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Easement Administrator

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is seeking an Easement Administrator to manage the National Trust's Easement Program, which includes over 100 easements around the country. The Easement Administrator will have the overall responsibility of administering the Easement Program, including working with the Law Department to develop or revise easement policies, evaluating new easement properties, regularly inspecting easement properties, and serving as the primary representative of the National Trust for communication with easement property owners.

Through the development and implementation of policies and procedures and the centralization of easement records, the Easement Administrator will streamline the overall management of the program. The Easement Administrator will also work closely with the National Trust regional offices, Statewide and Local Partners, and consultants to develop and implement easement monitoring agreements around the country. The Easement Administrator will work directly with the National Trust's Law Department to address requests for changes or alterations, easement violations, and enforcement actions.  Finally, the Easement Administrator will assist with public outreach activities relating to historic preservation easements, including educational programs to promote good easement stewardship practices.

Duties

• Inspect and photograph easement properties on a regular basis.
• Review and evaluate requests for changes or alterations to properties using the Secretary's Standards and Guidelines for the Treatment of Historic Properties or other standards stated in the easement document and prepare recommendations for review by the National Trust's Easement Committee.
• Develop and update the Easement Program's policies and procedures.
• Centralize easement records to improve accessibility and management of the Easement Program.
• Work with regional offices, statewide and local partners and consultants to develop easement monitoring/inspection agreements.
• Maintain frequent contact with easement property owners through updates to our website, e-newsletters, written correspondence, and by telephone.
• Provide technical assistance to easement property owners regarding preservation and rehabilitation of their property.
• Evaluate new properties to determine which character-defining features require protection and prepare written descriptions of properties and photographic documentation for use in administering the easement.
• Handle daily administrative functions for the Easement Program such as creating inspections reports, fielding calls from property owners, scheduling meetings of the easement committee, and making travel arrangements.
• Work directly with the National Trust's Law Department in the acquisition of new easement properties and to address requests for changes or alterations, easement violations, and enforcement actions.
• Work with National Trust's Law Department and other National Trust staff in providing education and technical assistance to other organizations on easement issues, particularly relating to easement stewardship practices. 

Qualifications

• A graduate degree in historic preservation or a closely related field; or
• A bachelor's degree in historic preservation or a closely related field and at least two years of demonstrable professional activity with an historic preservation organization, governmental agency, or other professional institution.
• Applicant must be proficient in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat. Applicant must be proficient in the use of a digital SLR camera and be able to work with digital photographs. 

How to Apply

Type or paste your cover letter into the body of a message and email your resume as a Word, PDF or Text attachment to the address above.

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