Botany Lead (Sequoia NF, Hume Lake Ranger District)

GREAT BASIN INSTITUTE • Dunlap, CA

1d • $26 - $26 • Onsite

About The Position

Ranger District: Hume Lake USFS, California The Great Basin Institute, in cooperation with the USFS, is recruiting multiple Botany Crew Leads to perform and help manage vegetation surveys within the Sierra Nevada mountain range (USFS Region-5 locations). These projects all serve the Basin & Range Forestry program’s greater mission of helping the USFS in their critical goal of improving forest resilience in the face of worsening climate conditions and increased wildfire threats. The work that you will do directly improves the quality of these forests helping ensure they continue to thrive for generations to come. A Temporary Special Assignment (TSA) employee is one who is hired for a specific temporary assignment external from the institute’s administrative operations with one of GBI’s partners for 52 weeks or greater or less than 52 weeks and may work full-time (30 or more hours per week) or part-time (less than 30 hours per week). LOCATION Ranger District: Hume Lake Ranger District; Dunlap, CA , USFS, California The Great Basin Institute, in cooperation with the US Forest Service, Sequoia National Forest, is recruiting one Hydrology Crew Technician who will work under the direction of a GBI Hydrology Crew Lead and/or the USFS to perform assignments of limited scope and complexity which are designed to contribute to the continuing professional development of the employee and forest objectives. Work will include opportunities to gain resource management experience in land management planning and implementation, hydrologic evaluation techniques and procedures used to identify management opportunities, preparing management prescriptions for protecting and/or enhancing the water resource, and standard administrative procedures, including program budgeting. Work on this position will begin as soon as hired personnel are available and will continue until approximately October 2025. A Temporary Special Assignment (TSA) employee is one who is hired for a specific temporary assignment external from the institute’s administrative operations with one of GBI’s partners for 52 weeks or greater or less than 52 weeks and may work full-time (30 or more hours per week) or part-time (less than 30 hours per week). WORK SCHEDULE This position will begin in mid-May and end as late as mid-November. Season start and end dates are project and weather dependent and may change slightly. Forestry Crew positions follow 10 hour days, 4 days a week schedule. Temporary Special Assignment employees are eligible to receive holiday pay, if partner approved. TSAs working four (4) ten (10) hour days per workweek will be paid ten (10) hours for all holidays. Same with other approved/allowable workweek configurations; these can be accommodated accordingly with Banked Holiday(s). COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS Wage: $26/hour with overtime at 1.5x hourly rate. Full time, average 40 hours per week In addition to a competitive base salary, this full-time,onsite position includes company-paid comprehensive medical, dental (with option to upgrade in coverage), and vision insurance, as well as $25,000 Life/AD&D policy. Voluntary short-term and long-term disability policies are available, and voluntary Life/AD&D policies for family members. Mental health support resources are employer provided, competitive PTO accrual, and paid holidays. Shared housing is provided. This exciting role contributes to GBI’s significant positive impacts within the fields of environmental research, education, and conservation. TSA employees who serve a term under 52 weeks in duration, and have a thirty (30) day or less break between terms, and then sign a second term that (cumulatively) becomes greater than 52 weeks of employment, will be eligible for the >1-year TSA benefits (equivalent to Regular full-time employees).

Requirements

• Experience in conducting rare plant surveys and other botanical work
• Experience using technical keys to identify plants to the species or subspecies level
• Ability to understand, implement and adhere to established data collection, inventory, assessment, and monitoring protocols
• Willingness to work a variable schedule in response to project needs
• Skills in GPS navigation and map reading
• Physical ability for fieldwork in remote areas, including overnight camping if necessary
• Effective communication skills for coordination with multidisciplinary teams
• Possess a clean, valid, state-issued driver’s license with the ability to safely operate and maintain a 4WD vehicle on and off paved roads
• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Ecology, Natural Resource Management, or related field, with fieldwork experience OR three years of botany fieldwork experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading crews in the field preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead field crews in conducting botanical surveys to determine species identity, population characteristics, environmental conditions, factors affecting vigor and extent of species and their habitat.
• Manage crew safety, coordinate daily tasks, and ensure data collection adheres to USFS management protocols.
• Lay out of monitoring plots, data collection, and produce maps
• Collaborate with USFS and GBI staff to support vegetation management and environmental compliance measures.
• Administrative duties such as meeting with GBI staff, leading report writing, receipt management, managing crew members and team dynamics.
• Additional tasks may include survey equipment setup, data quality assurance, and training.

Benefits

• company-paid comprehensive medical, dental (with option to upgrade in coverage), and vision insurance
• $25,000 Life/AD&D policy
• Voluntary short-term and long-term disability policies are available, and voluntary Life/AD&D policies for family members.
• Mental health support resources are employer provided
• competitive PTO accrual, and paid holidays
• Shared housing is provided

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level