drive new ideas and approaches