The Opportunity

The Stewardship Coordinator is responsible for various duties in support of the Stewardship Program of LTTN. The goal of the stewardship program is to uphold the conservation values of those lands protected by LTTN by working in partnership with landowners and the stewardship staff of LTTN. This includes conservation easement monitoring, volunteer management, risk management, conservation easement enforcement, addressing requests for activity approvals, working with landowners to understand their conservation easement, land management, record keeping and data management, and other duties as may be assigned. This position is a key part of the Stewardship team, working with oversight and management from the Associate Director of Stewardship and Director of Stewardship. This is an entry-level position with potential for long-term growth within the organization.

Primary Responsibilities

Field Work and Site Visits

• Schedules and performs annual monitoring ground or aerial visits for conserved properties throughout Tennessee; meets with landowners and walks properties to observe and document any changes that have occurred since the previous visit and to identify potential violations and other issues
• Works with stewardship and conservation staff to ensure all properties are monitored at least annually
• Performs additional field visits and in-office analysis as directed to follow up on issues identified through ground or aerial monitoring inspections, research potential violations, and evaluate landowner requests for activities or plans requiring LTTN written approval
• Manages and trains monitoring volunteers who assist in annual monitoring visits, with support from LTTN’s Community Engagement Coordinator
• Assists with management of lands owned by LTTN

Landowner Relationships

• Cultivates and maintains strong relationships with landowners from a variety of backgrounds and assists landowners in understanding their conservation easement
• Provides assistance and information to landowners who are selling their conserved land and to realtors, attorneys, appraisers, and potential buyers; meets with prospective and successor landowners to review conservation easements and conducts field visits with prospective/new owners
• Connects landowners to resources to assist with sound management and stewardship of their land

Record Keeping and Administrative Tasks

• Serves as a hub for the stewardship team, managing the stewardship phone line and email account, assisting with monitoring follow-up and other stewardship projects, and drafting correspondence to landowners
• Tracks and keeps record of all approvals and denials of activities, amendments to conservation easements, property transfers, etc. using LTTN’s server and online database
• Prepares and maintains complete and accessible monitoring reports, monitoring files, and current conditions reports on all conserved properties
• Helps maintain landowner database by reporting and documenting changes in names, addresses, ownership, and any deaths or divorces
• Helps maintain GIS database for protected property boundaries and reserved rights areas; ensures updated field and documentation maps are available for all protected properties
• Records minutes for the Stewardship and Conservation Committee Meetings
• Assists with administrative tasks for the Chattanooga office including managing office vendors and ensuring that office supplies are stocked

Please view full job opportunity details here: Job Opportunities at The Land Trust for Tennessee