2-3-2 Partnership Coordinator

The Forest Stewards Guild is seeking a dynamic personable and highly collaborative professional to support the 2-3-2 Cohesive Strategy Partnership a collaborative that brings together diverse partnersfederal state and local agencies; Tribes; nonprofits; community groups; and private landownersto build wildfire resilience promote ecological forest management and advance community wildfire adaptation.

The 2-3-2 Partnership Coordinator will play a key role in advancing collaborative natural resource management across southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. This position has three main areas of focus: (1) building and strengthening relationships with partners in the San Luis Valley (2) supporting the operational and logistical aspects of 2-3-2 meetings and events and 3) advancing partnership communications through newsletters website maintenance and other creative means.

This position will focus on building and strengthening relationships with partners in the San Luis Valley while ensuring their voices and priorities are well integrated into the broader 2-3-2 Partnerships landscape-scale strategy. This will include active participation in local collaborative efforts such as the San Luis Valley Wildfire Council and Rio Grande Basin Roundtable as well as the creation of new projects as opportunities present.

The Coordinator will work as part of a team to support effective communication organize meetings and events and foster connections among agencies organizations landowners and community groups working to improve forest health watershed resilience and community well-being. Acting as a bridge between local and regional efforts this position will help align place-based initiatives with shared priorities increase visibility of San Luis Valley partner accomplishments and promote collaborative solutions to natural resource challenges.

This is a highly collaborative role that requires strong communication and organizational skills comfort in representing the Partnership at public events and the ability to work with diverse partners to achieve shared goals across boundaries. The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicatorequally comfortable writing newsletters speaking at events or picking up the phone to connect with a community leader. They should be willing and comfortable traveling throughout the 2-3-2 Partnership areaincluding to the San Luis Valley Pagosa Springs and the Rio Chama watershedto represent the Guild and the 2-3-2 Partnership in meetings tours and community events. The successful candidate will have a degree in science communication forestry ecology natural resource management or related field with professional experience. This individual will have excellent organizational communication and written skills and a desire to support ecological forestry and forest dependent communities in the Southwest.

Key Responsibilities

Build and strengthen partner relations in the San Luis Valley Colorado (approx. 40%).

• Represent the 2-3-2 Partnership in the San Luis Valley by attending relevant meetings workshops and community events. Contribute to discussions on resource planning project implementation and monitoring and share updates back to the partnership.
• Support integration of San Luis Valley place-based groups and projects with the 2-3-2s broader landscape-scale strategy by helping to align local initiatives with regional priorities and facilitating information exchange between groups.
• Act as a liaison between San Luis Valley partners and the full 2-3-2 Partnership by maintaining strong and consistent communication with the Guilds Southwest Partnership Manager Executive Committee and Rio Chama CFLRP team. Help ensure that local priorities are represented in regional discussions and that regional strategies are communicated clearly to local partners.
• Identify and engage key partners including value holders community leaders land managers and decision-makers to broaden participation and ensure that diverse voices and perspectives inform the partnerships work.

Support operations and logistics for 2-3-2 meetings and events (approx. 20%).

• Assist the SW Program Managers in facilitating the 2-3-2 Partnership collaborative activities by supporting event logistics coordinating field tours and preparing materials for meetings. Help with scheduling partner outreach meal and activity planning to ensure events are inclusive and well-documented.
• Provide coordination support to the 2-3-2 Executive Committee by taking clear notes in meetings tracking follow-up actions and assisting the Southwest Partnership Manager with scheduling agenda setting and documentation to keep the committees work organized and moving forward.

Advance Partnership communications through newsletters website updates and other creative means (approx. 30%).

• Coordinate 2-3-2 partnership communications by managing website content drafting and distributing newsletters and proactively sharing updates through media outlets and other information-sharing networks. Ensure that communications align with the mission and vision of the 2-3-2 Partnership to highlight collaborative successes opportunities and upcoming events to strengthen partner and public engagement.
• Establish and strengthen partnerships and networks that support collaborative communications including fostering relationships with local media outlets community-based organizations agencies landowners and other partners.
• Develop and craft communications products that elevate the work of various 2-3-2 Partners to multiple audiences. This includes working with established and new partners.

Other duties as assigned (approx. 10%)

Qualifications :

What Youll Bring

• Bachelors degree in natural resources forestry ecology environmental studies communications or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including comfort with public speaking taking detailed notes and compiling clear reports.  Experience with newsletters websites and partner communications.
• Flexibility problem-solving ability and willingness to take initiative.
• Experience working with diverse partners including landowners agencies nonprofits and community leaders.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and thrive in a collaborative team-oriented environment.
• Willingness to travel across northern NM and southern CO (San Luis Valley Rio Chama and Santa Fe areas).
• Self-motivated personable and comfortable reaching out directly to new partners or community members.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Effective knowledge of common software applications
• Valid drivers license

Additional Desired Qualifications:

• Proficiency in WordPress
• Experience with collaborative conservation wildfire mitigation community engagement or landscape-scale partnerships.
• Experience writing grant proposals
• Spanish language skills
• Masters degree in science communication forestry environmental science or other applicable field or seven years equivalent experience of professional work
• Forestry and wildland fire knowledge or experience in Southwest forest ecosystems

Additional Information :

Compensation and Benefits Package 

• $27.46 $29.98/ hour 36-40 hours/week
• Paid leave is accrued monthly from the first day of employment 
• Paid sick leave 
• 12 paid holidays per year (4 hours per holiday at half time)
• Employer-sponsored comprehensive health and dental care coverage is available after 30 days of continuous employment with the employee contribution at 50%    
• Accidental death/dismemberment and life insurance policies paid by The Guild after 60 days at 20 hours per week
• Flexible compensation plan available after 60 days   at 20 hours per week
• Retirement plan with an employer match is available after 90 days
• Family Leave after 12 months including up to 3 weeks paid leave with the remaining time unpaid up to 12 weeks total.

Location 

This position is based out of Northern NM or Southern CO within or immediately adjacent to the 2-3-2 Partnership landscape. Broadly this ranges from Santa Fe NM to Chama NM to Pagosa Springs CO to Alamosa CO and everywhere in between. A San Luis Valley-based coordinator is preferred. A hybrid work schedule is acceptable and travel throughout northern New Mexico and southern Colorado is required. Some overnight travel is required if travel distances make it necessary. All travel costs from the Guild office in Santa Fe are covered including the use of a Guild vehicle.

How to Apply 

Applicants should submit a 1-2 page cover letter resume one page writing sample and three professional references through the application portal please note that you will need to combine these into one PDF or email them to Cody Dems. References will not be contacted without prior notification to candidates. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Contact Us 

Questions about this position can be directed to .

The Guild is dedicated to providing an open transparent and just organization and workplace. We strive for clear open and kind communication and are committed to recruiting hiring mentoring and supporting staff from underrepresented communities. We are dedicated to building a work culture that recognizes the inherent value of our employees supports a healthy work-life balance and provides an environment that supports personal and job growth. 

We believe that a diverse workforce reflects the strengths of all members of our community. The Forest Stewards Guild strives to create a collaborative supportive and respectful setting for all employees and partners. To meet this goal we recognize and celebrate the wide range of differences that characterize our members employees partners and collaborators. Indeed it is those differences that enhance our organization and help us to meet our mission and vision. The Guild values diverse forests because they are more productive more resilient more adaptable and better able to recover from disturbances. Similarly our community is healthier when we are inclusive of a diversity of people and perspectives. 

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time