Manager for Urban Conservation

New York Botanical Garden
New York, NY
Category Research
Job Description
The Manager of Urban Conservation is the glue that holds the urban conservation program together. This position conducts scientific analyses and curates datasets and other assets; coordinates and ensures the timely, on-budget, and effective development of tools and applications; helps administer the program including marketing, legal, and financial matters; and assists with outreach and communications internally and externally.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in environmental science; geography and/or landscape ecology; computer science; business administration; or equivalent required, Master’s degree preferred
  • Project management experience is essential
  • Proven experience in scientific outreach and project development required
  • Research experience, especially on geographic or ecological topics, highly preferred
  • Development of application across multiple platforms is a plus, notably mobile and web
  • Experience building and managing relationships with internal and external partners is required
  • Demonstrated ability to keep multiple creative and complex projects focused, on-track, and aligned with institutional goals and mission while prioritizing and delegating appropriately, required
  • Facility with GIS (ArcGIS, QGIS, Geopandas, etc.) required
  • Experience with databases and database management (SQL, PostGres, etc.) preferred
  • Facility with Microsoft Office (word processing, spreadsheets, slide presentation), Teams, OneDrive and Sharepoint, CoPilot, or their equivalents, required
  • Facility with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and other Adobe Creative Cloud products, preferred
  • Facility with artificial intelligence tools such as CoPilot, ChatGPT, Claude, or other AI tools, preferred
  • Facility with HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python, SQL, and associated computer languages and frameworks preferred
  • Experience managing accounts and performance with cloud computing resources (e.g. Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services) desired
  • Experience in video game (e.g. Unity, Unreal Engine, etc.), landscape visualization (e.g. Virtual Nature Studio, Vue, World Creator, etc.), soundscape development and/or interactive exhibition design, all desired

Benefits

  • 15 Vacation Days
  • 13 Paid Holidays
  • 12 Sick Days
  • Health and Dental Insurance Coverage
  • 401K
  • Pension Plan
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