Restoration Project Manager (NPS, Sequoia & Kings Canyon NP)

Description:

The Great Basin Institute, in cooperation with the National Park Service, is recruiting a Restoration Project Manager to support post fire restoration for the 2020 SQF and 2021 KNP complex fires. The incumbent will perform project management for reforestation and revegetation projects. They will work with NPS staff to design and implement survey techniques, design project plans, and implement measures to restore vegetation community form and function following catastrophic wildfires.

Project-specific goals:

Objective 1: Develop restoration plans for the replanting, site preparation, logistical support,   and deployment of revegetation and reforestation efforts.

Objective 2:  Work collaboratively with other NPS staff, other federal partners, and other researchers to develop and implement post-fire surveys and monitoring of restoration success.  Relate findings to fire severity, climate change, and other site factors.

Objective 3: Develop planting prescriptions in consultation with NPS staff, federal partners, and other researchers to develop and implement post-fire and post construction replanting and reforestation plans.

Objective 4:  Work collaboratively with NPS staff and other colleagues to communicate plans, methods, and results.  Assist with summarizing results of all field work for multiple uses.

The incumbent will be responsible for managing post fire and construction restoration and project planning in response to the 2020 SQF fire and the 2021 KNP fire as well as storm damage construction projects in SEKI. These projects include major post-fire rehabilitation and support for road rehabilitation following storm damage in winter 2022. These projects have major restoration components.  This position will develop plans, write scopes of work, create project schedules, and coordinate implementation with NPS resource managers. The project manager will operate within a multidisciplinary team focused on vegetation management. They will also assist with invasive plant management projects and coordination. 

Project-specific duties:

• Project Management: Use excellent planning, communication skills, time management, leadership skills, and experience to develop plans that can be executed by NPS and partner employees at the field level in recently burned mountainous terrain.  Perform site assessments to determine need for restoration, species needed, size of disturbance, and strategies for implementing restoration actions. Work with NPS staff to develop priorities and plan out needed supplies, tools, costs, and human capital to complete restoration projects.

• Collaboration: Maintain good communication with NPS staff including within and outside of RMS including NPS contact. Coordinate with park and outside partners to develop planting prescriptions, coordinate with NPS crews on planting plans, growing needs, and monitoring protocols. Communicate with NPS partner about safety concerns or incidents.  Preferred: current COVID vaccinations/boosters.  Required: valid driver’s license; willingness to work/hike in steep terrain and carry moderate (30 lb.) to heavy (50 lb.) backpack; and, capacity to follow field/office protocols (and teach to others).

• Restoration Expertise:  Have experience and training in wildland restoration, restoration ecology, and/or silviculture; project planning, budgeting, and management.  Have experience with field methods for monitoring plant populations, seed and cone collection, site preparation and planting. Be able to use GPS, tablets, field guides, dichotomous keys, and GIS to perform field and office tasks. Work with crews that will perform field plantings, and monitoring to provide expertise and training in field methods.

• Data Management:  incumbent will use GIS tools to display project areas and analyze planting areas to develop planting prescriptions. They will work with NPS staff to coordinate field data collection using ArcGIS field maps to map restoration areas, seed collection needs, site conditions, and other pertinent field data. Utilize data collected in the field to develop plans, coordinate logistics, and write reports on project status.

Location:

Sequoia and Kings Canyon NPs, 47050 Generals Hwy., Three Rivers, CA

Compensation:

• Wage: $28.81/hr
• Health insurance coverage provided for all GBI employees
• Paid time-off and Holidays
• Eligibility for pro-deals   

Timeframe:

• 52-week appointment starting in September 2024
• Full time (40 hours per week)

Qualifications:

• Degree in applicable discipline;
• Previous experience in:  
  • Project management; such as planning, implementing, and evaluating restoration projects; and
  • Field work; including survey and monitoring protocols, plant identification, data collection and management; and
  • Data management; including ArcGIS.
• Ability to:
  • Serve as the subject matter expert in training and field methods, such as wildland restoration, restoration ecology, silviculture;
  • Document project data and produce data collection and analysis tools using GIS, that meet park decision-making needs such as mapping, planning, and reporting; and
  • Collaborate with multiple stakeholders, NPS personnel, and field crews; and
  • Provide administrative support in budgeting, planning, management, and reporting.
• Familiarity with the mission, goals and operations of the National Park Service, SEKI, and/or restoration projects;
• Willingness and ability to consistently enact high performance standards and a strong work and team ethic in support of the mission of GBI and the goals and objectives of the NPS.

Because the agreement under which this position is being advertised is a Public Lands Corps Youth Assistance Agreement, all applicants must meet the PLC age and citizenship requirements. Additional information on the PLC can be found on our website.

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