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Position: External Operations Director
Company: Georgia Forestry Association
Location: Macon/Forsyth or Atlanta, GA
The Georgia Forestry Foundation (GFF) is looking for a highly-motivated expert administrator and project manager to serve as External Operations Director, supporting our team in engaging external audiences.
Our work environment is dynamic, fast-paced, detail-oriented, and deadline-driven, with many concurrent projects underway. In this role, you will:
- Support the execution of an external engagement strategy as created by the President & CEO of the Georgia Forestry Foundation (GFF) and the Vice President of Engagement of the Georgia Forestry Association (GFA)
- Manage and coordinate information, content and resources in support of a variety of events and projects, including but not limited to: Forestry education events with schools and statewide non-profits
- Key consumer engagement initiatives with major Georgia-based brands
- Education and leadership opportunities with business leaders in support of growing forest product and ecosystem service markets
- Regional forestry meetings with the forestry community across the state
- Advancing mass timber demonstration projects
- Maintain the Active Project tracking sheet
- Manage awarded grants, tracking and coordinating the completion of reports and related documentation.
- Maintain engagement performance dashboards for internal and external audiences.
- Assist the President & CEO and other GFA/GFF staff in creating and administering budgets and work plans, and provide other administrative and logistical support as requested.