Teams at Ducks Unlimited

Plans, designs, contracts, and manages construction for wetland, tidal estuary, and wildland restoration projects. Responsibilities include preparing scopes, budgets, surveys, project plans, specifications, cost estimates, bid documents, contractor selections, inspections, and construction oversight. The engineer collaborates with biologists, government agencies, landowners, consultants, contractors, and conservation partners while ensuring compliance with project plans, schedules, and budgets.

Coordinates communications across Ducks Unlimited’s Great Plains Region, producing press releases, magazine articles, project materials, story maps, presentations, speeches, newsletters, and other content. The role manages competing requests, tracks project workloads, supports field storytelling through regular site travel, provides leadership updates, and maintains relationships with diverse internal stakeholders. Strong writing, editing, photography, organizational, interpersonal, and project-management skills are required.

Leads major-gift fundraising across Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Manages a portfolio of high-net-worth prospects, cultivates donor and foundation relationships, solicits major gifts, guides development directors, and oversees regional fundraising strategy. Responsibilities include staff recruitment, coaching, performance management, volunteer collaboration, campaign planning, gift-planning partnerships, and participation in regional and national development leadership teams. The position is remote within the region and requires significant overnight travel.