Job Description

NPCA POSITION DESCRIPTION

Date: October 15, 2025

Position Title: Campaign Director

Grade: O

Job Status: Full-time

FLSA: Exempt

Department: Regional Programs

Location: Anchorage, AK

Immediate Supervisor: Jim Adams, Alaska Regional Director

Supervisor’s Supervisor: David Lamfrom, Vice President, Regional Programs

Incumbent/Newly Created Position: Incumbent

Salary Range: $105k – $113k, commensurate with experience.

Benefits: NPCA offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package for this role including a four-day, 32-hour work week, paid vacation leave, paid sick leave, paid holidays, health insurance, flexible spending account, dental insurance, life insurance, vision insurance, retirement benefits, short- and long-term disability, and paid sabbaticals for staff after seven years of service. Learn more about our benefits at npca.org/jobs.

Primary Purpose of the Position: The Arctic and Interior Alaska Campaign Director will develop and implement strategic campaigns to protect and enhance Alaska’s national parks while building a diverse, effective, and enduring network of national park advocates in Alaska. The Campaign Director will oversee campaign and programmatic activities across the 20+ million acres of national parklands in Arctic and Interior Alaska to protect park resources from mining and other development impacts, advocate for co-stewardship and co-management of parklands and wildlife in coordination with Alaska Native Tribes, strengthen relationships with Alaska Native leaders to promote equitable environmental outcomes, and engage in national policy efforts to provide adequate funding and resources to the national park system. Partners in these campaigns may include rural residents, remote gateway communities and local governments, tourism businesses, wildlife advocates, Alaska Native tribes, and current and former military personnel. The Campaign Director will work closely with other members of the Alaska team, requiring cheerful cooperation and accountability to colleagues.

Essential Functions (% of Time):

• 50% – Develop and direct campaigns to protect and enhance national parks in Arctic and Interior Alaska while achieving organizational environmental equity objectives. Tactics may include legislative efforts, litigation, grassroots activism, and communications. Manage campaign budgets and steward donors and foundations in cooperation with the Regional Director and Development staff.
• 15% – Work with NPCA’s communications team to design and implement media and advocacy tools, providing materials for NPCA publications to further protection, funding, policy, and ally development goals.
• 15% – Build and support strategic relationships with Tribal and business leaders, tourism professionals, local, state, and federal officials, partners, and recreation enthusiasts.
• 10% – Provide strategic oversight for other large-landscape and wildlife campaigns, coordinating closely with NPCA’s Wildlife Program and Alaska leadership.
• 5% – Participate in and facilitate national-level policy development, including coalitions related to wildlife, environmental justice, co-management, and mining.
• 5% – Support the Alaska office’s operations, assist with vision and goal-setting, mentor regional staff, and help plan events and meetings.

Other: Promotes policies that are sensitive to the needs of a diverse workforce. Respects employees regardless of position or background. Participates in department goal setting, administrative meetings, and organizational trainings. Assists in evaluating reports and results against established goals. This description does not imply these are the only duties of the position.

Minimum Work Schedule: 32-hour work week, flexible hours between 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Occasional weekend work required.

Travel: Regional travel required for meetings, events, and outreach (e.g., park visits, stakeholder engagement, legislative education). National travel periodically required for lobbying and NPCA events in Washington, D.C.

Minimum Scope of Position: The Campaign Director will build and implement strategic campaigns to protect and fund national parks, taking the lead on efforts such as protecting Gates of the Arctic National Preserve and other Northwest Alaska parklands from a mining road. The Director may co-lead campaigns to secure Congressional funding and contribute to NPCA-wide initiatives, events, and publications.

Minimum Qualifications, Competencies, Skills, Education, and Traits:

• Proven success in strategic campaign management, planning, and implementation.
• Experience building strategic partnerships and managing coalitions.
• Strong professional relationship skills and ability to work effectively with diverse groups.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, and produce high-quality work under pressure.
• BS/BA preferred, with at least six to seven years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of the Alaska legislature, NEPA, ANILCA, and ANCSA preferred.
• Comfort working collaboratively as part of a small, closely-knit team.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and web applications.

Core Values: NPCA employees live, honor, and own the organization’s core values:

• Commitment: Passionate dedication to NPCA’s mission and continual improvement through learning, innovation, and responsible risk-taking.
• Inclusion: Valuing diversity of thought, background, and experience; fostering empowerment and meaningful participation.
• Integrity: Accountability, honesty, and transparency; operating ethically in the organization’s best interest.
• Respect: Collaboration, balance between work and life, and promoting a positive workplace culture and partnerships.

Physical Effort and Dexterity: The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands, reach, climb stairs, balance, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, or hear. Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment. Reasonable accommodations may be made.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.

Physical Environment: Professionally casual office setting in Anchorage, Alaska, with travel to parks, gateway communities, and occasional Washington, D.C. travel.

Employer’s Rights: NPCA reserves the right to revise this description at any time. Duties are illustrative, not exhaustive. The description does not constitute an employment agreement and may change as organizational needs evolve.

How to Apply

Qualified applicants please submit your resume and cover letter directly online by clicking here. No phone calls please. NPCA is an EOE.

Job Categories: Conservation. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 100,000 and above.

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