Thank you for your interest in working with Island Institute!
We are committed to helping our islands and coast meet the challenges ahead and working with these communities to build resilience along the Maine coast. This work wouldn’t be possible without a talented staff that brings a wide range of experience, skills, and passion to everything we do. If you are interested in working with us, please see our open positions below and continue to check this site or the Maine Association of Nonprofits Job Board for new opportunities as they become available.
Please refer to each job description for application guidelines, and contact Susan Haversat at HR@islandinstitute.org with any additional questions.
CURRENT OPEN POSITIONS
Climate & Community Center Director
The Climate and Community Center Director (Center Director) leads the Island Institute’s programmatic work focused on building climate resilience through mitigation and adaptation among Maine’s island and coastal communities. As a key institutional leader, the Climate and Community Center Director is responsible for developing and executing center strategies to achieve institutional impact and serving as the public-facing champion of the work. The Director works collaboratively with other center directors and leadership to share resources, knowledge, and best practices, enhancing the overall success of Island Institute. This role requires effective public engagement and relationship building with partners and stakeholders. The Center Director also collaborates with the Impact Team to monitor and report on program progress and impact and works closely with Marketing and Philanthropy to craft proposals for donors, foundations, and public agencies. Managing within budgeted resources and leading a team to deliver excellent, strategic, and timely programs are essential aspects of this role.
Only online applications are accepted. View the full program description and apply here.
Community Development Officer – Innovative Fishing Gear Coordinator
Island Institute is hiring a Community Development Officer (CDO) within our Center for the Marine Economy to lead the work to advance innovative fishing gear testing in Maine’s lobster fishery. This work is funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, in partnership with the Maine Department of Marine Resources. The individual hired for this position will be responsible for coordinating a grant-funded project that facilitates change at the community level. The primary focus of this role is supporting community education on, and engagement with, innovative fishing gear being proposed as a risk reduction measure for lobster operations to protect the north Atlantic right whale. This includes community meetings, gear demonstrations, recruitment of lobster harvesters for testing, gear feedback data collection and translation, liaising with the grants’ partners and other associated responsibilities.
Only online applications are accepted. View the full program description and apply here.
Finance Associate
The Finance Associate performs a number of day-to-day, month-end and quarterly financial operations of the Institute’s Finance department, including the processing of retail sales transactions, billing and accounts receivable, vendor invoices and cash disbursements and other routine accounting transactions. The position also serves as a backup for the processing of the organization’s payroll, including a periodic processing of payroll on a rotating basis with other Finance staff. The Finance Associate is part of a team of professional financial personnel and reports to the Director of Financial Operations.. The position is based out of the Rockland, Maine office of Island Institute, although some remote work may be arranged.
Only online applications are accepted. View the full program description and apply here.
