Senior Consultant – River and Floodplain Restoration

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Provide counsel to Verdantas leadership regarding strategic growth opportunities in river restoration, floodplain restoration, watershed management, resilience, and nature-based solutions sectors.

• Identify new funding programs, restoration initiatives, and key investment opportunities.

• Assist with client development activities and manage relationships with public agencies, utilities, foundations, NGOs, and conservation organizations.

• Support strategic pursuits, proposal creation, partner identification, and positioning for opportunities.

• Facilitate connections between Verdantas and critical restoration stakeholders and funding sources.

• Act as a senior strategic advisor for clients engaged in watershed, river, floodplain, and habitat restoration projects.

• Offer guidance on the development of restoration programs, implementation strategies, and long-term investment planning.

• Advise clients on restoration priorities, performance metrics, program evaluation, and watershed-level outcomes.

• Engage in executive-level meetings, workshops, planning sessions, and discussions with stakeholders.

• Foster collaboration among agencies, NGOs, watershed organizations, foundations, community groups, and resource managers.

• Assist in building coalitions and partnerships essential for advancing restoration initiatives.

• Facilitate strategic dialogues, planning workshops, and stakeholder engagement processes.

• Provide insights into national trends and best practices in restoration and conservation.

• Conduct independent technical reviews and provide strategic guidance for restoration planning, design, and implementation efforts.

• Advise project teams on restoration frameworks, monitoring strategies, and programmatic approaches.

• Contribute to thought leadership initiatives, technical publications, presentations, and training programs.

• Mentor staff and aid in the development of restoration practitioners throughout the organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in geology, earth sciences, ecology, hydrology, engineering, natural resources, or a related discipline.

• Over 20 years of experience in river restoration, floodplain restoration, watershed management, conservation planning, or related areas.

• Proven experience collaborating with public agencies, conservation organizations, utilities, foundations, and consulting firms.

• Strong knowledge of restoration funding mechanisms, policy frameworks, and implementation strategies.

• Experience in leading collaborative, multi-stakeholder initiatives.

• Recognized as an industry leader with a strong reputation for strategic thinking, facilitation, and partnership development.

• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and mentoring abilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible Work Environment

• 401(k) with Company Match