Nonprofit Organizations

The Land Trust Alliance is a national conservation organization whose mission is to save the places people love by strengthening land conservation throughout America. The Alliance works with Congress to pass tax incentives and funding that help landowners to choose conservation over development. The Alliance serves as a university for land conservation that trains the people who do the work to conserve cherished farms, forests, parks and trails. It strengthens community-based land trusts by providing workshops, online learning, research, standards, and accreditation services. The Alliance’s conservation defense program helps land trusts ensure that conserved land stays protected forever. The Alliance works with the media to promote land conservation and engage more Americans in saving our most treasured places. Reporting to the Director of Development, the Donor Information Systems Specialist is directly responsible for the creation, development and management of a prospect research system to identify new and qualify current sources of private support for fundraising in support of the mission activities of the Land Trust Alliance. This individual position is actively engaged in the organization’s prospect strategy and moves management processes, and provides front-line fundraisers with detailed briefings prior to calls and visits. Working closely with the Director of Development and IT Manager, this individual will also play a critical role in ensuring that the department’s systems and best practice protocols for data entry and maintenance, prospect management, analysis, and reporting are followed across the organization.

The Land Stewardship Associate aids in monitoring, managing and providing stewardship for the League’s many fee lands and responsibility of managing 28 conservation easements. If you have relevant experience and share the same passion for protecting redwood forests and surrounding ecosystems, we want to hear a from you. This position is under the supervision of Save the Redwoods League’s Director of Land Conservation.

Founded in 1996, Amazon Watch is a dynamic nonprofit organization that protects the rainforest and advances the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with indigenous and environmental organizations in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability and the preservation of the Amazon's ecological systems. Amazon Watch has successfully led the way in a number of groundbreaking victories for indigenous peoples’ rights and the environment through effective campaigning, educating corporations and the public, and strengthening the capacities of indigenous committees. Position Overview: We are looking for a full-time (open to part-time), experienced executive assistant who excels in calendaring, scheduling, travel logistics, database management, document preparation, and filing, to join our fun-loving, hard-working and kind-hearted team. We are looking for someone who can jump right in and provide support to the Executive Director. Attention to detail, ability to create and maintain organized and efficient systems, priority management and multi-tasking skills are critical for this position and an understanding of accounting and/or databases are a plus. This Executive Assistant will be responsible for providing the strong administrative backbone needed for the Executive Director to aid in the achievement of the organizational goals. The successful candidate will be excited to be part of a team working towards Amazon Watch’s mission, and will be personally committed to working for environmental justice and human rights. The position would be focused on direct support to the Executive Director in Los Angeles.

Find a job you’re wild about at the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), the nation’s largest member-supported conservation organization, which is at the forefront of global warming issues, reconnecting our children with nature, and protecting America’s wildlife and habitat.