This is a job for an NM Conservation Planner with a company in the NM area.

Responsibilities: The Conservation Planner (Planner) provides technical leadership and support to the New Mexico business unit and plans and directs collaborative conservation planning projects. The Planner addresses critical threats to natural systems by collaborating with other TNC staff, developing relationships with local communities and rightsholder groups, and working closely with other agencies, universities, and organizations to research, gather, and synthesize data to develop conservation strategies and action plans that influence land management at the landscape, state-wide, and regional scales. Large-landscape projects supported by the Planner may include the Rio Grande Water Fund, Southern High Plains Initiative, Western Dry Forests & Fire Program, Colorado River Program, healthy country planning with Indigenous nations, and statewide assessments of wetlands, forests, and acequias. The Planner may work in variable weather conditions, at remote locations, on difficult and hazardous terrain and under physically demanding circumstances. The position is a hybrid position that will require time to be spent working from the Santa Fe office. This position will require travel regularly to Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Taos.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and 3 years' experience in planning, geography, forestry, natural resource management or similar field or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience engaging rightsholders and subject matter experts to increase the knowledge and understanding of socioecological systems and ability to work within those systems to achieve conservation outcomes. Experience using GIS software to analyze data and create maps. Relationship-building and facilitation experience to work closely with a variety of partners, such as media, government officials, internal scientists. Experience completing tasks independently with respect to timelines. Experience with communication via written, spoken and graphical means in English and other relevant languages. Experience using common software applications such as Word, Excel, and web browsers.

Equal Opportunity Employer -- minorities/females/veteran/other individuals with disabilities/Sexual orientation/gender identity.