Government Relations Director, Pesticides and Birds Campaign

The Government Relations Director of the Pesticides and Birds Campaign will be responsible for a suite of activities that limit the use of pesticides that are toxic to birds – activities that often provide health benefits for people and the planet overall. The Director will advance campaign goals including halting the pre-emptive use of neonicotinoid pesticides, protecting National Wildlife Refuges from pesticides, and completing the pending ban on chlorpyrifos. American Bird Conservancy (ABC) also seeks to re-establish an effective monitoring and early-warning system for harmful pesticides, support state and local advances to restrict use of neonicotinoids in seed treatments and consumer products, and support a report by the EPA to Congress on the connection between bird and insect declines and neonic pesticide use.

The Government Relations Director will need to be experienced in all aspects of advocacy, creative, persuasive, and think strategically and practically. Because ABC carries out its work through partnerships, the Director must be able to manage, mentor, and empower others and to build strong and lasting alliances, with experience in respectfully engaging a diversity of partners. We seek someone who is passionate about conserving birds and protecting their habitats; understands the overlap between bird conservation and human well-being; and exhibits an entrepreneurial spirit in implementing conservation.