Forest Monitoring Associate

NYC Parks is the steward of over 30000 acres of land 14 percent of New York City including more than 5000 individual properties ranging from Coney Island Beach and Central Park to community gardens and Greenstreets. We look after 600000 street trees and two million more in parks.

The Division of Environment and Planning aims to protect restore and expand New York Citys green spaces and natural areas to maximize their benefits for environmental and community health and resilience. The Natural Resources Group within Environment and Planning manages over 10000 acres of natural areas across the five boroughs including forests grasslands and wetlands and has secured tens of millions of dollars of grant from state federal and private sources over the past decades to fund restoration and management across these ecosystems.

The newly developed Natural Resources Training Program is a green job training and employment program providing a pathway into environmentally focused careers for underserved communities. This opportunity is within the Monitoring track one of the four tracks offered by the Natural Resources Training Program.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
-Under supervision assist in conducting ecological and other monitoring in the Citys natural areas parkland across New York City.
-Assist with forest health monitoring including plant and wildlife identification in restoration and management sites.
-Assist with rare threatened and endangered species monitoring to inform natural areas protection.
-Accurately locate monitoring areas using GPS or other handheld devices that use ArcGIS software. Utilize paper data sheets tablet-based applications and specialized technical equipment to gather accurate data.
-Assist in data entry QA/QC and analysis as needed.
-Assist with literature and policy reviews and drafting reports and presentations using monitoring results.
-Perform safety checks and inventories of facilities and equipment.

Work Location: NYC Urban Field Station Queens / Arsenal North

How to Apply
All Applicants:
Go to and search for Job ID# 719381.
All applicants must apply via . The City is no longer using ESS to accept applications.

*Current Employees please include your ERN on your cover letter and resume.

NOTE: All resumes must be received no later than the last day of the posting period. References will be required upon request.

IN THE FACE OF CIVIL SERVICE LISTS IS PROHIBITED UNDER CIVIL SERVICE LAW.

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COMMUNITY ASSOCIATE - 56057

Qualifications :

Qualification Requirements
1. High school graduation or equivalent and three years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to duties described above; or
2. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time