The Baltimore County Land Trust Coalition, Inc. (BCLTC) is hiring a full-time Executive Director. BCLTC supports county-wide conservation, working with its member land trusts and with State and County agencies and officials. Baltimore County is a national leader in land conservation, with over 72,000 acres of conserved land, and BCLTC’s member land trusts have been in existence for over 40 years and hold portfolios of, in the aggregate, over 625 easements on over 22,750 acres. BCLTC is a 501(c)(3) organization with an office in Hunt Valley, Maryland.
Position Description:
The Executive Director is responsible for:
•Monitoring, administering and enforcing conservation easements in Baltimore County
•Negotiating, drafting and closing new conservation easements, both donated and purchased, and working with the State and County agencies
•Advocating for land conservation and developing and sustaining partner, elected official, and landowner relations
•Sourcing incremental funding for BCLTC from the State and County and from foundations, institutions and individuals that support conservation
BCLTC represents five independent member land trusts, which are the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, Land Preservation Trust, Long Green Land Trust, Manor Conservancy, and NeighborSpace of Baltimore County. BCLTC’s member land trusts hold conservation easements that protect agricultural land, open space, woodland, dairy and horse farms, watersheds and residential properties.
These member land trusts historically worked collaboratively with each other and with Baltimore County, and that collaboration was strengthened with the formation of BCLTC. The Executive Director of BCLTC advocates for its member land trusts and provides varying levels of direct support for the land trusts’ operations according to their individual requirements. BCLTC’s member land trusts engage in a wide variety of conservation-related work in which the Executive Director may be engaged, but the position is centered around work on conservation easements on private agricultural and open land in rural and suburban areas that preserve conservation values and restrict further development. When appropriate and at the direction of the BCLTC Board of Directors, the Executive Director serves as the collective voice of the member land trusts on advocacy issues, communicating with elected officials and coordinating with government agencies. The Executive Director will be a key participant in the evolution of the member land trusts’ administration of their conservation easements and strategic vision for ensuring the professional protection of the conservation values of those easements in perpetuity.
For more information, please see attached job description.
Submit resume and cover letter via email to admin@bcltc.org.
