http://www.thegreatbasininstitute.org/job/project-coordinator-northwestern-basin-and-range-landscape-conservation-project/
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service identified the need to accomplish landscape scale collaborative planning for the region surrounding the Sheldon, Hart Mountain and Malheur National Wildlife Refuges. The Northwestern Basin and Range ecoregion is a priority landscape because of its (1) biological richness as a stronghold for sage-obligate species such as the Greater Sage-grouse and Pronghorn, as well as its interspersed wetland habitats, (2) fragility in the face of climate change, land-use practices, invasive species, increasing wildfire severity, and other stressors, and (3) increasing recent attention in the form of conservation delivery mechanisms and planning efforts. One such recent effort includes an award from the DOI Office of Wildland Fire in 2015 to create the Greater Sheldon-Hart Mountain Resilient Landscapes Collaborative (RLC) at the core of the Northwestern Basin and Range ( http://www.doi.gov/pmb/owf/upload/2015_06_16_Final-FY-2015-WFRL-Awarded-Proposals.pdf). Initial funding was received by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe for on-the-ground projects to be informed by landscape scale collaborative planning in partnership with the Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative. The RLC is supporting development of a landscape conservation design for this ecoregion. With leadership from the Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative, a landscape conservation design called the Northwestern Basin and Range Conservation Project (Project) is being developed for the 13 million acre project area in southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada. The Project is an open and dynamic, non-regulatory process to define shared climate adaptation goals, conservation objectives, strategies, and actions for the ecoregion. Participants from federal, state, and local governments, tribes, non-profit organizations, and private individuals will be invited to identify shared conservation actions to ensure the climate adaptive capacity and connectivity of priority species, habitats, and ecosystems to support an ecologically connected landscape. The Project functions as both a process and a product. The product will be a landscape conservation design for the Northwest Basin and Range which will include integrated information, maps, and spatially explicit tools to help identify the locations at which the strategies and actions will provide the most benefit. The process relies upon the continual collaboration and capabilities of the participants, as facilitated by the Project Coordinator. The Project Coordinator will serve as the interface between the agency sponsors and the stakeholders, ensuring timely progression of the steps of the process. Duties The Project Coordinator will be experienced in natural resource management and landscape conservation planning and have working knowledge and experience with development of collaborative multi-stakeholder groups. Duties include: working under the direction of the leadership team for the Collaborative to facilitate, write and develop significant portions of the landscape conservation design; providing the leadership team with regular progress updates; planning and facilitating meetings, conference calls, and webinars; bringing additional partners on-board; coordinating and documenting the conservation design process; defining goals, identifying conservation priorities and developing conservation targets; synthesizing current conservation plans; performing gap or needs analysis; modeling future conditions* and analyzing data for future conditions*; developing geospatial maps identifying interconnected conservation priorities*, and identifying adaptation strategies to achieve climate resilient conservation priorities. [* Geospatial support and analyses for these aspects will be provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or the Great Basin LCC.] Compensation o Rate of Pay: $29.00/hour o Health benefits o Personal Leave Timeline o October 2015 - February 2017 o 40 hours/week Location: Lakeview, OR (BLM-OR Lakeview District Office or Sheldon-Hart National Wildlife Refuge Office). Qualifications • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in natural resource management or planning, or related field; those with advanced degrees, or equivalent experience, are encouraged to apply; • Experience in and ability to develop landscape conservation plans; • Knowledge and skill in facilitating large and diverse stakeholder group interactions; • Ability to communicate with a diverse audience, both in writing and orally; • Familiarity with the Great Basin ecoregion and associated resource issues preferred; • Familiarity with applications of GIS mapping and other software, technologies and products preferred; • Strong organizational skills and ability to self-motivate; • Ability to work independently, while living and working in a rural and remote field office; • Ability to take input/direction from multiple sources and ensure smooth coordination of work flow and processes; • Facility with use of the MS Office suite of software; and • Possession of a valid state-issued driver’s license and the ability to safely operate a four-wheel drive vehicle on and off paved roads. Most of the work will be in an indoor office setting, but there will be occasional field site visits. The successful applicant must complete a Department of the Interior background investigation or submit paperwork indicating an active and fully adjudicated background investigation has been completed prior to beginning the position. How to Apply Qualified and interested applicants should forward a cover letter, their résumé, and a list of three professional references to Amy Gladding, GBI Human Resources Coordinator, at [email protected]. Please include where you found this position posted. Incomplete applications will not be considered. No phone inquiries, please.
