Senior Project Associate

Job description

Who We Are: Trust for Public Land (TPL) is the leader of a movement to connect everyone in America to the outdoors. A national nonprofit, TPL partners with communities to create high-quality parks and protect public lands—especially in communities that need them most—to improve public health, create social cohesion, strengthen historic and cultural connection to place, and increase climate resilience. Since 1972, TPL has protected more than 4 million acres of public land, created more than 5,500 parks, trails, schoolyards, and iconic outdoor places, generated over $112 billion in public funding for parks and public lands, and connected nearly 10 million people to the outdoors. To learn more, visit tpl.org. Position Summary: The Senior Project Associate provides project support and coordination to Trust for Public Land’s efforts in Connecticut to protect land, create trails, and advance our mission to create parks and protect land for people, ensuring healthy and livable communities for generations to come. This role involves conservation strategy, negotiation, public grant writing support, community outreach, stakeholder coordination, and project management assistance. This positio...