Job Opportunities

Reports to: Executive Director

Job Status: Full-time Salary Position

Salary Range: $45,000k-$60,000k

Benefits: 401K with company match, health, dental, and limited vision coverage. Paid holidays and other paid time off (PTO). Paid mileage for work related travel.

Three Rivers Land Trust – About Us

Three River Land Trust operates in a fifteen-county region: Anson, Cabarrus, Davidson, Davie, Iredell, Montgomery, Randolph, Richmond, Rowan, Stanly, Moore, Hoke, Scotland, Cumberland, and Harnett. Our organization works to offer reasonable, attractive options to landowners who want to conserve their lands. Our mission is to conserve natural areas, rural landscapes, family farms, scenic rivers, and historic places within North Carolina’s central Piedmont and Sandhills.

Position Description

Three Rivers Land Trust, an accredited Land Trust, is seeking an outgoing, highly organized, energetic, self-starter and outdoor enthusiast who is ready to assist with a multitude of tasks across the Land Trust.

The primary duty of this position will be to track, manage, and correspond with Land Trust members, track financial deposits/financial information, maintain employee files, assist in the onboarding of new employees, file and manage donor records, provide clerical and administrative support to the organization, and assist with the planning and execution of a variety of events.

Additional duties include but are not limited to planning, coordinating, and managing volunteers, accurately maintaining financial information/dashboards, and other duties as needed.

This position will also serve as the secretary to the Board of Directors and several other Land Trust subcommittees. This position will operate out of the Salisbury office.

Office Manager Requirements:

• A high school degree or its equivalent with 5 years of similar experience.
• A current public notary and a financial background are a plus for this position.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to use all normal office equipment (keyboard, telephone, printer, copier, etc.)
• Ability to work non-standard hours, including weekends and evenings.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds and stand/sit for extended periods.

Location: This position operates from the Salisbury office location. Travel is required within TRLT territory.

To Apply

Candidates should include a cover letter, a resume, and a list of three references. Additional inquiries may be directed to Travis Morehead, TRLT Executive Director via e-mail travis@trlt.org.

Reports to: Executive Director

Job Status: Full-time Salary Position

Salary Range: $60,000k-$90,000

Benefits: Employer-paid full health insurance, limited dental, life, and short-term disability coverage as well as an employee-matched 401K program, paid holidays, and other paid time off (PTO).

Three Rivers Land Trust – About Us

Mission: To conserve the natural areas, rural landscapes, family farms, and historic places within North Carolina’s central Piedmont and Sandhills. TRLT is a membership-based nonprofit conservation organization based in Salisbury, NC, and operates in a 15-county footprint of Central NC.

TRLT is primarily funded through private donations. Since 1995 TRLT has protected over 47,000 acres (transferred over 8,600 acres to public trust, protected over 350 miles of streams/waterways, and conserved over 17,000 acres of farmland). We regularly engage with the public through our vast outdoor programming and nationally recognized Sportsman Access Program (SAP).

Position Description

Three Rivers Land Trust (TRLT) is seeking a positive, outgoing, outdoor enthusiast to join the team as our Senior Development Associate. The primary focus for this position will be to identify and solicit donors who are willing to philanthropically support TRLT and its mission.  This position will identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors in support of TRLT’s mission with a potential giving capacity of $5,000 or greater.

Responsibilities/Essential Functions

We are seeking a Senior Development Associate (SDA) who is preferably local to the 15-county region that we serve, passionate about conservation, and must be committed to raising funds to support local conservation. The SDA will be responsible for creating and maintaining relationships with existing and new donors, securing funds, and reporting how much financing you have been able to generate. The SDA should also form strategic partnerships within our organization to promote its objectives.

To be successful as the SDA, you should be a “people person” with excellent communication and negotiation skills. Top candidates will be able to solve problems and develop individualized philanthropic strategies that work for different donors.

Senior Development Associate Responsibilities:

 Donor Cultivation/Solicitation (90%)

• Identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding new and existing donors $5,000 or greater.
• Researching and meeting with potential new donors.
• Maintaining and building relationships with our current donors.
• Preparing private and public acknowledgments to thank donors.
• Developing individual fundraising strategies that work for a variety of donors.
• Creating monthly reports that outline the secured funding.
• Meeting with TRLT team members to ensure objectives align.

Database Management & Donor Research (10%)

• Maintains regular, punctual data entry of constituent information.
• Researching potential donors/members.
• Tracking engagement of program participants and volunteers.
• Support the Membership and Outreach Team as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Other Related Functions

• Enjoys and values the outdoors. Authenticity is vital to the success of this position.
• Regularly analyzes and evaluates the effectiveness of all assigned projects.
• Proactively seeks process improvement in a solution-focused manner.
• This person must be friendly and welcoming, willing to build relationships with people from all walks of life.
• As a representative of TRLT, the ability to communicate our mission/vision is vital.
• Additionally, the ideal candidate will be creative, energetic, and outgoing with a strong affinity for the outdoors.
• TRLT team members are authentic in their passion for conservation as well as in their love for the outdoors. Applicants should enjoy getting mud on their boots and dirt on their hands.

