Executive Director

ABOUT THE WASHTENAW COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT (WCCD)

The WCCD is a local government agency that has played a significant role in assisting residents and landowners with access to trees, plants, and conservation tools in Washtenaw County since 1948. Our mission is to assist residents with the conservation, management, and wise use of natural resources in Washtenaw County. Since 1951 the WCCD has distributed over 7.1 million trees, shrubs, and native plants for various conservation purposes along with providing outreach and education of conservation practices across the community.

The organization currently has twelve funded staff positions and five elected members of the Board of Directors. Recently, the WCCD has seen incredible growth and expansion in programming and services delivered to the community.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Executive Director is a hands-on, dynamic leader who  oversees day-to-day operations and works with the Board of Directors to implement the strategic vision and priorities of the WCCD. The Executive Director creates long-term funding strategies, implements organizational development plans, and oversees the District’s finances; directs all aspects of human resources; leads program development; builds and maintains organizational partnerships, and supports staff and board development.  The successful candidate should have considerable experience and a proven success record leading an organization through sustained growth, creating infrastructure development to support that growth, and maintaining structured process improvement. 

SALARY, BENEFITS, WORK HOURS, LOCATION

This position is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Work location/schedule will follow the organization’s hybrid structure, with time generally split between the main WCCD office, remote (home), and fieldwork. The WCCD office is located at the Washtenaw County Service Building at 705 N. Zeeb Rd, #201, Ann Arbor 48103. Typical work hours will be Monday-Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm. Some evening and weekend work will be required.

This is a full-time, FLSA exempt, salary position starting at $75,000-$110,000 dependent on education and experience. As a full-time, exempt employee, the Executive Director is entitled to the WCCD’s benefits package, which includes full medical insurance (includes dental, vision, and other ancillary benefits) or the ability to waive this benefit and instead receive a standardized taxable cash payment or retirement contribution, 13 paid vacation days, 13 paid sick days, 13 paid State/Federal holidays, and 2.5 hours of flextime per week. Other benefits as described in the Employee Handbook.

TO APPLY

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and two professional references by email to jill.dohner@macd.org by 4:30 p.m. on June 5, 2026 or until filled. The applicants will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please combine all application materials into one PDF file for review and state “Application – Executive Director” in the email subject line. Contact Board Director Vice Chair Jill Dohner at the above email address with any questions related to the position. To obtain further information about the Washtenaw County Conservation District visit our website at www.washtenawcd.org.