Project Coordinator
National Forest Foundation
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California, Nevada • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $68,000 - $82,750 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Working with the U.S. Forest Service partners to help develop scopes of work for forest health, wildfire risk reduction, community resilience, watershed improvement, ecosystem restoration, and recreation enhancement projects.
- Leading the advertisement, negotiation, and awarding of multiple contracts for services related to on-the-ground implementation of fuel reduction, commercial thinning, habitat restoration, critical access improvement, and community resiliency projects.
- Working directly with contractors, consultants, nonprofit organizations, partners, and the U.S. Forest Service to coordinate on-the-ground implementation of fuel reduction, commercial thinning, habitat restoration, critical access improvement, and community resiliency projects effectively and efficiently.
- Working with the U.S. Forest Service to help develop, modify, manage, and track large-scale Stewardship Agreements and Challenge Cost Share Agreements associated with forest restoration projects (e.g., hand thinning, mechanical thinning, commercial thinning, prescribed fire).
- Supporting expansion of the base of private and public-sector supporters and partners by actively pursuing funding opportunities, creating new development opportunities, and writing grants.
- Building and maintaining close and mutually beneficial relationships among the U.S. Forest Service, California NGO partners, and the NFF to implement effective community-based conservation partnerships.
- Strengthening the NFF ability to support on-the-ground restoration and recreation projects by supporting activities that reinforce existing collaborations and help build new partnerships.
- Maintaining a breadth of knowledge about current trends, emerging issues, policy interventions, and innovations in the field of conservation programming to enhance the NFF strategic efficacy.
- Serving as a point of contact for the NFF conservation activities in the Plumas National Forest area.
- Assisting as necessary with the NFF program of work in the State of California, which may include the management of diverse, short-term projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or professional certification in conservation, forestry, environmental science, a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum three years of work experience with conservation programs, project planning, and/or coordinating project implementation, preferably on federal lands.
- You must be authorized to work in the United States.
- A strong attention to detail.
- Excellent research and analytical skills.
- Creativity and initiative; ability to respond quickly to last-minute needs and changing priorities.
- Highly organized approach to daily work.
- Ability to represent the NFF clearly and professionally with excellent written and oral communications.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills.
- Strong and succinct persuasive writing.
- Ability to quickly synthesize or translate technical requirements into lay terminology.
- Ability to work well and be flexible in a team-oriented environment.
- Team player with a positive attitude and desire to solve complex technical problems.
- Ability to work with a wide range of people with differing and sometimes conflicting opinions, and to always maintain neutrality.
- Strong time management and organization skills to align workload with competing requests and departmental priorities.
- Ability and willingness to travel frequently within the Plumas National Forest and beyond.
- Work in outdoor conditions.
- Maintain a flexible work schedule, including participation in weekend and evening events.
- Ability to understand and interpret conservation topics and project information.
- Ability to understand forest restoration treatment types and systems, including restoration prescriptions, on-the-ground operations, treatment specifications, guidelines, and desired conditions for a diversity of forest and watershed ecosystem projects.
- Ability to understand recreation infrastructure, community-based conservation, and forest and watershed restoration projects.
- Ability to understand wildfire mitigation and forest and watershed restoration projects.
Benefits
- Medical and dental insurance paid at 75% by the organization for you and any dependents.
- Vision insurance paid 50% by the organization for you and any dependents.
- Health savings account (HSA) with employer contributions between $1,878-$3,750 per year, predicated on coverage type.
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA).
- Employee assistance program (EAP) at no cost.
- 403(b) retirement plan with a 5% employer match after one (1) year of service.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance at no cost.
- Basic life and AD&D insurance at no cost, with voluntary life insurance options.
- Whole life insurance at a discounted rate.
- Employees start with 35 days of annual leave, sick leave, personal leave and holidays (annual leave accrual rates increase with years of service).
- Family & medical leave for up to sixteen (16) weeks with up to four (4) weeks paid.
- Training & Development Programs.
- Professional development reimbursement for up to $1,000 per year.
- The opportunity to support an incredible mission and travel to / work in spectacular locations.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
project planninggrant writingforest restorationwildfire risk reductionhabitat restorationcommunity resilienceecosystem restorationfuel reductioncommercial thinningprescribed fire
Soft skills
attention to detailresearch skillsanalytical skillscreativityinitiativeorganizational skillscommunication skillsinterpersonal skillspersuasive writingteamwork
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in conservationBachelor’s degree in forestryBachelor’s degree in environmental scienceprofessional certification in conservation