Status: Full time | Reports to: Director of Private Lands Conservation | Location: Remote within Pennsylvania |Salary $64,000-66,000. 

Founded in 2002, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) is a national conservation organization that works with 60+ partner groups, its Corporate Council and its 140,000 members and supporters to guarantee all Americans quality places to hunt and fish. We unite and amplify our partners’ voices by strengthening policy and funding around conservation, habitat, and access.   

TRCP’s Pennsylvania Field Representative & Wildlife Health Coordinator works to advance TRCP’s mission through two distinct but related channels. Time spent toward each will vary throughout the year but is expected to be split approximately evenly. First, this individual collaborates closely with partner organizations, community leaders, and decision makers to further TRCP’s policy priorities in Pennsylvania, with special attention paid to private lands conservation leading to improved water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Second, this individual will coordinate the TRCP’s strategy to combat Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) nationwide. This will include working with partner and non-partner organizations, meeting with state and federal officials including lawmakers and agency staff, and identifying avid and engaged hunters, anglers and landowners, media and social media influencers who can contribute to these goals. Working as a member of the Center for Private Lands Conservation team, this individual works closely with the Director of Private Lands Conservation, TRCP communications and science staff, and partner organizations to further the conservation mission of the organization.   

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:   

• Serve as the organization’s representative within the state of Pennsylvania on conservation, access, water management and habitat policies affecting hunters and anglers:  
• Maintain TRCP’s involvement with the Pennsylvania Sportsmen and Women Policy Workgroup, working with other leading hunt-fish groups to advance shared priorities in the state. 
• Organize support for conservation priorities from decision makers in Pennsylvania, including county commissioners, mayors, members of Congress, the Governor, and other influential actors. 
• Engage grassroots hunters and anglers and work cooperatively with organized sporting groups and businesses to advance TRCP’s conservation and access priorities. 
• Engage with key agencies, including the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Pennsylvania Game Commission, and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.  
• Foster relationships with other important stakeholders in the state, including the agriculture and energy industries, landowners, land managers and other influential, conservation-minded stakeholders.  
• Work with the TRCP’s communications staff to generate strategically appropriate press coverage and to communicate with our members and the public electronically. 
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, coordinate the TRCP’s national strategy to combat Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD): 
• Work cooperatively with TRCP partners, states, and tribes to advance shared CWD priorities. 
• Work with the TRCP government relations, private lands, and communications teams to support continued federal funding for CWD research and testing, and to help change the public narrative about CWD.  
• Participate in established CWD science coalitions, such as the AFWA Fish and Wildlife Health Committee. 
• Work with partners to monitor and weigh in on relevant CWD related policy proposals nationwide. 
• Support partners in educating hunters about other relevant wildlife disease or pest threats, such as Episodic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD), hoof rot, and New World Screwworm (NWS).    
• When possible, serve on relevant federal, state, or local advisory groups/commissions/boards. 
• Work with TRCP leadership to ensure financial support for the campaign and its activities, including tracking grant deliverables and developing grant proposals and reports. 

Minimum Requirements:   

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is strongly preferred; equivalent, directly relevant experience considered.   
• 2+ years of professional and/or volunteer experience in natural resource issues. 
• Detailed knowledge of hunting and fishing culture and fish and wildlife management in Pennsylvania. 
• Ability to find, evaluate, and synthesize credible sources of scientific information for a general audience. 
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders and partners.  
• Strong communication and writing skills.    
• Ability to work independently and coordinate multiple priorities within a diverse project and policy portfolio.  
• A passion for fish and wildlife and an interest in hunting and/or fishing. 
• Willingness and ability to travel across the state and hold a valid Driver’s License. Occasional wider travel, especially to Washington, D.C., is expected. 
• Strong initiative, enthusiasm, tact, and willingness to pitch in when needed. 

The ideal candidate will have established relationships in Pennsylvania across multiple sectors and governmental jurisdictions and have a demonstrated record of effectively influencing conservation policy.  

The TRCP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.