Position: Director, Cleveland Tree Coalition | ||
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Job Id: 136 | ||
# of Openings: 1 | ||
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Background
The Cleveland Tree Coalition (CTC) is a partnership comprised of many organizations, businesses, and branches of local government in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio area that strives to create a healthy, vibrant, sustainable, and equitable urban forest by working collaboratively to implement the 2015 Cleveland Tree Plan (CTP). The Coalition formed in 2016 in response to Action #1 of the Cleveland Tree Plan, “Establish a unified voice, and formalize partnerships”. Since its formation, the Coalition has evolved into a strong network of more than 40 partner organizations led by a Board of Directors comprised of the following organizations: Holden Forests and Gardens, Western Reserve Land Conservancy, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, Cleveland Metroparks, City of Cleveland, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, Environmental Health Watch, Black Environmental Leaders, and Cuyahoga County.
Position Summary
The Director will be an outward facing leader of the CTC, working to raise awareness around the critical need for a robust tree canopy, and raising funds from public and private sources to advance the goals of the CTC and the CTP. The CTC, and particularly its Board, is a powerful platform that can influence public policy and sentiment at all levels – local, state, and federal. The Director’s primary focus will be on developing, enhancing, and deploying this platform of relationships and capacity. The Director will work with Board and CTC member organizations to lobby local, state and federal officials to continue to increase funding for urban forestry. The Director will lead efforts to educate and influence civic organizations, businesses, and opinion leaders to make sure that a healthy urban tree canopy becomes and remains a major civic priority that is well understood, well-funded, and celebrated. The Director will implement the recently completed strategic plan through fundraising and building community to create a more robust Cleveland Tree Coalition. The Director will supervise additional staff when programs and funding are determined to demand extra capacity. The Director will report to the Chair of the Board of Directors or to the Chair’s designee and will work with the Core Team to implement the strategic plan. The Director will be an employee of Western Reserve Land Conservancy and will be housed within its offices and infrastructure. Western Reserve Land Conservancy will provide legal, finance, and administrative support to the Director.
Key Areas of Responsibility
Experience, Education and Capabilities
Salary and Work Location
This is a full-time position that will be located at the Land Conservancy’s Thriving Communities office in Cleveland, Ohio. The salary range for the position is $75,000 to $90,000 annually, commensurate with experience, and the position is eligible for benefits.
Western Reserve Land Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to hiring staff members who represent the rich diversity of our community. At the Land Conservancy, all employees and applicants for employment are judged on their merits. The Land Conservancy is committed to providing an environment free of illegal discrimination of any kind, and does not base any employment decisions on race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, religion, age, disability, military or veteran status, or any other protected category under federal and state laws.
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