Project Manager - Conservation Partnerships Initiative

Lynker is seeking a talented Project Manager to coordinate, grow, and provide direct billable services to Lynker's Conservation Partnerships Initiative (CPI) partners.

This position primarily reports to Lynker's Business Operations Director, Ecosystem Science and Management Group - West Coast and Pacific Island Division.

If the following job requirements and experience match your skills, please ensure you apply promptly.

This full-time role involves helping Lynker leverage our extensive internal capacity to assist and empower organizations to meet their needs in cost-effective, flexible, and tailored ways.

We term this "elastic capacity," and it differs greatly from consulting-as-usual.

The main focus of the CPI Project Manager will be to :

• Identify capacity-challenged non-profit organizations in need of Lynker technical and administrative support to achieve various meaningful coastal, marine, and terrestrial conservation objectives.
• Work with the Lynker team to address those needs.

Additional partners may include federal, state and local government agencies, and academia. The current focus of the CPI is the West Coast, Alaska, and U.

S. Pacific Islands. However, Lynker would like to expand the Initiative to all areas in which Lynker operates, in order to partner with, and therefore assist, many more organizations.

Duties of the Project Manager - Conservation Partnerships Initiative will include :

• Develop partnerships with Federal, state and local government agencies, academia, non-profits, and non-government agencies in pursuit of marine conservation, preservation, and stewardship activities and shared goals.
• Identify the most common needs of target organizations, which have in the past commonly included the following :
• Human resources resource recruitment, payroll, benefits, etc.
• General administrative assistance
• Proposal submission and post-award administration project planning and development
• Proposal writing and review
• Graphic design
• Web and social media design, implementation, hosting, and maintenance
• Subject matter expert strategic planning, mentoring, and mission alignment
• Networking and synergies with other organization with similar goals and objectives
• Develop / refine awareness materials and planning for Program growth.
• Provide billable services to CPI clients, including grant management and other types of financial / budgeting assistance.
• Recruit and manage employees hired by Lynker via services agreements with CPI partner organizations to provide day-to-day services to them.
• Represent Lynker and the CPI at outreach events, conferences, etc.

The Ideal Project Manager - Conservation Partnerships Initiative will have :

• B.S. degree or higher, from an accredited college or university with a major directly related to environmental science or conservation.
• Experience supporting Lynker's current and recent environmental non-profits in the U.S. West Coast or the U.S. Insular Pacific.
• Be physically located in the U.S. West Coast or the U.S. Insular Pacific.
• Experience working with Lynker's Ecosystem Science and Management Group - West Coast and Pacific Island Division management team.
• Physically located in Hawaii.

About Lynker :

Lynker is a growing, employee-owned, small business, specializing in professional, scientific and technical services. Our continually expanding team combines scientific expertise with mature, results-driven processes and tools to achieve technically sound, cost-effective solutions in hydrology / water sciences, geospatial analysis, information technology, resource management, conservation, and management and business process improvement.

We focus on putting the right people in the right place to be effective. And having the right people is critical for success.

Our streamlined organization enables and empowers our talented professionals to tackle our customers' scientific and technical priorities creatively and effectively.

Benefits :

Lynker offers a team-oriented work environment, and the opportunity to work in a culture of exceptionally skilled and diverse professionals who embrace sound science and creative solutions.

Lynker's benefits include :

• Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost
• Healthcare benefit covers medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Policy plus paid holidays
• Highly competitive compensation plan regularly calibrated against industry and location benchmarks
• 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) we're all company owners!
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Life and accident insurance
• Tuition assistance / Training / Workforce improvement reimbursement per year
• Spot bonuses for exceptional performance
• Annual Employee Recognition Awards with bonuses
• Employee Referral Program
• Free centralized, self-directed Learning Management System to learn at your own pace
• Personalized career growth plans for every employee

Lynker is an E-Verify employer.

Lynker is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply.

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