Santa Fe, NM

Position Title: Fire Shed Coordinator

Organization: The Forest Stewards Guild

Location: Santa Fe, NM

Position Overview: The Fireshed Coordinator will work in the Greater Santa Fe Fireshed landscape to address the goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, through 1.) restoring and maintaining landscapes by expanding mitigation work in the priority landscape, the Greater Santa Fe Fireshed; and 2.) creating fire adapted communities by coordinating the Fireshed Coalition to accelerate mitigation and increase community fire adaptation through education and outreach.

Duties:

Lead collaboration for the Greater Santa Fe Fireshed Coalition 

• Work to build and sustain the strength of the Coalition.
• Work with the Coalition’s Chair to convene and facilitate quarterly collaborative meetings.
• Maintain relationships with a diversity of project partners and funders in the region.
• Lead and facilitate education and outreach activities for private landowners, natural resource professionals and the public.
• Interface with and provide support to Committee Chairs to ensure that ongoing goals and objectives are moving forward and regular meetings are being held.
• Be an active member of the Coalition’s Communications and Monitoring Committees.
• Lead creation of the annual Coalition Collaborative Outcomes report.
• Be the face and voice of the Fireshed Coalition for news outlets and interface with the media.

Expand wildfire mitigation

• Complete home hazard assessments for properties within the Santa Fe Fireshed.
• Work with landowners and contractors to complete wildfire mitigation treatments on the ground.
• Outreach to landowners in the Fireshed about the mitigation opportunities available.
• Implement a sliding scale program to incentivize participation across all communities.

Support Forest Stewards Guild work 

• Maintain and grow partnerships for Southwest programs.
• As needed and desired, may support Guild prescribed fire operations.
• Represent the Guild at professional conferences or events and perform public speaking, such as PowerPoint presentations or panel discussions to share on project deliverables or monitoring metrics.
• Collaborate as a team using software such as Asana, Slack, and Microsoft Teams.
• Track budgets, match, metrics, and deliverables for projects.
• Perform grant writing, administration, and reporting to a variety of different funders, including private foundations and government grants.  
• Other duties as assigned to support the Forest Steward’s Guild mission in the Southwest.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in science communication, forestry, environmental science, natural resource management or other applicable field, or five years equivalent experience of professional work
• Strong experience in partnership building and collaborating with multiple, diverse partners, stakeholders and funders
• Experience with multi-year collaborative projects
• Clear verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and with a team
• Leadership skills and self-direction
• Strong organizational skills 
• Effective knowledge of common software applications
• Experience related to wildfire preparedness or mitigation
• Valid driver’s license

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience writing grant proposals and grant administration
• Experience with disseminating scientific and complex project information to the public
• Forestry and/or ecological knowledge or experience in southwest ecosystems
• Experience with implementing or contracting forestry or wildfire mitigation treatments
• Experience with developing Fire Adapted Communities, and conducting home hazard assessments 

Salary/Pay:  $26.40 – $28.83/hour depending on experience

Application Deadline: Open until filled

How to Apply: Please use the online application to view the full job description as well as how to apply.