Southeast Regional Director — Fundraising & River Conservation

American Rivers; Georgia; Remote; USD 126,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

American Rivers, a national conservation organization, seeks a Southeast Regional Director to lead a geographically distributed team and drive fundraising to protect and restore rivers in the Southeast. This Senior Director reports to the VP of Regions and collaborates with national program leaders to implement regional strategies tied to our strategic plan.

The role requires strong leadership, donor cultivation, and budget management, with a proven ability to build partnerships with regional

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success supervising and developing experienced staff, including people managers.
• Demonstrated success personally cultivating, soliciting, and securing philanthropic support (preferably 6+ figures).
• Experience translating organizational strategy into achievable priorities, workplans, budgets, and measurable outcomes.
• Ability to lead through collaboration and clear accountability in a geographically distributed organization with shared responsibilities across teams.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills, including the ability to connect program work to donor interests and organizational priorities.
• Commitment to American Rivers core values.
• Requires a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Guide regional project and advocacy priorities in collaboration with regional staff, local partners, and national program leaders.
• Support experienced staff in leading their areas of work while ensuring coordination, accountability, and alignment across the regional portfolio.
• Develop and actively manage regional budgets in coordination with appropriate organizational partners; monitor revenue and expenses and adjust plans as needed.
• Evaluate new opportunities against mission impact, funding prospects, staff capacity, and existing commitments.
• Movement-Building and Partnerships
• Build and sustain relationships at the local, state, regional, and federal level with conservation agencies and organizations, community leaders, funders, regulators, businesses, and elected decision-makers.
• Serve as a primary ambassador for American Rivers in the Southeast Region, strengthening its reputation and advancing shared river conservation goals.
• Guide American River’s effort to build a river movement and a durable majority for rivers in the Southeast.
• Ensure effective coordination among the Southeast team, national programs, other regions, and Development, Communications, Finance, and administrative colleagues.

Skills

People leadership

Fundraising / donor engagement

Strategic planning

Relationship building

Communication

Grant / proposal development

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

American Rivers, a national conservation organization, seeks a Southeast Regional Director to lead a geographically distributed team and drive fundraising to protect and restore rivers in the Southeast. This Senior Director reports to the VP of Regions and collaborates with national program leaders to implement regional strategies tied to our strategic plan.

The role requires strong leadership, donor cultivation, and budget management, with a proven ability to build partnerships with regional