The Stewardship Program Assistant is a position within LTNC’s Lands Department, designed to assist with stewardship activities across 26 protected natural areas (22,000 acres).
Primary Responsibilities
Assist with:
- All-season field monitoring of preserve lands by vehicle and on foot
- Maintenance and repair of infrastructure on Land Trust preserves
- Procurement, organization, maintenance, and repair of land stewardship equipment and supplies
- Collecting, recording, organizing, and communicating field notes and observations related to stewardship projects, tasks, and activities
- Administrative tasks related to tracking hours, completing timecards, submitting expense reports, and participating in staff meetings.
Work Environment:
In addition to working within an office environment, this position requires a significant fieldwork component. On average, we expect this position will spend 75% of the time in the field. Fieldwork entails exposure to variable weather conditions and natural hazards, such as poison oak, ticks, rattlesnakes, and other wildlife etc.
Physical Demands:
Carry out stewardship tasks in remote wildland areas involving off-trail hiking over rugged terrain and through dense vegetation. Lift and maneuver materials and equipment weighing up to 50 lbs.
Qualifications
Required:
- At least two years of relevant experience working in a similar field-based position
- Ability to do physically demanding work
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- High level of comfort and competency in safely accessing and working in remote, rugged wildland areas
- Proficiency with safe chainsaw use & maintenance. B-level chainsaw certification or higher preferred.
- Familiarity with hiking trail design standards, and experience maintaining and repairing trail tread using best management practices
- Experience and demonstrated proficiency driving on wildland roads requiring 4WD and high clearance
- Ability to troubleshoot, repair, and complete regular maintenance on tools and preserve infrastructure
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Willingness to attend evening and weekend meetings, workdays, and field trips with volunteers.
Preferred:
- Experience collecting spatially-referenced monitoring, project tracking, and general field note information on mobile devices using ArcGIS Field Maps and Avenza
- Basic carpentry skills for building and installing preserve infrastructure such as trailhead kiosks
- Previous work on invasive exotic plant species management
- Experience with field maintenance of motion-activated wildlife cameras
- Demonstrated knowledge of the natural history of the western United States (natural systems, native flora and fauna)