Employment Opportunities

The Board of Directors has announced the hiring for the position of Executive Director.

Who We Are

Powder River Basin Resource Council is a respected member-led organization established in 1972 working on behalf of Wyoming’s air, land, and water, its people and its non-human residents. Our commitments are to the preservation and enrichment of our agricultural heritage and rural identity; the conservation of our land, water, air, and mineral resources consistent with the responsible use of those resources to sustain the web of life of which we are a part; and the education and empowerment of our residents such that each one of us can participate in making the decisions that shape our environment and our communities.

Position Summary

We are seeking an Executive Director to carry the organization into a new chapter of encouraging responsible development for today and tomorrow throughout our state. The ideal candidate will bring fresh energy and perspective and embrace our mission and history. They will value consensus building, a cohesive internal organization, and will be innovative, strategic, and a problem solver.

Our new executive director will join a financially strong organization with a grassroots base and committed knowledgeable board members who work with the organization’s staff to advance our members’ priorities. This is a time of growth and opportunity at Powder River.

Executive Director works closely with all staff and board members to carry out the following:

Leadership and Values

Building relationships of trust with staff, board, members, and allies.
Collaborating with the board and staff on strategic planning that engages our members and Wyoming’s residents to plan for the future.
Envisioning long-term possibilities with a focus on goals as well as on tasks.
Bringing community organizing values to our conversations along with strong facilitation skills and a commitment to building consensus.
Honoring and promoting member-leaders as spokespeople for the organization and as visible leaders and voices for Powder River.

With the Board

Reporting to and working as a partner with the board to ensure strong governance policies and fiscal health.
Cultivating the development of an engaged board equipped with necessary information, shared understanding and analysis of issues, and ownership of the organization.
Bringing policy recommendations to the board, engaging the board in strategic decisions.
Preparing with the board chair meeting logistics, as well as assisting the chair in facilitating meetings to encourage participation, the freedom to question, and consensual decision-making.
Ensuring that the board chair and board are conversant with ongoing issues and campaigns.
Implementing board decisions and communicating these to the general membership.

With the staff

Ensuring equity in staff hiring, training, development, supervision, and dismissal.
Developing with staff ongoing work assignments and delegating and sharing staff responsibilities.

Overseeing practices to update staff structure when needed, strengthening our internal relations and increasing our impact and sustainability.
Implementing personnel policies and conducting regular staff evaluations to mentor individuals and help them work as effectively as possible.

With financial matters

Ensuring that the organization is fiscally sound and financially healthy.
Preparing the annual budget with the board’s Finance Committee to ensure that financial resources are used appropriately, and monitored and reported on monthly.
Overseeing the fundraising strategy to support sustainable funding necessary to carry out our work, including preparing and submitting grant proposals and reports.
Ensuring that all activities maintain the organization’s 501(c)3 status.

With outside organizations

Representing Powder River at Western Organization of Resource Council’s staff meetings/ trainings.
Participating in professional development seminars and sharing the learnings with our board.
Speaking and writing on behalf of Powder River with members, Wyoming individuals and community representatives, government agencies, elected officials, and industry representatives.
Guiding Powder River’s work at the state legislature.

Required Qualifications

Management experience: Proven ability to manage and grow a staff, building internal cohesion, enabling collaboration, providing leadership coaching and staff development opportunities.

Budgeting and financial management: Strong experience maintaining the sustainability of an organization andalso ensuring proper implementation of fundraising and accounting practices.

Commitment to leadership development: Demonstrated experience in providing and supporting opportunities for self, staff, volunteers, and board members.

Strategic thinking: Skilledworkingat the individual, team, organization, network, and movement levels to set and carry through organizational goals to move a mission forward.

Organizing experience: Demonstrated enthusiasm for organizing around environmental issues such as minerals/ag/climate/conservation.

Skilled communicator: Experience and strong desire to carry out both written and verbal communication, grant writing, public speaking and event planning.

Compensation and Generous Benefits Package: Starting salary range $75,000 – $85,000

100% employer paid health, vision, and dental insurance, flex time, technology and wellness reimbursements, 3% retirement SIMPLE-IRA match, 23 days paid vacation time, 8 paid holidays, parental leave, paid professional development, 3 month sabbatical after each 5 years of service, end of service bonus plan at completion of 15+ years of employment.

To Apply

Qualified candidates please email a formal cover letter and resume to laura@peakconsult.net

For questions call Laura Lehan at 307-655-5405. We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis. The position will remain open until filled. Thank you.

All applications will be held strictly confidential

For more information about Powder River, please visit www.powderriverbasin.org