Job Posting: Chief Executive Officer

Conservation Lands Foundation

|April 02, 2024

Conservation Lands Foundation is actively searching for a dynamic Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to build upon significant successes, ensure the continued achievement of impactful conservation outcomes, and guide the organization through a phase of opportunity and growth. This leadership position presents an extraordinary opportunity to propel a well-established national nonprofit organization into its next chapter of impact. The selected CEO will hold a pivotal role in shaping Conservation Lands Foundation’s future and steering its mission delivery to new heights. With oversight of a dedicated and geographically dispersed team of 22 staff, including four direct reports leading conservation efforts, philanthropy, finance and operations, and communications, the CEO will report to a diverse and engaged Board of Trustees.

The next leader will be someone who brings meaningful and credible experience in strategic leadership and vision setting, fundraising, policy advocacy, organizational management, and constituency building. A creative thinker with a strong aptitude for change management, the CEO will be able to harmonize the need to make effective and timely decisions while actively empowering the work of the Board and staff, bringing emotional intelligence to their interactions with an eye towards active listening, empathy, and empowering others, both internally and externally.

Please review the complete job description and how to apply below. The application will be open until filled, but we encourage those interested to not delay in applying as a shortlist of candidates will be recommended to the review committee the week of June 3, 2024.

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How to Apply:

Kara Teising and her team at Calibrated Search, who specializes in partnering with mission-driven nonprofits and conscious companies, has been retained by Conservation Lands Foundation to assist in this confidential hiring process. To express interest in this role, please share your candidate materials HERE.

To nominate candidates and/or ask questions, please reach out to [email protected]. Please list “Conservation Lands Foundation CEO Search” in the subject line.

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We’re the only nonprofit leading a national movement of community-based advocates who care for America’s NATIONAL CONSERVATION LANDS of natural, historical, cultural and recreational significance.

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