Montana Career Opportunity – Economic Development Planner

Headwaters RC&D (HRCD) http://www.headwatersrcd.org/ is seeking an Economic Development Planner. The position requires a BA degree in business, public administration, planning, or a related field and 3 yrs. experience in economic development and/or community development, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

(If you do apply for this position, please tell them you saw it on MATR. Thank you.)

For a complete job description contact HRCD @ (406) 782-7333, 305 W. Mercury St. Butte, MT. Salary DOQ. Closing date 1/22/07. HRCD is an EOE.

The Headwaters RC&D/EDD region straddles the Great Continental Divide and is home to the headwters of both the mighty Missouri River and the Clark Fork of the Columbia River. This 8 county area has an abundance of clean air, natural beauty, and good water. It is rich in mineral and agricultural resources and the economy of the area is dependent on the health of the natural resource industries.

This historically unique region of our nation has 17,486.1 square miles or 11,559,109 acres. With an area larger than eight individual eastern seaboard states and Hawaii, these eight counties contain a population of approximately 80,000 residents.