[APWG] JOB: Vermont Invasive Plant Coordinator: limited service position opening

[Kwong, Olivia]

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From: Schultz, Barbara <Barbara.Schultz at state.vt.us>
Date: Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 2:44 PM
Subject: Vermont Invasive Plant Coordinator: limited service position
opening

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This is to provide information about the limited service Invasive Plant
Coordinator (Forester I) position now under recruitment within the Vermont
Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation. The objective of the position
is to coordinate invasive plant management efforts within the Agency of
Natural Resources, as well as outside organizations and individuals.



The position has come into being thanks to several complementary grants,
including a privately funded grant obtained by The Nature Conservancy
expressly for this purpose, and a US Forest Service grant, focused
initially on invasive plants in Chittenden County, but whose objective
includes a sustainable invasives coordinator position for the state. Lake
Champlain Basin Program and Corps of Engineers funds for water chestnut
management will also help support the position. FPR’s Forest Health program
is providing a home for the position, although direction will also come
from other programs within ANR and The Nature Conservancy.



The position will be housed in Essex because of its initial focus on
Chittenden County and Lake Champlain, but the intent is to facilitate
invasive plant management statewide. It is currently scheduled to terminate
in 9/30/17, with the possibility to extend for the full three years.



The duties are at the Forester I level of responsibility, but will be
focused exclusively on invasive plants. They are expected to be very much
as in the job announcement, which is at
https://vthr.peoplesoft.state.vt.us/psp/VTHR/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=616570&SiteId=1&PostingSeq=1:


·         Organize community groups and partner efforts to identify high
priority sites for protection.

·         Provide technical support to conservation organizations, CISMAs,
volunteers, etc.

·         Lead efforts to standardize invasive plant geodatabases.

·         Staff the VT Invasive Exotic Plant Committee.

·         Provide information through vtinvasives.org, newsletters, and
other platforms.

·         Pursue opportunities for additional financial support.

·         Provide field-based oversight of water chestnut volunteer work.

·         Coordinate plant mapping on ANR and TNC lands and provide
assistance in implementing management.

·         Develop an early detection/rapid response plan for newly detected
invasives.

·         Promote best management practices for highway maintenance.

·         Complete required grant reports.



Applications need to be submitted to the VTHR website by 03/12/2015 .



Let me know if you would like more details.



*Barbara Schultz *

*Forest Health Program Manager*

802-777-2082  [cell]

*barbara.schultz at state.vt.us <barbara.schultz at state.vt.us>*

www.vtfpr.org







[image: ANR-small]

*Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation*

100 Mineral Street, Suite 304

Springfield, VT  05156-3168
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