Associate Restoration Scientist Fellow en River Partners
River Partners · San Diego, Estados Unidos De América · Onsite
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- Oficina en San Diego
Associate Restoration Scientist Fellow
Position Title : Associate Restoration Scientist Fellow
Location: Imperial Valley
Status: Part Time, Temporary, Non-Exempt
Reports to: Restoration Science Ecologist/Project Manager
Pay: $22.00
A thriving future for California’s environment and communities requires bold vision, creative problem-solving, and relentless determination. This is a critical decade for action and River Partners is growing our team of talented, tenacious change-makers to meet the challenge head on. Join us!
Who We Are
River Partners brings life back to California rivers. We’ve revitalized more habitat along impaired California rivers than any other entity in the western U.S., having led hundreds of projects across nearly 20,000 acres throughout California. We restore thriving native forests and ecosystems that support imperiled wildlife, improve flood safety, boost the state’s climate resilience, replenish and improve freshwater resources, create open space for communities, and build stronger local economies. Since 1998, we have pioneered an innovative, entrepreneurial approach to conservation, combining modern farming, cutting-edge science, and diverse partnerships.
Position Description
The Restoration Science Associate Fellow collaborates with River Partners’ larger Restoration Team to identify, evaluate, implement, and complete restoration activities. This position reports to a Restoration Science Ecologist/Project Manager and regularly works in outdoor conditions to conduct field monitoring and data collection, providing essential insights for project planning and data-driven decision-making. The Restoration Science Associate also ensures the effective communication of findings to team members and external partners.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
(10%) Project and Team Collaboration
- Participate with the Restoration Science Team to deliver large-scale ecological restoration projects on time, within the budget, and with the highest standards of project performance.
- Participate in timesheets and expense reports.
- Ensure compliance with workplace regulations in collaboration with the Safety & Office Manager.
- Exercise sound judgement in elevating issues for support or review by senior leadership.
- Maintain and support good working relationships with coworkers, clients and vendors.
- Fulfill project monitoring obligations while contributing to organizational outcomes such as organization-wide impact tracking, seed collections, and developing restoration science partnerships.
- Regularly travel to project sites and regional offices to complete job duties and collaborate with the larger Science Team.
- Foster positive working relationships amongst Restoration Science, Field Restoration and Administrative teams to support excellent project delivery.
(70%) Project Planning, Monitoring, and Development
- Conduct data collection and analysis to support site evaluation and conception scoping.
- Participate in writing and analysis to assist in project planning and design and work planning to support the Restoration Team in delivering excellent restoration projects.
- Support the Restoration Team to:
- Ensure timely and budget-complaint agreement deliverables.
- Collect field data and perform literature review and synthesis to inform and monitor restoration projects using data-drive approaches.
- Cleary communicate project developments, constraints, and opportunities to peers, external partners, and the Leadership team.
- Adhere to sensitivity and permit compliance requirements.
- Use projects and project partner relationships to maintain and grow restoration project adaptation, learning, and improvement.
- Support Advancement Director to secure private funding for projects and initiatives:
- Prepare materials and represent River Partners at site tours and pitch meetings as requested.
- Regularly share stories, project outcomes, photos, and other pertinent information from the field with River Partners leadership and team members.
(10%) Communications – Internal and External
- Share project and team issues with appropriate team leads and senior leadership at River Partners.
- Serve as an organizational ambassador for conferences, site tours and project visits with vendors, partners, and clients.
- Inspect project sites and collaborate with Safety & Office Manager, CFO, Senior Director of Field Restoration, and Director of Communications to highlight successes and outcomes, correct errors and respond to challenges.
- Cultivate collaboration amongst Field Restoration and Restoration Science teams to ensure project compliance with permitting conditions, restoration plans and best available science.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Working knowledge of California plants, riparian ecology, hydrology, soils, and wildlife.
- Ability to collaborate with diverse team members and community partners with poise, vision, and respect.
- Working understanding of statistics and experimental design.
- Intermediate skills in collecting, organizing, and analyzing field data, including spatial data and maps.
- Excellent verbal, analytical, organizational, and written skills, including data visualization to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Integrity and ethics beyond reproach.
Qualifications
- Experience working with GPS/GIS applications.
- Experience in ecological monitoring and program-building in ecological assessment.
- Proficiency in working with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), and SharePoint.
- Valid California driver’s license with no restrictions.
- Ability to communicate in Spanish (preferred).
- Commitment and enthusiasm to carry out River Partners’ mission.
To learn more about River Partners leading approach to restoring California ecosystems, please visit our website: http://riverpartners.org
To Apply
Please submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three references to the link below
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until this position is filled.
River Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
River Partners is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, religion, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with disability, or any other protected group status or non-job related characteristic as directed by law.
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