Highlander Research and Education Center
The Movement School

Buildings & Grounds Director

Based in Knoxville, TN

 

Overview 
Highlander Research and Education Center seeks a Buildings & Grounds Director (internally titled as Land & Place Director) to lead the Land & Place Department, collaborate on interdepartmental initiatives and procedures related to campus safety, maintenance, and development, and to further integrate Highlander’s mission and values into strategic and daily land & place-based operations. This role will be responsible for leading Highlander’s stewardship of its land-use vision plans for the 21st century.

In a typical day, you can expect to: 

• Explore and recommend ways to advance Highlander’s campus initiatives for ecological sustainability, climate resilience, strategic adaptation, and informed decision-making regarding land and building use.
• Develop and utilize value-based land and place assessments to evaluate current land stewardship and identify necessary building maintenance.
• Meet with Land & Place staff, departmental leaders, and executive directors to discuss the department’s budget, construction progress, land visioning efforts, and maintenance assignments. 
• Coordinate with contractors and consultants on current and upcoming building projects.

To be successful in this role, you need to have:

• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to land-based movements for social change
• 3-5 years of campus and/or farm planning experience, including financial and capital project planning
• Experience working with building contractors, architects, codes and regulations personnel, and property insurance agents
• Able to integrate the values of land as a relative, land as holding memory, and land as critical to meaning-making into strategy, planning, process, and procedure

Compensation & Benefits
In addition to offering the Buildings & Grounds position an annual salary of $80,837.25, we encourage employees, their spouse/domestic partner, and their dependent(s) to take advantage of our 100% employer-paid healthcare plan offered through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, a vision and dental plan offered through Guardian, and a Health Reimbursement Account to help cover eligible out-of-pocket expenses. Our benefits package includes an employer-sponsored life insurance policy, a disability insurance policy, and a traditional 403 (b) retirement plan. Highlander also encourages its employees to take advantage of their 24 days of paid vacation, 11 paid holidays, and a robust sick time policy each year.

Union Membership 
This position is eligible for union membership with Highlander Workers United under Workers United, an affiliate of SEIU. 

How to Apply 
You can apply on our website HERE. Please upload your résumé and cover letter as a single, combined document in either PDF or .DOCX format. This combined file should be submitted in the "Upload Resume" section of the application. Because we want to better understand who you are and what draws you personally to this work at an organization like Highlander, applications with cover letters will be prioritized.