[sust-mar] Forest Stewardship, full-time, Nova Scotia Working Woodlands Trust

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FOREST STEWARDSHIP
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Position Title: Stewardship Coordinator
Organization: Nova Scotia Working Woodlands Trust
Location: Southwestern Nova Scotia / Hybrid/Flexible/Travel Required

Term of Contact: Full-time, Permanent
Annual Salary: Starting at $55,000, commensurate with experience

About NSWWT:

The Nova Scotia Working Woodlands Trust (NSWWT) is an exciting new initiative that marries traditional conservation and small woodland stewardship. We aim to uphold a rich diversity of forest values and provide unique solutions to maintain the long-term stewardship legacy of landowners through ecological forestry and conservation through working forest conservation easements.

We work with landowners to maintain their stewardship legacies and conserve forest health for the benefit of the community, environment, and future land stewards through developing, monitoring, and enforcing community easements. Through working forest conservation easements, we uphold landowner wishes and ultimately help facilitate forest connectivity, carbon storage, and wildlife habitat.

The NSWWT has been incubated through the Medway Community Forest Co-op (MCFC). The MCFC is Eastern Canada’s first Crown land community forest initiative, based in the rural community of Caledonia, Nova Scotia.

Job Description:

The Stewardship Coordinator supports engagement with woodland stewards, provides expertise in forest stewardship planning and leads the execution of forest carbon inventories. This dynamic role brings together land stewards, forest and conservation professionals, and utilizes technical knowledge of biodiversity, silviculture, and forest conservation.

NSWWT is looking for someone comfortable and skilled working in the field and who has experience developing ecologically-focused forest stewardship/management plans. The ideal candidate has excellent interpersonal skills and enjoys engaging and working with land stewards.

Under the direction of the Executive Director and the Land Trust Manager, this position will support the management of easement properties and is responsible for the following duties:
• Support the development of NSWWT’s forest stewardship planning protocol for easement properties in partnership with woodlot service partners.
• Advise landowners on ecological forestry practices, climate adaptive forestry and improved forest management activities through forest stewardship plans.
• Conduct forest carbon inventories on participating woodlots, including supervising seasonal staff and field crews.
• Assess properties for conservation and wildlife habitat zones, old forest delineation, and hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) infestations.
• Assist with completion of annual monitoring of easement properties including (but not limited to); landowner notification; monitoring reports; restoration planning pertaining to the enforcement of easements; maintenance of trails, boundary lines or access points; organizing logistics for safe and efficient field work.
• Assist with the collection and storage of data including ecological inventory data, GIS and GPS data, photos and the preparation of reports and applications.
• Support administrative tasks such as social media, data entry, survey analysis, and reporting.

Educational & Experience Requirements:

Mandatory Qualifications:
• The successful candidate must have minimum bachelor’s degree or technical diploma in forestry, natural resource management, or similar, or equivalent professional experience
• Minimum 2 years’ experience within the forestry or conservation sector working with landowners and/or in forest stewardship/management
• Strong interpersonal skills and exercises sound judgement in decision-making
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Strong communication skills including working directly with landowners
• Strong foundational knowledge of NS flora and fauna
• Nova Scotia Class 5 Driver’s license or equivalent

Additional Assets: 
• Strong preference to individuals who have completed training in Nova Scotia Forest Ecosystem Classification
• Strong preference for individuals who are registered or eligible to be registered as a forestry professional in Nova Scotia (either forest technician or forester)

Compensation and benefits:

Compensation: Salary for the NSWWT Stewardship Coordinator position starts at $55,000 per year with additions negotiable based on experience and qualifications. The NSWWT offers benefits to all employees and a flexible work schedule.

Other benefits include:
• Cost share on a health benefits package or annual health care spending account
• Annual work gear/clothing allowance
• 3 weeks vacation and 11 paid holidays
• Compensation for mileage incurred during work duties
• Cell phone allowance
• Generous annual professional development budget

Location: Work location is flexible/remote, however the position will be initially be focused in Southwestern Nova Scotia.

Start Date: The position will commence as soon as possible.

Submission: To apply, please forward your resume and cover letter to info at nsworkingwoodlandstrust.org . Applications must be submitted electronically as a single PDF and will be accepted until the position is filled.

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The NSWWT is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants from a diversity of backgrounds, or who self-identify as part of an underrepresented group to apply. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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