Development Director | Full-time, Exempt
Salary: $60,000-$68,000 DOE
The Development Director is responsible for driving the Palouse Land Trust’s (PLT) fundraising strategy to sustain and grow its mission. Working closely with the Executive Director and in partnership with the Communications and Development Coordinator, this role will focus on donor cultivation, major gift solicitation, stewardship, grant writing, and expanding the organization’s fundraising capacity.
The Development Director will also collaborate with staff on event planning, ensuring events are aligned with strategic development goals, while recognizing that all events are a collaborative, team-based effort. This role requires a strategic thinker who can build relationships and inspire support for PLT’s mission. PRIORITY APPLICATION DEADLINE: July 20, 2025.
about the palouse land trust
Palouse Land Trust (PLT) is a nationally-accredited nonprofit organization working for land conservation. Our service area spans a large region in north-central Idaho and Whitman County, Washington. From the breaks of majestic river canyons, to the coniferous forests of the western Rockies, to the rolling hills of the Palouse Prairie, we advance land conservation in a stunning and unique part of the world.
With a 30-year successful track record fueled by a deep community embrace, we work with willing landowners and partners to protect our lands and waters that provide our food and fiber, fish and wildlife, and open space. We understand the essential value of open space and working agriculture and forest lands to our community identity and economic vitality. We view the owners of private lands as stewards and work with them to keep them on the land by utilizing nonprofit land acquisition techniques and sound business practices.
We own and manage Idlers Rest Nature Preserve, providing year-round public access to hiking trails at the base of Moscow Mountain. We also own and manage the Dave Skinner Ecological Preserve where a Palouse Prairie habitat lies within and is managed for its biodiversity values.
the community
The Palouse Land Trust is headquartered in Moscow, Idaho, and just 8 miles from Pullman, Washington. Both communities blend the advantages of rural life with access to the arts, education and culture that can only come from being home to two world-class universities: the University of Idaho and Washington State University.
Moscow is home to award-winning restaurants and breweries, Idaho’s #1 ranked Farmers Market, a historic and vital downtown, a fantastic food co-op (within walking distance from the PLT office) and internationally-recognized cultural events like the annual Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival.
Pullman, just 8 miles from Moscow, was recently named in Sunset Magazine’s “10 Best College Towns in the West” list. Pullman is home to innovative restaurants, impressive art galleries, Pac-12 NCAA athletics and a vibrant university culture.
The area offers unparalleled access to outdoor activities like hiking, hunting, biking, camping, backpacking, skiing, fishing and white-water sports.
Perhaps most importantly, we’re located in a community that embraces the Land Trust mission and vision for our region.
