The Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST) is a council of governments serving communities in the Columbia Pacific region of Oregon and Washington.\u00a0 CREST is seeking an individual to serve as\u00a0Habitat Restoration Project Manager<\/strong>.\u00a0 This position is responsible for the development and implementation of habitat restoration projects that focus on recovering juvenile salmon rearing habitat through reconnection of historic tidal floodplain to the Columbia River Estuary. \u00a0Project types may include culvert removals, dike breaches, tidegate retrofits, wetland channel enhancement, and levee setbacks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This position works under the supervision of the CREST Habitat Restoration Program Manager and collaborates with other CREST project managers to investigate, develop and implement projects on specific sites.\u00a0 Key responsibilities include restoration project management actions such as project development, landowner outreach, funding acquisition, permitting, subcontracting, construction oversight, data management and reporting, and communications with partner organizations and agencies.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This position will be housed at the CREST offices in Astoria, Oregon and requires frequent field work and travel to meetings throughout the lower Columbia River and estuary region.<\/p>\n Education<\/u>: Bachelor\u2019s Degree required. Areas of interest include ecology, fisheries, coastal sciences, botany, riparian and wetland restoration.\u00a0 Master\u2019s Degree or advanced training preferred.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Preferred Experience<\/u>: This position requires a broad range of skills.\u00a0 Preferred experience includes a background in natural resource management and a minimum of three (3) years experience developing and implementing on the ground habitat projects.\u00a0 This experience should include proposal development (grant writing), direct project management responsibilities, and coordination with contractors and project partners.\u00a0 The employee should have broad experience in natural resource management issues and land management practices in the Pacific Northwest, including salmon recovery efforts.\u00a0 The employee should understand federal and state regulatory permitting requirements, have solid professional skills, be able to communicate and work effectively with a broad range of stakeholders, and be flexible and responsive to unforeseen project demands.\u00a0 The employee should be able to manage multiple projects within deadlines, be comfortable speaking publicly, be able to work independently, and be comfortable in a broad range of environmental conditions, including rugged terrain and adverse weather.\u00a0 The employee must also offer computer proficiency in office software (Word, Excel, Power point etc.) and familiarity and use of GIS\/GPS technology.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Position Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Position Details<\/strong><\/p>\n This is a full-time (40 hours per week), salaried\/exempt position requiring ability to communicate clearly in technical writing and public speaking to diverse audiences and ability to manage multiple projects within deadlines.\u00a0 The position requires travel throughout the lower Columbia River and estuary region for regional coordination meetings and field work conducted in all weather conditions.\u00a0 CREST offers a competitive salary depending on qualifications and an excellent benefit package (medical, dental, vision, deferred compensation).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n All applicants must submit a CREST Job Application form available on our website, a cover letter detailing why you want the position and how your background and experience meet the skills and qualification requirements, and resume to Paula Gerttula at\u00a0pgerttula@columbiaestuary.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Application deadline is 12:00 AM on Sunday, April 5, 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[4,16,7,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/h1>\n
Skills and Qualifications<\/h1>\n
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