Senior Development Associate Requirements:

• 4-year degree in public relations, marketing, natural resources, or related field.
• 2-4 years’ experience in sales/development
• A solid understanding of finances and budgeting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong knowledge/passion for the outdoors (hunting, fishing, hiking, paddling etc.)
• Ability to work weekends or weekday evenings.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to use all normal office equipment (keyboard, telephone, printer, copier, etc.)
• Ability to work non-standard hours, including weekends and evenings.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds and stand/sit for extended periods.

Location: This position could operate from Salisbury or Southern Pines office location.

To Apply

Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit a cover letter and resume to travis@trlt.org.

Reports to: Executive Director

Job Status: Full-time Salary Position

Salary Range: $45,000-$62,000

Benefits: Employer-paid full health insurance, limited dental, life, and short-term disability coverage as well as an employee-matched 401K program, paid holidays, and other paid time off (PTO).

Three Rivers Land Trust – About Us
Mission: To conserve the natural areas, rural landscapes, family farms, and historic places within North Carolina’s central Piedmont and Sandhills. TRLT is a membership-based nonprofit conservation organization based in Salisbury NC and operating in a 15-county footprint of Central NC.

TRLT is primarily funded through private donations. Since 1995 TRLT as protected over 46,000 acres (transferred over 8,600 acres to public trust, protected over 350 miles of streams/waterways, and conserved over 17,000 acres of farmland). We regularly engage with the public through our vast outdoor programming and nationally recognized Sportsman Access Program (SAP).

Position Description
Three Rivers Land Trust (TRLT) is searching for a positive, outgoing, outdoor enthusiast to join the team as our Development Associate-Local Business. This position will be responsible for local business partner recruitment and retention. The primary focus for this position will be to identify and solicit local business partners that want to support TRLT either philanthropically or in a transactional manner. This position will also promote and manage our event sponsorship program for the following: Podcast, Newsletter, Archery Events, Paddle Club, Hiking Club, Thru Hike, SAP, and the Habitat Summit.

Responsibilities
Essential Functions
Local Business Recruitment and Retention (90%)
• Develops a local business recruitment plan that engages local businesses across the 15-county region to support TRLT either from a philanthropic or a transactional/sponsorship perspective.
• Recruits local businesses to support TRLT’s mission from across the 15-county region.
• Retains as many corporate partners as possible on a calendar year basis with the goal of retaining 75% of all corporate members.
• Plans and executes the local business event sponsorship plan that provides limited exposure for businesses around our existing calendar of events (Podcast, Newsletter, Hiking, Paddling, Archery, Thru-Hike, SAP, and Habitat Summit.
• Supports the annual conservation raffle by finding businesses that sponsor, donate, or sell prizes at a reduced rate, in order to increase the profitability of the conservation raffle.
• Works to ensure excellent/responsive customer service and positive working relationships with team members, vendors, community leaders, event sponsors/participants, volunteers, and members.
• Generates regular and accurate reports on income and event progress, and maintains constituent list.
• Manages expenses for membership recruitment events/mailings to ensure the highest financial return.
Database Management & Donor Research (10%)
• Maintains regular, punctual data entry of constituent information.
• Researching potential donors/members.
• Tracking engagement of program participants and volunteers.
• Support the Membership and Outreach Team.
• Other duties as assigned.
Other Related Functions
• Enjoys and values the outdoors. Authenticity is vital to the success of this position.
• Regularly analyzes and evaluates the effectiveness of all assigned projects.
• Proactively seeks process improvement in a solution-focused manner.

Qualifications
• 2-4 years experience in a combination of the following areas:
• Sales/Development
• Associate or bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Experience securing, cultivating, stewarding, and retaining members.
• Experience working with donor database systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong knowledge/passion for the outdoors (hunting/fishing/hiking/camping/paddling).
• Ability to work weekends or weekday evenings.

Additional Competencies
This person must be friendly and welcoming, willing to build relationships with people from all walks of life. As a representative of TRLT, the ability to eloquently communicate our mission/vision is vital. Additionally, the ideal candidate will be creative, energetic, dynamic, and outgoing with a strong affinity for the outdoors. TRLT team members are authentic in their passion for conservation as well as in their love for the outdoors. Applicants should enjoy getting mud on their boots and dirt on their hands.

Physical Requirements
• Ability to use all normal office equipment (keyboard, telephone, printer, copier, etc.).
• Ability to work non-standard hours, including weekends and evenings.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds and stand/sit for extended periods.

To Apply
Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit a cover letter and resume to travis@trlt.org.