Employment Opportunity: Agricultural Project Manager II
Employer: Sonoma Resource Conservation District
Work Location: Main office in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, with option for partial remote work; field work throughout Sonoma County.
Status: Non-Exempt/ 40 hours/week, including some evening and weekend hours.
Compensation: $41.18 - $45.00/hour, depending on experience.
Posting Date: March 12, 2024
Estimated Start: Start date flexible, depending on availability.
Organizational Background
The Sonoma RCD (RCD) is a non-regulatory, local government entity empowered to manage soil, water, fish, and wildlife resources for conservation. In existence since the 1940s, RCDs are local grassroots conservation delivery systems that identify local conservation problems and guide solutions on a voluntary basis. The RCD covers 85% of Sonoma County and includes portions of the Russian River, Petaluma River, Sonoma Creek, Stemple Creek, and Gualala River Watersheds. The RCD has a budget of $3.7MM and is almost exclusively grant and contract funded. The RCD is governed by a board of directors that are local landowners in the District. We offer a friendly and flexible work environment where our team of 14 dedicated professionals work together to benefit our community and its natural resources. Our mission is carried out through four programs: LandSmart® Planning, Water Resources, On-the-Ground, and Education. For more information visit our website atwww.sonomarcd.org
Position Summary
The Agricultural Project Manager II is a talented and detail-oriented individual who will work with our technical team to administer several programs from local and federal funding sources. They will engage agricultural producers as ecosystem stewards through the development and implementation of conservation plans, including carbon farm plans, grazing plans, planting plans and designs, and other related types of plans. A strong emphasis of the position will be managing complex grants and projects that implement specific soil health practices, planting plans, and other climate-smart farming practices. This dynamic project manager will also oversee programs such as LandSmart® Grazing for Community Resilience collaboratively led in partnership with Gold Ridge RCD. These climate-smart agriculture programs are designed to provide on-farm ecological benefits, improve agricultural productivity, enhance agroecosystem resilience, and mitigate global climate change through the regional LandSmart program. The Agricultural Project Manager II will work with a variety of partner organizations as well as landowners/ managers to accomplish the RCD's mission. The individual must be highly motivated, enjoy working in a team environment, have strong attention to detail and organizational skills, be flexible to changing workload priorities, have strong written and verbal communication skills, and can execute assignments efficiently and on time. This position allows for a diverse workload both in the office and the field. This position reports to the Agricultural Program Director.