The Trust for Public Land’s mission is to create parks and protect land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. We believe that everyone deserves access to the health and environmental benefits that parks and nature bring to people and communities. Through The Trust for Public Land’s Parks for People program, we are working to ensure that everyone lives within a 10-minute walk of a quality park, trail, garden, or natural area. With a focus on equity, we collaborate closely with residents, community groups, non-profits, public partners, and others to ensure that parks provide multiple benefits to those who need them most.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Management: 85%

• Manage the planning, community engagement, design and construction of new and existing public parks and other open spaces.
• Conduct site selection and evaluation for new projects
• Select, hire and manage landscape architects, architects, engineers, contractors and other consultants needed to deliver the projects
• Develop and manage project schedules, budgets and contracts
• Conduct community outreach and stakeholder engagement
• Work with partner organizations, public agencies, diverse communities and public and private funders
• Track project progress and deliverables, organize meetings and define agendas.
• Scope potential funding and develop grant applications
• Develop graphics needed for the project including presentation boards, flyers, etc.

Program Advancement: 15%

• Advocate for parks and open space in cities in the Bay Area
• Work with the Program Director and Philanthropy team to build philanthropic support for program
• Build and manage external partnerships in collaboration with the Program Director
• Help identify new projects and partnership opportunities
• Coordinate with team members to strategize on program development and organizational goals
• Work with team members to develop tools and best practices for our program