Job Openings

Gen­er­al Counsel

Report­ing to the Pres­i­dent & CEO, the Gen­er­al Coun­sel will advise on legal and com­pli­ance mat­ters and pro­vide guid­ance and rep­re­sen­ta­tion on a broad range of issues relat­ed to the work of the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island (TGI or the Trust). The Gen­er­al Coun­sel will work col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly with TGI staff, TGI’s Board of Direc­tors, and rel­e­vant gov­ern­ment agen­cies, and will be respon­si­ble for man­ag­ing in-house legal staff and out­side coun­sel. The Gen­er­al Coun­sel is an Offi­cer of the Trust and also works close­ly with the NYC Law Depart­ment, which pro­vides out­side coun­sel ser­vices pur­suant to the agree­ment between the Trust and the City.

Pro­gram Asso­ciate, Gov­er­nors Island Arts

The Pro­gram Asso­ciate is respon­si­ble for man­ag­ing Gov­er­nors Island Arts’ sea­son­al Orga­ni­za­tion in Res­i­dence (OiR) pro­gram, a sea­son­al oppor­tu­ni­ty for approx­i­mate­ly two dozen arts and cul­tur­al orga­ni­za­tions to use space inside the his­toric hous­es on Gov­er­nors Island between May and Octo­ber, offer­ing free exhi­bi­tions and pub­lic pro­grams and host­ing artist res­i­den­cies. The Pro­gram Asso­ciate will serve key coor­di­nat­ing func­tions, includ­ing but not lim­it­ed to man­ag­ing an annu­al open call process and relat­ed out­reach to arts orga­ni­za­tions, man­ag­ing coor­di­na­tion with the Trust’s oper­a­tions, facil­i­ties, mar­ket­ing, and legal teams, and sup­port­ing pro­gram par­tic­i­pants in deliv­er­ing their exhi­bi­tions and pub­lic programs. 

Project Man­ag­er, Real Estate & Planning

The Project Man­ag­er, Real Estate & Plan­ning sup­ports all aspects of the plan­ning, leas­ing, and devel­op­ment of the Island in fur­ther­ance of the Trust’s mis­sion and finan­cial goals. The Project Man­ag­er will lead or assist in all phas­es of the department’s projects, includ­ing ini­tial project plan­ning, research, and mod­el­ing; prepa­ra­tion and man­age­ment of RFPs or oth­er solic­i­ta­tions; lease and oth­er con­tract nego­ti­a­tions; fund­ing and financ­ing; and coor­di­na­tion of land­lord and ten­ant improvements. 

Senior Gar­den­er

The Senior Gar­den­er leads a team of Gar­den­ers and Sea­son­al Gar­den­ers to mon­i­tor and main­tain the gar­dens and nat­ur­al areas on Gov­er­nors Island. Work­ing close­ly with the Direc­tor of Hor­ti­cul­ture, the Senior Gar­den­er helps devel­op sea­son­al man­age­ment plans and estab­lish week­ly work pri­or­i­ties. This posi­tion pro­vides hands-on, in-the-field men­tor­ship and mon­i­tors progress to ensure that work is com­plet­ed effi­cient­ly, and hor­ti­cul­tur­al stan­dards are con­sis­tent­ly upheld.