Job Opportunity: Program Associate — National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution
Posted:
11/22/2021
The Udall Foundation’s John S. McCain III National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution (National Center) is seeking a dynamic professional interested in the environmental, public policy, and conflict resolution fields to serve as a Program Associate. This job is a full-time, permanent, Federal position at the GS-9 equivalent level. The successful candidate will work remotely within the United States.
Reporting to the Director or Deputy Director of the National Center, and working with National Center Program Managers, Project Managers, and Program Associates, the Program Associate will provide support for mediation, facilitation, and training services. The Program Associate will specifically work on the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC) along with other National Center projects. The MRRIC is a nearly 70-member collaborative body, representing a diverse group of Tribal, State, Local and Federal interests working to develop a collaborative recovery plan to replace lost habitat and protect threatened and endangered species in the Missouri River basin.
Application instructions and full position requirements are available at https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/623200300/. Applications are due via USA Jobs by December 13, 2021.
ABOUT THE UDALL FOUNDATION
The Morris K. Udall Foundation was established by the U.S. Congress in 1992 as an independent executive branch agency to honor Morris K. Udall's lasting impact on this Nation’s environment, public lands, and natural resources, and his support of the rights and self-governance of Native Americans and Alaska Natives. In 2009, Congress enacted legislation to also honor Stewart L. Udall for his half century of distinguished national leadership in environmental and Native American policy. The agency is known today as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (Udall Foundation) and is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona.
The Udall Foundation is authorized by Congress to:
- Award Scholarships, Fellowships, and Internships for study in fields related to the environment and to Native Americans and Alaska Natives in fields related to health care and Tribal public policy.
- Connect youth to the Nation’s public lands and natural resources to foster greater understanding, appreciation, stewardship, and enjoyment of those lands and resources through photography, positive outdoor experiences, and environmental education through the Stewart L. Udall Parks in Focus® Program.
- Provide funding to the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy for research, education, and outreach on Native American and Alaska Native health care issues and Tribal public policy issues.
- Provide funding to the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy to conduct policy research and outreach on the environment and related themes.
- Provide funding through the Udall Center to The University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections to serve as the repository for the papers of Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall and other such public papers as may be appropriate and assure such papers’ availability to the public.
- Provide impartial collaboration, consensus-building, training, and conflict resolution services on a wide range of environmental, natural and cultural resources, Tribal, and public lands issues, conflicts, and disputes involving the Federal Government through the John S. McCain III National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution.
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