Amah Mutsun Land Trust | Manager, Native Stewardship Corps

The Native Stewardship Corps is a work training, cultural relearning and conservation fieldwork program for tribal members. The Native Stewardship Corps (NSC) Manager provides crucial coordination, oversight, and leadership of the day-to-day work of the NSC and serves as a mentor and role model to Native Stewards. The NSC Manager works closely with other AMLT Program Managers and staff and with external collaborators to plan the NSC’s schedule and to ensure that stewardship and learning activities are conducted safely and in alignment with the expectations and objectives of AMLT and its partners. The NSC Manager must possess experience in resource stewardship and field crew leadership or show clear intention and promise to acquire the requisite skills for the position. The NSC’s work extends across AMLT’s various programs and includes diverse cultural learning and professional development activities, and the NSC Manager must be willing to participate in, and in some cases lead or co-lead, a wide range of these activities and trainings. Much of AMLT’s stewardship work is physically demanding and requires working full days outdoors in variable weather conditions, often in backcountry areas without facilities or amenities. Occasionally, the work will require camping for one or more nights in settings with limited amenities.

Work Location and Travel: The NSC Manager will work at various locations throughout Amah Mutsun Tribal Band territory and neighboring Awaswas-speaking Tribal territories. This includes the area from around Morgan Hill south to King City (including adjacent portions of the Diablo/Gabilan Range), along the Salinas River to the Pacific Ocean, and northward to Año Nuevo Point. This position will also require occasional travel to other areas of California and potentially out of state to participate in training and certification events, which may sometimes last a week or more. This position may, at times, require the use of a personal vehicle for travel. AMLT offers mileage reimbursement for work-related use of personal vehicles, along with reimbursement for other work-related travel expenses.

Salary range for this position: $75-86,000 DOE plus benefits that include:

• Option to enroll in employer-supported medical, dental and vision insurance,
• Paid accrued personal time off (PTO,)
• 11 paid holidays per year, and
• Reimbursement for work-related travel using a personal vehicle at the federal rate.

Required Qualifications:

• Formal education or professional training in natural resources management, environmental sciences, or related fields or equivalent experience.
• Supervisory experience in a resource management, wildland fire, or other fieldwork setting or equivalent experience.
• Adaptive, patient, and able to maintain a positive perspective and solve problems under unforeseen and challenging circumstances.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Computer proficiency.
• Commitment to learning about and honoring Mutsun culture.
• Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to work entire days outdoors, including in inclement weather conditions and with exposure to environmental hazards such as poison oak, ticks, sunburn, dehydration, etc.
• Ability to walk 2-4 miles per day in the backcountry (including off-trail) while carrying heavy tools and equipment.
• Possession of a valid, state-issued driver’s license and working personal vehicle with insurance, and an ability to operate a vehicle on unpaved and unmaintained road surfaces.
• Current certification as a Wilderness First Responder (WFR) or willingness to obtain WFR training and certification.

See our full job description here and see our website at https://www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org to learn more about our purpose, vision, and values.