Leased Employee, Wildfire Mitigation Training Coordinator (12-Month Assignment)
About The Position
Team Rubicon is seeking a Leased Employee to join its Operations team as a Wildfire Mitigation Training Coordinator. This is a hybrid position based in California, reporting to the Wildfire Mitigation Manager. The assignment is for 12 months, with a possibility of extension based on business needs, and is expected to require 40 hours per week. The role is hourly and non-exempt, with a pay range of $28.00 to $30.00 per hour. The coordinator provides geographic training and event support primarily across California, with supplemental support in other areas. The role helps build training cadence and volunteer capacity, supports national training events and local requirements, contributes to the design and standardization of the wildfire mitigation capability, and delivers workshops on program fundamentals and mission-planning considerations. Frequent travel between Northern and Southern California and to national training events is expected.
Requirements
- 1–4 years of relevant professional experience in military, wildfire mitigation, disaster response, emergency management, or first responder fields.
- Personnel management or training experience, including recruiting, managing, and developing volunteers.
- Familiarity with wildfire mitigation concepts, tactics, tools, and best practices.
- Strong facilitation and public speaking skills, including comfort delivering workshops to varied audiences.
- Project management experience.
- Comfort learning and teaching a structured assessment methodology, such as Home Ignition Zone assessments, to volunteer audiences.
- Familiarity with the California wildfire mitigation community and public, private, and nonprofit partners across Northern and Southern California.
- Comfort with frequent travel between Northern and Southern California and to national training events.
- Understanding of California scoping and training requirements for commercial wildfire mitigation work.
Nice To Haves
- Successful past performance leading or coordinating volunteers.
Responsibilities
- Provide geographic training and event support primarily across California and supplemental support across other geographic areas, including event creation and input and coordination with the national training team on event hosting and local requirements.
- Work with local teams to build training cadence and volunteer capacity for training opportunities across geographic areas.
- Represent local teams at complex national training events, supporting partner management, site identification, logistics, and instructor selection.
- Assist in designing and standardizing the wildfire mitigation capability and distributing training content to local and branch teams.
- Deliver workshops on wildfire mitigation program fundamentals and unique mission-planning considerations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
