Manager of Sustainable Tourism and Partnerships

The Leave No Trace Sustainable Tourism team works with State, Regional, and Local partners to promote minimum-impact education for communities. These entities provide critical education touchpoints for visitors and locals alike. Leave No Trace works to create a community-wide approach to responsible recreation through coalition building.

Under the direct supervision of the Director of Sustainable Tourism and Partnerships, this position manages a subset of Leave No Trace partner accounts and their respective projects while also contributing to the development of the overall sustainable tourism program. Services to clients include leading courses, developing custom messaging, auditing outreach channels, and aligning stakeholder groups.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Knowledge or certification in Leave No Trace educational curriculum preferred.
• Works within the Tourism Partnership program to:
  • Facilitate client-facing meetings that include strategic planning, community coalition building, and topical focus groups. This occurs in both virtual and in-person formats.
  • Transpose the Leave No Trace educational program into custom messaging and assets for partners across a variety of mediums.
  • Regularly report progress to clients and track project KPIs in a shared dashboard.
  • Assist in the acquisition of new partners in the sustainable tourism industry.
  • Ability to manage a small network of vendors to fulfill client services.
• Works within the Education Team to create and review educational and training curriculum and content, assist or lead Leave No Trace training, and attend Education Team meetings and work sessions.
• Research, develop, and implement strategies to facilitate the continued growth of tourism and education programs and to reach a larger and more diverse audience. 
• Act as an ambassador for Leave No Trace, fostering relationships with key stakeholders to increase the effectiveness of programs. 
• Create and deliver dynamic, engaging educational sessions for various partner groups and occasional industry trade shows.
• Conduct periodic reviews and evaluations and capture success metrics of services, adjusting or adding new programs with market forces.
• Develop new resources and strategies to ensure high quality, Leave No Trace training/courses.

Other Responsibilities

As a member of the Leave No Trace team, each person is required to contribute daily to foster an attitude of excellent teamwork in a collaborative, mutually supportive, and respectful environment. This is one of the most important functions of every position at Leave No Trace and will carry significant weight in all review processes. Specific criteria for evaluation include concrete examples of:

• Facilitating the work of others and seeking opportunities for collaboration
• Serving on task forces and special working groups on new and emerging issues and programs
• Contributing to solutions and not problems
• Productively promoting the mission of Leave No Trace beyond the immediate scope of the job description.

Knowledge Required For The Job

• Completion of a Bachelor’s Degree.
• Experience working in a project management capacity with relevant examples.
• High level of organizational and communication skills.
• Strong writing skills will be a critical part of this role.
• Experience in activity planning, scheduling, equipment and material purchasing, problem-solving, documentation, and evaluation.
• Some knowledge of marketing systems and processes, both digital and physical.
• Enthusiasm, creativity, good organization and communication skills, integrity, stamina, flexibility, and a sense of humor.
• Experience in Google Workspace (Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Etc…) along with Zoom meeting facilitation.
• Must be a team player.