[PCA] Job openings: Forestry Crew Leader and Forestry Technicians for the Hemlock Restoration Initiative (Asheville, NC)

[Thom Green]

*The Hemlock Restoration Initiative will be hiring multiple seasonal
Forestry Technicians and one permanent Crew Leader position to begin
mid-to-late September 2023. *


Both job descriptions and instructions for how to apply can be found on our
website:
https://savehemlocksnc.org/job-openings-hri-forestry-technicians-and-crew-leader/

Brief summaries of the two positions are below.

*Program Description:* The Hemlock Restoration Initiative (HRI) is a
grant-funded program managed by WNC Communities’ Forestry Education LLC.
HRI’s mission is to work with a variety of partners and existing programs
to restore hemlocks to long-term health throughout North Carolina and
ensure that eastern and Carolina hemlocks can resist hemlock woolly adelgid
(HWA) and survive to maturity on North Carolina’s public and private lands.
This is accomplished through establishing hemlock conservation areas
(HCAs), implementing chemical and biological control of HWA, supporting the
restoration efforts of partner agencies, and educating private landowners
and others on the importance of hemlocks and how they can help conserve
hemlocks on their own properties or as volunteers on larger public lands
projects.

*HRI Forestry Crew Leader position summary: *The Crew Leader will help
train, motivate, work alongside, manage and oversee a small team of
forestry technicians in hemlock restoration activities on national, state
and otherwise conserved forests, including parks, game lands, and private
lands across Western North Carolina. These activities will consist of
scouting and assessing the health of hemlock stands, writing and updating
hemlock treatment plans for each site, installing and collecting data from
impact monitoring plots, conducting chemical treatments for HWA, and to a
lesser degree supporting other HWA control strategies, including biological
and silvicultural control strategies. The Crew Leader is responsible for
ensuring that the crew produces high quality work to achieve successful
project outcomes that meet HRI’s and partners’ expectations. The Crew
Leader will possess good judgment, professionalism, leadership and
communication skills, initiative, willingness to learn, emotional maturity
and resilience, resourcefulness, and comfort in the outdoors. This
individual will work closely and collaborate with the HRI program director
and other staff members, but will be the primary point of contact for
landowners, managers, and members of the public when on-site. They may also
help coordinate, manage, and oversee volunteers and other “guest crews” not
employed by HRI on occasion.

*HRI Forestry Technician position summary: *Our Forestry Technician crew is
on the front-lines in our program to control HWA on forest lands in North
Carolina. As a Forestry Technician, you will work fall through spring as
part of a small team conducting hemlock restoration activities on national,
state, and otherwise conserved forests, including parks, game lands, and
private lands across Western North Carolina. These activities will consist
of scouting and assessing the health of hemlock stands, writing and
updating hemlock treatment plans for each site, installing and collecting
data from impact monitoring plots, conducting chemical treatments for HWA,
and to a lesser degree supporting other HWA control strategies, including
biological and silvicultural control strategies. On occasion, the
technician crew will work with others (such as volunteers, Job Corps, ACE,
BRIDGE, other agency staff, etc.) to accomplish the above tasks.

Both positions are an excellent opportunity to be a member of a dynamic
team, play an influential role in addressing an important forest health
issue, and work in ecologically special and often stunningly beautiful
natural areas across Western North Carolina and the Southern Appalachians.
The ideal candidate will believe in the program’s mission, embrace a
positive, collegial culture, and relish being a member of a hard-working
team for a transformative non-profit organization.

WNC Communities’ Forestry Education LLC is an equal opportunity employer.
Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, gender, national origin, age, mental or physical
disabilities, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender
identity and/or expression, genetic information, or any other
characteristic protected by applicable law.  All employment decisions shall
be consistent with the principles of equal opportunity employment.
Accommodations to enable all individuals to participate in the application
process may be provided upon advance request. People with diverse skills
and experience and individuals who identify with groups typically
under-represented in the conservation industry are encouraged to apply.

Please direct questions to HRI director, Margot Wallston, at
director at savehemlocksnc.org.




Thom Green (he/him/his)
Outreach & Landowner Support Manager
Hemlock Restoration Initiative

*A program of WNC Communities*
Office: (828) 252-4783
info at savehemlocksnc.org
SaveHemlocksNC.org <https://savehemlocksnc.org/>
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