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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Job Title: Operations Manager<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Location: Carpinteria area<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Company: Channel Islands Restoration<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Application filing Deadline March 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is a full-time, salaried position. The major duties of the Operations Manager include, but are not limited to: overseeing the organization’s habitat restoration projects (including scheduling personnel and equipment and purchasing supplies) hiring, training and supervising personnel, creating job estimates, monitoring program budgets and interfacing with clients, partners, sub-contractors and CIR management personnel.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The candidate will have a Minimum of three years experience managing invasive plant removal and revegetation projects and supervising restoration crews. A B.S. or greater in weed science, agriculture, botany, biology, ecology, natural resource management, or equivalent from an accredited institution preferred.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Compensation: $35,000 to $50,000 depending on experience, plus employer contribution to health care plan.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Submit a cover letter of intent to apply and a résumé via email. Candidates may also submit reference letters from previous employers. The most qualified candidates will be invited to interview. Do not apply unless you have the qualifications and minimum experience as outlined above. Further details can be provided by contacting: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ken Owen, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Channel Islands Restoration<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:ken@cirweb.org">ken@cirweb.org</a><span class=MsoHyperlink><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Job web site: <a href="http://www.cirweb.org/jobs.htm">http://www.cirweb.org/jobs.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>More information about Channel Islands Restoration can be found on our web page at: <a href="http://www.cirweb.org">www.cirweb.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Channel Islands Restoration is a non-profit organization that restores habitat in sensitive and unique natural areas on the California Channel Islands and adjacent mainland. We help protect rare and endangered native plant and animal species by restoring the natural habitat they depend on for survival. We educate a variety of groups about the value of native habitat and how to protect it. We recruit volunteers and identify and develop public and private funding sources for habitat restoration programs. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>