NCC manages and holds 81,000 hectares of conservation land in the Kootenay Region of British Columbia. Reporting to the Canadian Rockies Program Director, the Canadian Rockies Program Manager will be responsible for supporting land securement and conservation land management obligations across the Canadian Rockies Program Area. The successful applicant, with land stewardship staff support, will lead landscape and property level planning, ensuring best management practices on the land, and oversee the development of Baseline Inventories, and Monitoring Reports for all NCC’s projects in the Canadian Rockies Program Area. The Program Manager will supervise and collaborate with on-the-ground Stewardship Coordinators to accelerate conservation and optimize delivery to showcase exemplary land management. They will represent NCC at external conservation partnerships, support community relationships, collaborate on restoration planning, write funding proposals and reports, oversee, and develop annual work plans for Stewardship Coordinators, and other tasks as directed by the Program Director.

NCC is a collaborative, dynamic and interdisciplinary team environment, the Program Manager will collaborate with other NCC staff and departments, regionally and nationally, when appropriate. They will coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, co-supervise and manage the intern program when applicable, work with and coordinate volunteers and partners, and use ecological data to decide actions. This role involves professional/technical and management skills while also bridging important community relationships.