Executive Director
Company: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership
Location: Philadelphia
Posted on: April 23, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Posting: Executive Director, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford
Watershed Partnership Jamilee Hoffman
Sep 29, 2023Executive Director
Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership
4500 Worth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19124Overview
The Board of Directors of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed
Partnership, Inc. (TTF) seeks an Executive Director to guide an
organization that is a regional example of the power of
collaborative watershed revitalization and creative community
engagement. Working together with the Board and staff, the
successful candidate will manage the organization, maintain strong
partnerships with diverse stakeholders, advance key plans and
projects, and diversify the organization's funding base.TTF's
mission is to connect people to their creeks to improve the health
and vitality of our watershed by collaborating with our
municipalities and leading our communities in education,
stewardship, restoration, and advocacy. TTF works with neighbors,
volunteers, schools, municipal governments, businesses, and
community members to restore its 30 square-mile watershed. TTF
recognizes that we serve a diverse watershed that is home to many
disinvested communities that face environmental injustice on a
daily basis, and is committed to continuing and expanding its
diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) work.About TTF
TTF serves as the crucial link connecting residents, businesses,
and government as neighbors and stewards of this impaired, but
critically important watershed in the Philadelphia metro region.
Through programs, outreach, and project planning, funding, and
implementation, TTF facilitates, supports, and initiates efforts to
restore the health of the watershed, and to mobilize community
members as watershed stewards. TTF works with the Philadelphia
Water and Parks & Recreation departments to engage, program, and
improve Tacony Creek Park, and will be leading the implementation
of a new park Master Plan starting in 2024. TTF supports PWD's
Green City Clean Waters program, as well working with its upstream
communities and property owners to improve creeks through
award-winning green stormwater management practices.Since its
founding in 2000, TTF has grown from a volunteer partnership into
an incorporated nonprofit 501(c)3 with six full-time and six
part-time staff, and the services of a consulting conservation
specialist. The TTF Board of Directors is comprised of a diverse
group of community and environmental leaders. TTF's 2023-2024
annual budget is $1.4 million.Position Summary
Appointed by and reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive
Director serves as the leader of the organization, maximizing
opportunities for growth and partnership, managing a
mission-oriented, creative staff, and responding to the needs of
TTF's partners and watershed community members while making
progress towards the goals of the strategic
plan.ResponsibilitiesOrganizational Planning:
Start date: May 1, 2024
Employment type: Full time
Salary: $85,000-$110,000 commensurate with
experience/qualifications. The successful applicant will also have
generous vacation and holiday time, medical insurance, and will be
able to work on a flexible schedule.Access this job description as
a PDF here .
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