The Lancaster Clean Water Partners (Partners) is a countywide collaborative of more than seventy partner organizations that come together with a shared vision of clean and clear water in Lancaster by 2040. The Partnersʼ mission is to collaborate, accelerate, and expand efforts to restore and sustain healthy waterways in Lancaster County. The multi-sector collaboration of this group is essential to accomplishing goals and requires intentional outreach, strategic and strong partnerships, as well as transparency and inclusive practices.

The Director of Projects is an experienced project leader who can strategically and successfully manage and implement several multi-million dollar initiatives simultaneously. This position sees and aims all work towards the big vision, aligns collaborative efforts, secures grant funding, executes contracts for the needed project elements, and ensures accountability in every step. The director will use strategies from the Common Agenda to prioritize new and existing work, leaning into the stream delisting strategy as a main anchor. Working closely with the team, this person will oversee delivery of existing and development of new, innovative projects. This position will lead planning, implementation, reporting and tracking for projects such as a Regional Conservation Partnership Project, the Countywide Action Plan (CAP), and more. The director will work closely with the Director of Programs and Partners as well as the Executive Director and will supervise a Project Coordinator.

 

Job Duties And Responsibilities

  • Strategically manage multiple, large scale water quality capacity and implementation projects happening simultaneously, managing shared resources and finances to make sure each project is progressing on time and within budget.
    • Create and follow a systematic, timely, and controlled process for accomplishing all required project tasks, which are diverse and often funder-dependent.
    • Ensure reporting and tracking for projects are completed by deadlines
  • Work closely with the Project Coordinator to use the stream delisting strategy to determine where partner organizations share a mutual interest in clean water projects and determine appropriate action plans for each catchment area.
  • Collaborate with partner organizations on new project development and grant opportunities to accomplish the projects
  • Oversee the coordination of sub-awardees or subcontractors to ensure contracts, project deliverables, and collaborative tasks are completed.
  • Lead new grant applications to agency and foundation sources for project support (National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Natural Resource Conservation Services, Department of Environmental Protection, private family foundations, etc)
  • Provide clear guidance to partner organizations about grant performance expectations and help find resources for the accomplishment of expectations as needed.
  • Create the environment for collaboration to include trust, technical capacity, and more opportunities that result in fast paced project implementation
  • Maintain an understanding of current water quality project implementation challenges and work with partner organizations to develop comprehensive solutions.
  • Contribute to the Partners’ culture and core values such as a commitment to equity and justice in our programming and relationships.
  • Train, manage, and perform reviews for staff (and contractors when appropriate) who will support these responsibilities and assist in achieving the project goals.

We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. Our job descriptions are guidelines, not hard and fast rules. Your experience, which may include paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work, helps build the competencies and knowledge that translates to success in a position. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and a culture of excellence.