Botany Technician Sequoia NF Supervisors Office

Position Description Summary:

Ranger District: Supervisors Office; Porterville CA

USFS California

The Great Basin Institute in cooperation with the USFS is recruiting Botany Crew Members to perform vegetation surveys within the Sierra Nevada mountain range. These projects all serve the Basin & Range Forestry programs greater mission of helping the USFS in their critical goal of improving forest resilience in the face of worsening climate conditions and increased wildfire threats. The work that you will do directly improves the quality of these forests helping ensure they continue to thrive for generations to come.

Crew members will benefit from exposure to USFS processes procedures compliance measures and reporting and technical experience. Expanded opportunities and exposure to additional disciplines (e.g. archaeology wildlife hydrology recreation etc. and projects may exist. These positions serve to protect sensitive botanical species and contribute to USFS vegetation management and fuels reduction efforts and to support initiatives for healthy productive and resilient forest landscapes and resources. Outcomes of field work conducted in accordance with USFS protocols will advance planning for management actions on National Forest lands.

A Temporary Special Assignment (TSA) employee is one who is hired for a specific temporary assignment external from the institutes administrative operations with one of GBIs partners for 52 weeks or greater or less than 52 weeks and may work fulltime 30 or more hours per week) or parttime (less than 30 hours per week).

Essential Job Functions may include the following:

• Botanical surveys to determine species identity population characteristics environmental conditions factors affecting vigor and extent of species and their habitat;
• Lay out monitoring plots;
• Photograph or collect specimens as directed;
• Produce maps of survey areas;
• Record enter and summarize data;
• Use botanical keys to identify plants; and
• May be asked to assist with reporting tasks.

Botany crew members will conduct botanical surveys to establish distributional occurrences of targeted species and populations in and around designated project sites and access routes. Data from these surveys will inform mitigation measures set to protect targeted plant species and vegetation communities considered habitat for designated wildlife.

LOCATION

In and around Sequoia National Forest; Supervisors Office; Porterville CA

Porterville California is a vibrant city nestled in the San Joaquin Valley at the base of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Known for its rich agricultural heritage it thrives on crops like citrus olives and nuts. Porterville serves as a gateway to outdoor adventure offering easy access to Sequoia National Forest where towering sequoia trees scenic vistas and diverse wildlife await. The forest renowned for its Giant Sequoia groves rugged trails and opportunities for hiking camping and fishing is a natural treasure that complements Portervilles community charm and rural beauty. Together they provide an ideal blend of smalltown hospitality and stunning natural landscapes.

WORK SCHEDULE

This position will begin in midMay and end as late as midNovember. Season start and end dates are project and weather dependent and may change slightly.

Forestry Crew positions follow 10 hour days 4 days a week schedule.

Temporary Special Assignment employees are eligible to receive holiday pay if partner approved. TSAs working four 4 ten 10 hour days per workweek will be paid ten 10 hours for all holidays. Same with other approved/allowable workweek configurations; these can be accommodated accordingly with Banked Holiday(s).

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Wage: $21/hour with overtime at 1.5x hourly rate. Full time average 40 hours per week

In addition to a competitive base salary this fulltimeonsite position includes companypaid comprehensive medical dental (with option to upgrade in coverage) and vision insurance as well as $25000 Life/AD&D policy. Voluntary shortterm and longterm disability policies are available and voluntary Life/AD&D policies for family members. Mental health support resources are employer provided competitive PTO accrual and paid holidays. Shared housing is provided. This exciting role contributes to GBIs significant positive impacts within the fields of environmental research education and conservation.

TSA employees who serve a term under 52 weeks in duration and have a thirty 30 day or less break between terms and then sign a second term that (cumulatively) becomes greater than 52 weeks of employment will be eligible for the >1year TSA benefits (equivalent to Regular fulltime employees).

Requirements/Qualifications

To perform this job successfully employees must be able to satisfactorily carry out each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required:

• Degree in botany plant ecology or a closely related field in the biological sciences including coursework in plant taxonomy and/or systematics (transcripts may be requested); AND/OR
• Experience conducting rare plant surveys and other botanical field work; AND/OR
• Six months of professional fieldwork experience.

Other Required:

• Experience using technical keys to identify plants to the species or subspecies level;
• Experience working with handheld GPS maps and compass for field navigation and data collection;

• Capacity to collect and maintain field data in an organized manner that is easily understood and accessible to other resources staff;
• Ability to communicate effectively both written and orally with a diverse audience;
• Possess a clean valid stateissued drivers license;
• Ability to live and work in rural and remote field and office setting; and
• Physically fit to work outdoors carry up to 50 pounds of personal and/or field equipment and withstand the rigors of a forested and/or high desert environment in all seasons.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of the flora of the Eastern Sierra/Great Basin transition zone;
• Skills related to Geographic Information Systems (GIS);
• Comfortable with noxious control;
• Ability to understand implement and adhere to established data collection inventory assessment and monitoring protocols; and
• Ability to safely operate and maintain a 4WD vehicle on and off paved roads.

TO APPLY

Qualified applicants will be contacted to schedule an interview. For questions regarding this position please contact

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit use hands stand walk bend and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision and ability to adjust focus working with computer business equipment and other job/industry specific equipment. The noise level in the work environment is usually low.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be allinclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the organizations ongoing needs.

Disclaimer: Although the organization has attempted to accurately and thoroughly describe this position GBI reserves the right to change the same including to change add to or subtract from the duties outlined within the sole discretion of the organization at any time with or without advance notice.