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, communication, and community relations
• Ensure ongoing excellence of programs and oversee execution of research, education, and advocacy initiatives on water management issues

This role creates positive change by protecting locally sustainable water uses, natural resources, and public interest through advocacy, education, and legal action, promoting sustainable water management in the Great Basin region while opposing harmful development projects.

Required skills and experience:

• Bachelor's degree and three years of management and fundraising experience (public, private, or NGO sector 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, interpret bills, and offer testimony (knowledge of Nevada/Utah legislative process preferred)
• Current driver's license and access to reliable transportation for travel to remote rural areas

Salary range of $85,000 - $95,000 DOE, healthcare stipend, travel reimbursement, and remote work flexibility. This is a full-time position with GBWN as an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The 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 region.