The Nature Conservancy is hiring a full time 3-year term Forest Ecologist to be located in John Day, Oregon.
POSITION SUMMARY The Forest Ecologist is responsible for providing scientific support and leadership to the Blue Mountain Forest Partners, the Harney Co. Restoration Collaborative and Umatilla Forest Collaborative Group, coordinating closely with the Malheur and Umatilla National Forests and other agency partners and diverse stakeholders to help guide agency and community investments and actions that will advance the pace, scale and effects of forest restoration in the fire adapted forest systems. The Forest Ecologist work will support implementation of the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration effort, the Malheur ten year stewardship contract and other key projects tied to restoring landscapes and reducing the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire on the Malheur National Forest and adjoining landscapes. Work on the Umatilla Forest will include advancing the implementation of the Kahler and Thomas Creek Projects, support subsequent project work and helping build and inform zones of agreement for project design in various forest types. RESPONSIBILITIES AND SCOPE The Forest Ecologist is supervised by the Oregon Forest Program Director and works as part of The Nature Conservancy’s Oregon Forest Team and with colleagues across the Conservancy to accelerate scientifically-based forest restoration and management practices to conserve biodiversity and provide ecosystem service benefits. • Designs and implements experiments relative to program area. • May supervise a small staff of scientists, technicians, interns and/or volunteers on a project basis. • May manage a grant or contract or write a request for proposal. • May negotiate and contract with vendors. • Makes independent decisions based on analysis, experience and judgment. • Work affords opportunity to act independently on assigned tasks. The position closes April 8. Apply here: https://careers.nature.org/psp/tnccareers/APPLICANT/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=42977&SiteId=1&PostingSeq=1 Please share widely. Thank you, Kerry Metlen Forest Ecologist The Nature Conservancy Medford, Oregon
