HCRCD is hiring 2 Project Coordinators

[Alexandria Enderle]

The Humboldt County Resource Conservation District (HCRCD) seeks two (2) Project Coordinators to support its Watershed Restoration and Agricultural Enhancement programs. Positions are open until filled. Application review will begin immediately with first round of interviews anticipated to start May 20, 2024. Please visit the HCRCD Job Opportunities webpage for more information and application instructions: https://humboldtrcd.org/about/employment-opportunities/.

 

• The Agricultural Enhancement Project Coordinator will work with landowners and land managers in the dairy, range and row crop industries to promote climate resilience, drought resilience, soil health conservation, and native habitat restoration. The Project Coordinator will work collaboratively with HCRCD staff, partner organizations, agency staff, consultants, and landowners. The position includes a combination of technical plan development, technical trainings, fieldwork, technical assistance to NRCS Eureka Field Office, and partner coordination. The position is full-time, hourly working under the supervision of the Program Manager.

• The Watershed Restoration Project Coordinator will work with landowners, land managers, agency representatives, tribes, and other stakeholders to advance estuarine, riverine, and landscape-scale watershed projects to promote climate resilience, drought response, and native habitat restoration. The Project Coordinator will work collaboratively with HCRCD staff, landowners, contractors, consultants and others to assist with environmental compliance and permit coverage, implement, obtain grant funding for, coordinate, and monitor HCRCD’s watershed projects. The position includes a combination of project development and management; technical report development; fieldwork; consultant and contractor coordination; grant writing and grant management; coordination and communication with landowners and agencies; and computer communications and reporting. The position is full-time, hourly working under the supervision of the Program Manager.

HCRCD also anticipates posting a North Coast Forest Health Program Manager position in the next month. This regional position will manage a recently awarded State Coastal Conservancy grant to implement the North Coast Wildfire Resilience Planning and Implementation Grant Program. Projects undertaken as part of this $6 million dollar program will occur in the coastal watersheds of the North Coast Resource Conservation District Collaborative region in the following present-day counties: Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Siskiyou, Sonoma, and Trinity. This Program will provide grants to public entities, tribes, and nonprofit organizations for planning, community outreach, environmental review, permitting, and implementation of projects that will increase wildfire resilience through improved management of natural lands and open space, increased collaboration among land managers, and capacity building in northern California’s coastal watershed counties. Please reach out to ji...@hcrcd.org to receive the job announcement when posted.