American Rivers protects wild rivers, restores damaged rivers, and conserves clean water for people and nature.
Since 1973, American Rivers has protected and restored more than 150,000 miles of rivers through advocacy efforts, on-the-ground projects, and an annual America’s Most Endangered Rivers® campaign.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, American Rivers has offices across the country and more than 200,000 members, supporters, and volunteers.
American Rivers maintains a positive work environment with a culture of learning, support and balance.
For more information please visit www.americanrivers.org.

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controller

American Rivers is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and restoration of rivers throughout the United States. They focus on ensuring clean water, restoring rivers, and protecting river ecosystems, with goals such as removing harmful dams and promoting climate resilience in urban communities. American Rivers aims to protect one million miles of free-flowing rivers by 2030 and half of all rivers in the U.S. by 2050, focusing on areas where people live, and they work to ensure federal funds are used effectively to improve safety, health, and biodiversity. They also aim to educate and mobilize the public to become advocates for river conservation.

American Rivers protects wild rivers, restores damaged rivers, and conserves clean water for people and nature. Since 1973, American Rivers has protected and restored more than 150,000 miles of rivers through advocacy efforts, on-the-ground projects, and an annual America’s Most Endangered Rivers® campaign. Headquartered in Washington, DC, American Rivers has offices across the country and more than 200,000 members, supporters, and volunteers.  American Rivers maintains a positive work environment with a culture of learning, support and balance.  For more information please visit www.americanrivers.org.

• The Controller is responsible for the day-to-day accounting for American Rivers’ financial transactions, as well as for developing, implementing, and ensuring compliance with financial policies and procedures consistent with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).
• The Controller maintains and continuously improves the system of financial controls, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, banking and cash management, payroll, and benefits.
• This position oversees the monthly close, corporate financial statements for both American Rivers and American Rivers Action Fund on a monthly basis and for the annual audit and is the primary liaison between staff and the auditors.
• This position supervises the Senior Staff Accountant.

Controller

Controller managing financial transactions and ensuring compliance with GAAP at American Rivers. Overseeing monthly close and financial statements for the organization and its action fund.

director

• Develop and implement the overall strategy for the State of America’s Rivers campaign, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Establish timelines, deliverables, and accountability systems to ensure smooth execution across multiple workstreams.
• Collaborate with communications staff to develop the State of America’s Rivers report and associated collateral; work with policy staff to connect findings to advocacy campaigns at the state and federal levels.
• Coordinate the process of establishing grading criteria, seeking expert input, and assigning state-level river health scores.
• Build and maintain relationships with scientists, advocates, and partner organizations to seek feedback on strategy and broaden the campaign’s reach and impact.
• Oversee the collection, vetting, and integration of data on river health indicators.
• Partner with internal teams and external vendors to design and maintain an interactive, user-friendly digital platform that makes river health data accessible to the public, policymakers, and media.
• Track progress, measure impact, and produce updates and reports for organizational leadership, funders, and external audiences.

Director – State of America’s Rivers Campaign

Campaign Director leading State of America’s Rivers campaign at American Rivers. Managing data analysis, project execution, and public advocacy for river conservation.

general-counsel

• Committing to American Rivers core values.
• Delivering accurate, timely legal counsel to executives and management on a broad range of topics — including contracts, employment, partnerships, corporate finance, and compliance — with particular emphasis on the legal intricacies that involve or impact the 501(c)(3) and 501 (c)(4) tax-exempt organizations and any additional affiliates by ensuring strict adherence to permissible collaborations, financial separations, and reporting obligations unique to each entity type
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of legal documents including inter-organizational agreements, memoranda of understanding, and shared service contracts to ensure full regulatory compliance
• Leading legal review on all joint projects, advocacy campaigns, fundraising efforts, and resource-sharing arrangements to ensure that program expenses, staff roles, and communications are properly allocated and documented to prevent impermissible subsidization or commingling of activities between affiliates
• Developing and implementing internal governance policies, and regularly monitoring compliance with these policies and applicable laws
• Conducting research and evaluating legal risks related to organizational decisions and operations, and offering proactive solutions and pathways to minimize exposure in areas such as corporate, political, and employment matters
• Monitoring and facilitating mission-related litigation, working with conservation staff, the board committee, declarants, and outside counsel
• Supporting the General Counsel in guiding the organization through third-party disputes and internal litigation, as necessary
• Executing ongoing management of transactional risk, vendor performance, project-life bonding and insurance
• Assisting with the preparation, review, and management of programmatic project documents, including contracts, RFPs (Requests for Proposals), and bid evaluations, to ensure compliance with organizational standards, governmental compliance, and project goals.
• Keeping abreast of changes in local, state, and federal laws and regulations, and integrating relevant updates into the organization’s operations
• Advising the board and staff on conflict-of-interest policies, ensuring transparency through proper disclosure, recusal procedures, and alignment with the organization's fiduciary responsibilities
• Supporting the protection of intellectual property, including trademarks and copyrights
• Providing legal guidance and training to ensure organizational compliance with data privacy laws and regulations.
• Developing and maintaining privacy policies, managing privacy risks, and leading incident response efforts
• Coordinating and managing relationships with external counsel and regulatory authorities, as needed
• Assisting with General Counsel with preparations for board and committee meetings for all organizations
• Assisting in training and mentoring Legal Interns
• Completing additional duties as assigned by the General Counsel

Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel for American Rivers, ensuring compliance and managing legal risks across multiple affiliates. Providing legal guidance on contracts, employment, and governance in a nonprofit context.

• Support and grow American Rivers’ work in the Northeast Region to restore rivers through dam removal and aquatic connectivity.
• Work in close collaboration with existing communities of practice to initiate and implement projects.
• Build and maintain an ongoing docket of between 12 and 15 dam removal projects in all stages of development.
• Manage 2 dam removals in construction annually.
• Provide support and direct assistance to partners working on dam removal projects.
• Assist in raising funds in close coordination with the Regional Director and others.
• Support the storytelling and messaging of our work with Marketing and Communications team.

Associate Director, River Restoration, Dam Removal

Associate Director managing river restoration and dam removal efforts in Northern New England for American Rivers. Collaborating with teams to restore rivers and improve aquatic connectivity.

American Rivers protects wild rivers, restores damaged rivers, and conserves clean water for people and nature. Since 1973, American Rivers has protected and restored more than 150,000 miles of rivers through advocacy efforts, on-the-ground projects, and an annual America’s Most Endangered Rivers® campaign. Headquartered in Washington, DC, American Rivers has offices across the country and more than 200,000 members, supporters, and volunteers. American Rivers maintains a positive work environment with a culture of learning, support and balance. For more information please visit www.americanrivers.org.

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