Clean Water & Community Outreach Specialist
Are you passionate about protecting clean water and building stronger, more resilient communities? The Adirondack Council is hiring a Clean Water & Community Outreach Specialist (CWCOS) to help lead and support local and state-level efforts to safeguard the waters of the western Adirondacks.
As part of our dedicated conservation team, the CWCOS will build relationships with communities, advance clean water infrastructure projects, help shape policy, and empower local action—ensuring clean, healthy waterways across one of New York’s most ecologically important regions.
Once trained, the CWCOS will provide guidance to local officials and partners on septic system upgrades, infrastructure development, lake monitoring, road salt reduction, invasive species management, and other non-point pollution controls. Collaboration with lake associations, conservation groups, and municipal leaders will be led by this position and will help advance sustainable water quality solutions across the Park and in the state’s capital.
About the Adirondack Council:
Based in Elizabethtown, NY (30 miles east of Lake Placid), the mission of the Adirondack Council is to ensure the ecological integrity and wild character of New York’s six-million-acre Adirondack Park for current and future generations. We envision an Adirondack Park with clean water and air and large wilderness areas, surrounded by working farms and forests and vibrant local communities. To protect the Adirondacks, the Council uses the best science, the law, and an understanding of political decision-making, to educate, inform and motivate the public and those who make public policy. We are committed to building a diverse staff and strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
The work is meaningful and fast-paced and our team is passionate, talented, and fun. We take pride in our commitment to each other and to protecting the Park.
The Adirondack Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants receive equal consideration without regard to age, race, color, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, handicap, or disability. Employees are selected on the basis of their individual qualifications and ability to fulfill the requirements of the job. The same considerations apply to promotions, pay increases, and all other conditions of employment with the Adirondack Council.
How to Apply:
1. Resume
2. Cover letter (1 page)
3. Your Resume and Cover Letter must be in one PDF document.
4. Please submit an email titled Clean Water & Community Outreach Specialist to careers@adirondackcouncil.org.
Interview Process:
- 30 minute phone interview to be held between June 10-13
- If selected to proceed, one-hour Zoom or in-person interview between June 16-27
- Final candidate selected week July 1st
Deadline: Applications are due by Friday, June 6, 2025.
