The Executive Director of the Natural Resource Users Law and Policy Center (NRULPC) engages Arizona Natural Resource Users, landowners and stakeholders, faculty and staff with Arizona Cooperative Extension, the College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences (CALES), and the James E Rogers College of Law, to set priorities for the NRULPC. The NRULPC supplies Tribes, private landowners,  public lands managers, and natural resource users with critical information and technical assistance when they face complex legal environments. The Executive Director, with the guidance of the Advisory Board, sets the Center’s agenda based on the needs of natural resource users in Arizona and the western U.S., including ranchers, farmers, and others whose business involves the use of natural resources. The Executive Director collaborates with stakeholders inside and outside the university to design and implement a consultative structure that ensures regular feedback and input and prepares quarterly reports to the advisory board and stakeholders. The Director continues ongoing engagement with development teams in natural resource users organizations and state legislators. The Director is responsible for developing and implementing a fundraising plan to ensure the NRULPC is self-sustaining.

The Executive Director coordinates and attends in-person meetings, conferences, and workshops around the state of Arizona and the western U.S. with stakeholders from the mining, ranching, farming, and forestry businesses communities as well as law/policy meetings agencies, including, but not limited to: Farm Bureau, Family Farm Alliance, Agribusiness and Water Council, Arizona Cotton Growers Association, the Arizona Cattle Growers Association, and other local, regional and national groups as considered proper.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D., J.D., and/or equivalent training and experience in fields closely related to natural resource management, law, and policy.
• Evidence of strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills.
• A track record of work with groups and individuals, public and private entities, and producers.
• A track record of effective and persuasive verbal and written communication and to be an effective collaborator.
• Knowledge of Arizona and Western U.S. agriculture and natural resource management, law, and policy.