Maine Coastal Program Director

The Maine Department of Marine Resources is seeking qualified candidates for the Director of Maine’s Coastal Program (Coastal Zone Management Program), one of 34 federally approved programs in the National Coastal Management Program across coastal states, islands and territories. 

BRIEF JOB DESCRIPTION: 

This is Senior Director level professional work coordinating a complex federal/state/local partnership program across many different disciplines to develop, manage and implement initiatives in coastal natural resource conservation and development. 

Current program priority areas are implementation of Maine Won’t Wait (Maine’s award-winning climate plan), and the state’s new Resilient Maine Program, focusing on working waterfront conservation, habitat restoration, climate resilience and coastal literacy. A special focus will be to partner with and support local governments in these program areas.   

The Director manages an annual budget of $6-9 million, a team of six professionals and several contractors. The Director implements program policies and initiatives in support of national, state, and local goals and objectives established in collaboration with executive management and funders. The position is a member of the office’s senior management team and work is performed under limited direction. For more information about Maine’s program, visit https://www.maine.gov/dmr/programs/maine-coastal-program