Department of State Lands
Hybrid (Salem, OR, USA)
Your New Role – Director, Oregon Department of State Lands!
Are you a dynamic leader experienced in natural resource management and passionate about helping communities thrive through stewardship of lands, wetlands, waterways, and research? Apply to be the next Director of the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) by March 30th, 2025!
DSL’s Director is responsible for all agency activities. Those very diverse activities include managing the lands provided at statehood to help fund public education through the $2.3 billion Common School Fund, overseeing Oregon-owned waterways, protecting wetlands and waters of the state through Oregon’s removal-fill and wetlands conservation laws, and increasing understanding of estuaries and forests at South Slough Reserve and the Elliott State Research Forest. The Director is hired by and directly reports to the State Land Board, which consists of the three top elected officials of the state – Oregon’s Governor, Secretary of State and...
