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Current Employment Opportunities
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Title: Conservation Program Manager
Agency: Natural Heritage Trust
Agency Assignment: NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Location: Peebles Island State Park (Waterford, NY)
Compensation: $90,000 to $114,000 with benefits package
Work Schedule: Full-time; 37.5 hrs/week; Monday - Friday
Application Deadline: COB, Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Position Summary:
The Conservation Program Manager implements the coordination of priority undertakings of the Bureau of Historic Site’s (BHS) Conservation Unit’s programs and projects, ensuring that projects maintain timeliness through effective communication with the conservators and other BHS departments. Additionally, the Manager will oversee the conservation program’s laboratory environment, equipment, and environmental controls. The Manager assists with the work of the staff who treat and conserve the agency’s historic collections. Conservators are professional positions requiring education and training in one of seven disciplines: textiles, paintings, frames and gilded objects, furniture and wooden objects, decorative arts, paper, and architecture. Their duties include evaluating, documenting, developing treatment plans, repairing, and protecting historic objects. Conservators are responsible for managing laboratory spaces and maintaining safe work environments. The Manager needs to have the requisite science background and training to develop and manage Conservator work programs and coordinate projects between labs, other BHS units, and OPRHP facilities. The Manager must have advanced knowledge of profession-wide conservation principles, practices and ethics established by the American Institute for Conservation (AIC).
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Title: Historic Commercial Tax Credit Programs Manager
Agency: Natural Heritage Trust
Agency Assignment: NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Location: Peebles Island State Park (Waterford, NY)
Compensation: $90,000 to $114,000 with benefits package
Work Schedule: Full-time; 37.5 hrs/week; Monday - Friday
Application Deadline: COB, Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Position Summary:
The Manager of the Commercial Historic Tax Credit Programs implements the oversight of historic tax credit incentive programs for the rehabilitation of historic income producing properties in New York State. The position oversees all aspects of the program, working with DHP senior staff and guiding unit supervisors to evaluate historic properties for program eligibility and reviewing construction documents to achieve successful approvals in coordination with the National Park Service.
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It is the policy of the State of New York to provide for and promote equal opportunity employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without unlawful discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, disability, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran or military service, member status, marital status, domestic violence victim status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, arrest and/or criminal conviction record, or any other category protected by law, unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or other exception. The NHT is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, persons with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply.