Position:
Full-Time, Exempt
Reports to Executive Director
Job Description
Protect Our Water Jackson Hole (POWJH) seeks an Advocacy Director to lead our main programs: advocacy, community solutions, and outreach. As an advocacy organization, we promote actions that improve water quality in the Snake River headwaters and throughout Teton County. The Advocacy Director will work with the Board of Directors, Communications Director, and Water Resources Program Manager to accomplish the following goals:
Advocate for Clean Water
- Understand and monitor adherence to regulations that affect water in Teton County
- Work independently and with outside legal counsel to develop, file, and pursue legal and administrative remedies as needed
- Support the Science & Regulatory Committee of the POWJH Board of Directors
- Work with POWJH staff, partners, and outside experts to draft changes to regulations that affect water quality
- Collaborate with public and private natural resource organizations, non-profit organizations, and agencies to effectively advocate for clean water
- Prioritize the restoration of water quality in Fish Creek in concert with its watershed management plan
- Engage in grassroots outreach and organizing around county policy and funding issues
- Educate elected officials and their staff on water quality issues and priorities.
- Participate in meetings with local/state leaders and other key stakeholders and develop written and oral testimony as needed to support POWJH’s advocacy positions
- Coordinate with local, state, and federal agencies and partner organizations to achieve common goals and spur needed changes
- Write, submit, and review applicable open record requests as needed
Communicate with the Public
- Develop materials to support POWJH advocacy efforts, including educational materials, action alerts, testimony on pending legislation, and meeting summaries
- Help raise funds for POWJH’s program, including identifying new funding opportunities; preparing and submitting grant proposals and grant reports; and assisting the ED in cultivating major donors
- Assist with public outreach events and other organizational activities
- Communicate POWJH’s goals, operational plans, and strategic vision to external audiences
- Assist by writing letters to the editor, op-eds, press releases, and other external communication content
- Prepare meeting summaries and other written and oral reports
- Provides education programs consistent with grant requirements as needed
Provide Science-based Solutions
- Develop and coordinate work plans and strategies with staff and outside science advisors to restore and protect the quality of groundwater and surface water resources
- Oversee programs that help residents know their water, manage their septic systems, and connect to appropriate wastewater treatment systems
- Schedule, attend, and report on pertinent water quality meetings and hearings
- Ensure that POWJH’s strategic plans, policies, and positions on issues reflect the best available science and current statutory and regulatory requirements
