With support from the Puget Sound-Columbia Basin Director, the Conservation Associate Director (“Associate Director”) will lead American Rivers’ river protection work in Washington state and hydropower work in both Washington and Oregon. The Associate Director will provide leadership in campaign strategy development and implementation, coalition building, and media and communications work to protect and defend the region’s wild rivers and public lands, with a primary focus on building broad-based support for new protective designations in Washington’s North Cascades. They will engage in hydropower licensing processes; coordinate efforts on public lands management planning; respond to serious threats to high-value rivers; and assist in other projects and campaigns.

The Associate Director will conduct grassroots and grasstops outreach; interface with elected officials, Native American tribes, federal and state agencies, other relevant stakeholders, and the media; assist with fundraising; organize events; and supervise interns and volunteers. A key member of the Puget Sound-Columbia Basin team, the Associate Director also will work with American Rivers staff based in other regions, participate on internal teams including our River Protection Community of Practice, and engage with our communications and government relations teams.

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