Project Manager - Forests and Restoration (Forestry Conservation)

Full Time

  Pacific Forest Trust (http://www.pacificforest.org)

  San Francisco, California, United States

GENERAL:

The Project Manager: Forests and Restoration oversees forest management on Pacific Forest Trust-owned and -managed lands and contributes ecological, resource management, and restoration expertise to PFT’s other programs. This position is responsible for supervising the management of four properties (+/- 11,200 acres currently including Douglas fir, redwood, ponderosa pine, and mixed conifer/hardwood forests) for which PFT has direct responsibility, as well as developing and implementing restoration projects across PFT-conserved lands.

The Project Manager contributes to: conservation strategy, project development, and stewardship; applied research on PFT conserved lands; and policy incentives for forest conservation and stewardship. He/she also serves as a leading communicator and advocate to advance conservation-based forestry on the ground and in the resource management community, which includes resource professionals, agencies, policy-makers, other NGOs, and academics.

This position reports to the PFT President, works closely with PFT’s Conservation and Stewardship team, and contributes to policy, outreach, and communications efforts.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Oversight, direction, and implementation of forest management (+/- 65% of position)

A. Full charge oversight of forest management implementation on PFT fee and managed properties in Oregon (7,200) and California (4,000):

  • Responsible for ensuring quality and timely completion of all project aspects to meet ecological, harvest, and budget goals. This includes:
    • Planning (annual and long-term management plans and updates thereof); Silviculture and harvest layout;
    • Ensuring permitting and plans related to permitting (THPs, NTMPs, etc.);
    • Supervision of local contractors
    • Oversight of log/timber products marketing by consulting foresters;
    • Contract & budget management;
    • Ensuring inventories, maps, and all data systems for timber and carbon are well maintained
  • Other related management tasks

B. Develop opportunities for these lands to serve as demonstration sites for applications and innovations in conservation, restoration, ecological forest management, enhancing the full spectrum of ecological services.

  • Identify and obtain funding for restoration projects.
  • Encourage publication and communication of results in a broad range of relevant fora, from scientific to social media.

 2. Develop and support projects for ecosystem restoration (i.e. watershed, wet meadow and other habitat functions) across key PFT conserved properties (15-20%)

3. Contribute to forest conservation projects with ecological advice and/or data analysis. As feasible, help assess forest and other habitat condition, and potentially analyze impacts of various management approaches (i.e. on timber stocking, growth and yield under various scenarios). Serve as advisor on easement stewardship (5-10%)

4. Represent PFT in various professional fora with landowners, foresters, and other natural resource professionals. As needed, participate in agency discussions at state and federal level to support PFT work and goals; contribute to PFT communications products from time to time; advise on relevant PFT policy issues. (5-10%)

5. Other tasks as may be required. (up to 5%)

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 10 years experience in ecological resource restoration, management, and/or forestry with a focus on restoring and maintaining natural forest function and structures.
  • Knowledge of forest ecology for Pacific Northwest (CA, OR, WA) forests, resource inventory and mapping, facility with GIS required.
  • Understanding of forest modeling required (i.e., ability to utilize growth and yield programs (FPS or Forsee desirable).
  • RPF in California preferred; experience in Oregon and Washington forest types desirable.
  • Knowledge of forest carbon accounting and California offset regulations is a plus.
  • Excellent communication and people skills: verbal, written.
  • Masters or equivalent experience in Silviculture, Forest Ecology, or related fields helpful.
  • Must have valid driver’s license, be fit and able to walk forest project sites, as well as be able to lift at least 20 pounds.
  • Committed to Pacific Forest Trust’s mission.

TRAVEL: Significant travel (up to 25% time) required for on-site fieldwork.

LOCATION: Preferred in the main office (San Francisco, CA); willing to consider other options, but presence in the main office required at least 1 week/per month.

Job Description: https://www.pacificforest.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Project_Manager_Pacific_Forest_Trust_8.22.16.pdf