Careers at the National Park Foundation
Join our energetic, passionate team at the National Park Foundation. As the official charitable partner of America’s national parks, we help preserve, protect and promote our country’s most treasured places. Communicating about the parks, and fundraising to support them, is at the very center of our mission. Your work will make a direct and lasting impact on conservation, culture, preservation, recreation, education, stewardship, and volunteerism – preserving our national parks for centuries to come.
Current Job Listings
VP, Foundation Relations
The National Park Foundation is seeking a results-oriented, entrepreneurial, and creative Vice President of Foundation Relations to strategically plan and direct a proactive foundation relations fundraising program that promotes the priorities of the National Park Foundation. The VP of Foundation Relations will have the opportunity to build and shape the foundations program as the organization prepares to launch its next capital campaign. S/he will focus on identifying, cultivating, and managing key relationships with large national foundations and select family foundations. This position will report to the Senior Vice President of Major Gifts and Foundation Relations, and manage a team of two foundation relations staff members. To learn more about this position click here.
Manager, Direct Response
The Manager, Direct Response works closely with the Senior Director in planning, developing, and evaluating direct mail fundraising campaigns to raise budgeted revenue and acquire, retain, and reengage individual donors for the Foundation. The Manager will work directly with outside consultants and vendors in the development direct mail creative, acquisition list management, and campaign reporting. To learn more about this position click here.
Coordinator, Resource Management
The role of Coordinator, Resource Management is to meaningfully advance core projects that support the National Park Foundation‘s (NPF) strategic plan. This work entails assisting with a portfolio related to NPF’s Landscape & Wildlife Conservation, History & Culture, Resilience & Sustainability, and Parks of the Future focus areas. This position will also assist with critical activities that cut across the Resource Management team more broadly, involving managing and coordinating the operational and administrative aspects of the grant-making process and ensuring high standards. To learn more about this position click here.
How to Apply
If you know you are the perfect candidate for one of these positions, we want to hear from you. Please refer to the full description of the position of interest for application details.
Equal Opportunity
The National Park Foundation (NPF) provides equal employment opportunities to all people regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, ancestry, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, or any other protected status as established by law.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable laws, NPF is committed to providing equal opportunity to qualified individuals with disabilities who, despite such disabilities, can perform their jobs with or without reasonable accommodation. NPF will attempt to provide reasonable accommodation to employees and job applicants with known disabilities, to permit them to perform their jobs safely and efficiently.
