Temporary Stewards Individual Placement: VISTA Collaboration Specialist
Job Description
Program Benefits:
- Living Allowance of $1906.83/month
- Childcare assistance if eligible
- Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend (~$6900 education award or ~$1800 cash stipend)
- Health Coverage*
- Relocation Allowance
- Eligible for Non-Competitive Federal Hiring Status upon completion
- Training52-week service term beginning 7/17/2023
The VISTA Collaboration Specialist position is based at the New Mexico Forest & Watershed Restoration Institute (FWRI) in Las Vegas, NM. The FWRI’s mission is to promote adaptive management practices and to reduce the risk of high-intensity, catastrophic wildfires and other disturbances in New Mexico’s forests. Developing partnerships among stakeholders is an important part of this mission. In forested areas in New Mexico, community-based collaborative conservation (CBCC) organizations coordinate forest management across large landscapes, aimed at building ecological resiliency to reduce the risk of forest disturbances.
Member Duties:
-organize networks of community-based collaborative conservation organizations to build collaborative capacity and promote adaptive management practices that enhance ecological resiliency.
-plug into statewide and multi-state efforts to develop financial and informational resources for CBCC (community-based collaborative conservation) organizations, and to assist in training programs on collaborative knowledge and skills.
-take a lead role in organizing regional networks of CBCC groups to build collaborative capacity and promote adaptive management practices.
-develop financial and informational resources for CBCC organizations and assist in training programs on collaboration skills
-promote a restorative economy locally and statewide, engaging in hands-on economic development in rural communities.
*The job requires some travel to meetings of CBCC organizations and to training sessions and coordination workshops. There are opportunities for creative network development and collaborative work with a wide range of CBCC organizations, and hands-on economic development work in rural communities. *
Required Skills
Interest/experience in networking, partnership development, capacity building and economic development
General computer skills with some website creation skills.
GIS skills and familiarity with the Spanish language are a plus, though not required.
Personal Vehicle highly recommended
Required Experience
College Degree
How to Apply
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