Program Manager

• Provide programmatic support across RLF’s wildfire resilience initiatives in Washington and California, including project implementation, coalition management, grants administration, and communications.
• Coordinate meetings, convenings, and team retreats; support strategic planning and program development.
• Manage grantmaking and contract activities, including due diligence, proposal development, and reporting.

This role advances wildfire resilience policies and funding in the Western US, protecting communities and ecosystems from increasingly severe wildfires and contributing to climate adaptation and environmental justice.

• 3+ years of expertise in western wildfire resilience, conservation, climate change, or related fields.
• Exceptional project management and organizational skills; ability to plan, coordinate, and facilitate meetings.
• Strong writing and editing skills; ability to synthesize information from multiple sources.
• Comfort working in complex policy and stakeholder environments; commitment to learning policy development and advocacy.

Starting salary $92,000 - $107,000 (commensurate with experience). Comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision insurance, 401k with 5% match, generous PTO, alternate Fridays off, technology allowance, student loan repayment assistance, mental health benefits, and approximately 16 paid holidays per year.

Resources Legacy Fund (RLF) builds the architecture behind lasting environmental progress, addressing climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental injustice through trusted partnerships and creative campaigns, with a 25-year track record in California and across Western North America.