Farmland Protection Project Manager, Maine Farmland Trust

A Farmland Protection Project Manager develops and oversees projects designed to protect farmland with agricultural conservation easements, and is engaged in a wide range of activities that include: negotiating donations of conservation easements, purchasing conservation easements, and purchasing farm properties (that MFT will protect and then re-sell to farmers). Project managers are also involved in prospecting for and generating new land protection projects. The primary geographic area of focus for this work will be established after hire, and will include other areas of the state at the request of the Farmland Protection Program Assistant Director. This position is based out of either the MFT’s Portland or Belfast office, with occasional travel to MFT’s other offices as required, travel to project sites as necessary, and possibility for remote work.