MTU Seeks New Office Manager

Update: This position is now closed.

We are hiring!

Montana Trout Unlimited is seeking a fulltime administrative assistant/office manager in Missoula, MT. This person will enjoy a diverse variety of tasks falling primarily under administrative, financial accounting and logistics headings, that are essential to making the Missoula office (13 staff) run smoothly.  We seek an experienced, self-motivated, personable individual interested in serving as the first point of contact for incoming phone and in-person communications.  This person will work closely with staff to keep abreast of conservation, policy, and on-the-ground work, as well as assisting our development efforts as needed.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (not an exhaustive list)

  • Point person for technology needs: hardware, software, upgrade schedule and connections
  • Collect mail daily and process checks for deposit
  • Order supplies at regular intervals based on need
  • Serve as clearinghouse for general incoming requests via email and phone and respond to general outreach queries
  • Source, order, put away on arrival, and distribute MTU merchandise and keep track of when to replenish and/or update stock
  • Provide members and council members with assistance re: address changes/navigating TU National’s systems
  • Pay invoices/bills
  • Assist ED with some human resource mechanics: paperwork, onboarding/training of the MTU/TU systems for new hires
  • Liaise with TU National re: benefit changes and the TU/MTU payroll information
  • Plan and implement reasonable best practices for Bookkeeping/Petty Cash/Receipts
  • Assist Chapters with the submission of required annual paperwork to IRS and National TU
  • Oversee meeting reminders and logistics for State Council Meetings
  • Accurate and timely entering of donor gift and biographical information into CMS
  • Calendar and process renewals for trade organization memberships
  • Help with some personalized direct mail assembly and sending
  • Schedule and prepare agendas for the staff meetings
  • General space management: make sure common areas are kept neat and supplies are stocked
  • Security and Climate Control: implement and enforce a system of shared responsibility so that both doors and windows are locked nightly when space is empty and manage the winter heating and summer AC programming and schedules to optimize energy and keep office comfortable
  • Maintenance and Cleaning: central point of contact for liaising with landlord, needed maintenance and contracted cleaning staff

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s degree required.
  • Experience with nonprofit and conservation organizations a plus.
  • Knowledge of common administrative/bookkeeping/record-keeping software including, QuickBooks, Constant Contact, Submittable, MS Office products encouraged.
  • Knowledge of Montana geography and fisheries, water quality, and/or water quantity restoration encouraged.
  • Superior interpersonal skills and ability to work constructively with diverse partners, community stakeholders, business leaders, volunteers, and people of all ages and backgrounds.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills required.
  • Ability to work independently while managing multiple projects.
  • Ability to provide own transportation may be required. Mileage reimbursed.

HOW TO APPLY

Please upload a one-page letter of interest, resume, and three professional references here via Submittable at https://montanatroutunlimited.submittable.com/submit/173646/open-position-mtu-administrative-assistant-office-manager.

MTU offers competitive salary and full, excellent benefits package.

MTU is an Equal Employment Opportunity & Affirmative Action Employer pursuant to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act & Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistant Act.

MTU hires staff without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or disability.

Support our Supporters!

As you make plans to fish this season or in the future, Montana Trout Unlimited invites you to please patronize the guides, outfitters, and business donors who have made a difference to us and the future of coldwater fisheries in Montana. Visit our new Support our Supporters page to learn how you can give back to the businesses and organizations that donate to conserving, protecting, and restoring Montana’s trout habitat.

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The Story of Rainbow #0068

A Guest Blog by Jon Hanson, Fish Biologist, NorthWestern Energy

An impressive migration was documented again this week by Patrick Uthe and Craig Podner (FWP Missoula).  We had a 21 inch rainbow trout (3.5 lbs)  that was captured in the Thompson Falls Fish Ladder March 25, 2020 and tagged with a Floy and PIT tag.  It was released upstream, and then FWP recaptured it up Johnson Creek, a tributary to the lower Blackfoot River on April 27th, 2020.  This is the furthest documented fish movement to date and the first documented connection from the Lower Clark Fork to the Blackfoot River system.  In 33 days this rainbow moved upstream 150+ miles to where it likely hatched, to carry out its life history and presumably  spawn.

When one collectively thinks about the independent restoration actions it took to have a positive cumulative effect it’s pretty remarkable.  Starting in Johnson Creek where habitat conditions must be suitable enough for fish to spawn, survive the critical first couple of years, and then facilitate upstream return of adults, partners completed work that included; 3 culvert removals and installation of a bridge allowing for upstream fish passage, road decommissioning which improved habitat and reduced the risk of fine sediment delivery, and a three way protective land acquisition with Plum Creek, The Nature Conservancy, and Lolo National Forest.  Several years ago this juvenile rainbow trout (now known as tag #0068) left Johnson Creek and moved downstream, the removal of Milltown Dam reduced a predatory population of nonnative northern pike from the reservoir.  As this juvenile matured and instincts kicked in to return to its natal stream, the operation of the Thompson Falls fish ladder then started the upstream sequence and allowed access to the middle Clark Fork River.  Again, the removal of Milltown Dam, allowed #0068 further access this Blackfoot River tributary, where it was trapped incidentally via another fisheries research project.

This success story supplements a similar migration by a rainbow trout to Rattlesnake Creek (in Missoula) via Thompson Falls Dam last spring.

These partnership efforts restore this possibility. The biological documentation linking all the actions is a notable feat.  Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Lolo National Forest, US Fish Wildlife Service, Big Blackfoot Chapter of TU, Trout Unlimited, The Nature Conservancy, and NorthWestern Energy are just a few of the key contributors to make this multi drainage success happen. Thank you to all the people who have been a part of these efforts up until now, and all those working towards a brighter future.