Executive Director

Core responsibilities:

• Provide visionary and strategic leadership for GBWN, overseeing day-to-day administration, programs, staff, and financial health
• Lead all fundraising efforts including gift cultivation, donor stewardship, grant applications, and revenue generation to sustain and grow the organization
• Serve as primary spokesperson with funders, stakeholders, and media while managing network outreach and communication
• Ensure ongoing excellence of programs and oversee execution of research, education, and advocacy initiatives

This role creates positive change by protecting locally sustainable water uses, natural resources, and public interest through advocacy, education, and litigation, promoting sustainable water management in the West and ensuring well-informed public participation in decision-making.

Required skills and experience:

• Bachelor's degree and three years of experience in management and fundraising preferred (public sector, private sector, or NGO experience considered)
• Familiarity with basics of western water law, experience with media relations, and working knowledge of Nevada water law and administrative processes
• Ability to read and synthesize legal briefs, communicate with legislators, read and interpret bills, and offer testimony to committees
• Current driver's license and access to reliable transportation to remote rural areas, must be located in Nevada or Utah

Compensation and benefits:

• Salary range: $85,000 - $95,000 DOE
• Healthcare stipend
• Travel reimbursement
• Remote work position
• Equal Opportunity Employer

Great Basin Water Network is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect locally sustainable water uses, natural resources, and the public interest through communication, coordination, research, science, education, litigation, and advocacy in the extended Great Basin.