American Bird Conservancy (ABC), an international bird conservation organization, is seeking to employ a Conservation Program Officer responsible for developing programs and for expanding the capability and capacity of the Central Hardwoods Joint Venture (CHJV) to successfully achieve the CHJV partnership’s conservation objectives. The CHJV habitat objectives established to date are focused on restoring more than one million acres of native communities such barrens, glade complexes, and open oak and pine woodlands across the Central Hardwoods Bird Conservation Region. Objectives for wetland complexes and open grassland systems will be developed by the CHJV in the coming year.

The Conservation Program Officer will serve as the primary conduit to bring the biological planning, conservation design efforts and conservation targets developed by the CHJV into reality on the ground. The Officer will work collaboratively with the partnership’s private, state, and federal members, as well as other private and public landowners who hold land that can be incorporated into the conservation plans for habitat and species. The Officer will work with CHJV staff and a technical committee to identify restoration approaches, site-based opportunities and priority programs. The Program Officer will consider the use of the full range of tools to achieve the conservation objectives of the Joint Venture: land acquisition and protection; voluntary and binding easements and management agreements; habitat restoration, rehabilitation and management efforts; and policy and advocacy work. The position will be supervised by the CHJV Coordinator, with the work plan ultimately being agreed to by American Bird Conservancy and the Central Hardwoods Joint Venture Management Board.

The full position description with application information is attached. Note that this is for a 2-year term, with potential for becoming a permanent position.

Jane Fitzgerald
American Bird Conservancy
Central Hardwoods Joint Venture Coordinator
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314-918-8505
www.chjv.org
www.abcbirds.org
(See attached file: CHJV Conservation Officer PD.docx)