Position Announcement: Stewardship Crew Project Lead
Duration: Permanent, full-time depending on satisfactory reviews and funding availability
Duty location: Glenwood, WA
Salary and benefits: This is a full-time, overtime exempt position with an annual salary of $45,000-50,000 depending on qualifications and experience. MARS offer a simple IRA retirement plan after 6 months of continuous employment.
Closing date: OPEN UNTIL FILLED with a desire for applicant to begin work no later than February 2021.
Mt. Adams Resource Stewards (MARS), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2004, is seeking an exceptionally motivated, creative and team-oriented individual to build on successes and continue growth with our natural resource/forestry stewardship crew program. The successful candidate will work with MARS staff and partners to further develop a high capacity stewardship crew whose functions are integrated with a growing number of field projects for which MARS is responsible.
Functions/activities of the crew typically include labor-oriented work, such as fuels reduction, prescribed burn unit prep and support during prescribed burning operations; tree planting; timber stand improvement; invasive/noxious weed control; and fence building; as well as more technical tasks such as stand exams and data gathering support for monitoring plots. MARS continues to explore possibilities for the crew to participate in wildfire suppression activities during emergency situations. The Crew/Project Lead will work with MARS staff to develop a strategy for project permanence and expansion, to include refining and maintaining timetables and financial plans for crew sustainability. The Crew/Project Lead’s responsibilities are diverse and centered around overseeing a smoothly and safely operating crew that can consistently meet production targets. Day-to-day activities could range, for example, from operating a chainsaw or heavy equipment to managing crew personnel issues to representing MARS at meetings with project partners and assisting with grant proposal development. Additional information about the background and vision of the project are below.
There is also an opportunity outside of the field season for the successful applicant to provide support or take the lead on additional/special projects that serve to advance Mt. Adams Resource Stewards’ efforts that focus on community-based natural resource management strategies to advance our mission of sustainable connections between the land and local communities across one of the more spectacular landscapes in the Pacific Northwest. More can be learned about MARS at www.mtadamsstewards.org.
Desired Qualifications
• Practical and successful experience preferably in a leadership role with natural resource crews, such as wildfire suppression, trail, survey or other crews;
• Advanced firefighter/prescribed burn-related qualifications are a plus, as we explore future possibilities for the program;
• Skill in conducting research, interviews and other information gathering to develop a thorough understanding of issues, requirements, standards and practices relevant to success of the stewardship crew;
• Exceptional ability to get along with others in a close knit and demanding work environment while successfully navigating realities and demands of a crew/project leadership position;
• Strong communication skills, including writing abilities that can support collaborations with other staff and project partners in developing bids and grant proposals for crew projects;
• Willingness to endure potentially strenuous work in the field under adverse weather conditions;
• Two or four year college degree in relevant field such as natural resource management, forestry, etc.
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume and three references to:
Jay McLaughlin
Executive Director/Mt. Adams Resource Stewards
PO Box 152 Glenwood, WA 98619
(509)637-3701