Job Opportunity
The Selway Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation is hiring for a variety of positions including Lead Wilderness Stewards, Wilderness Stewards, Trail Crew Leader, Trail Crew Member, and Wilderness Project Liaison. All Seasonal staff positions run from May-September and typically consist of 8-9 days in the field followed by 5-6 days off. The deadline for applying to the following positions is January 15, 2022:
Lead Wilderness Steward – Bitterroot
Lead Wilderness Steward – Payette
Lead Wilderness Steward – Salmon-Challis
Wilderness Steward – Salmon-Challis
Job Opportunity
The University of Montana (UM) O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West (OCRMW) is partnering with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to implement their Aquatic Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) strategy. This protocol is targeted at collecting standardized inventory and long-term hydrologic and biological data at multiple scales across BLM Districts in the Western U.S.
We are currently recruiting Crew Leads, Technicians and Riparian Botanists with experience in fisheries, hydrology, ecology, and/or botany for data collection in Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming and around the Western US from March through August/September (exact dates vary by project).
Application review will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Job Opportunity
The Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) is seeking to hire two experienced community organizers to join our staff team. WORC’s regional organizers work with network leaders and staff to plan and execute regional and national campaigns, and provide support to WORC’s member groups. The two regional organizer positions we are hiring for will help lead our work to hold coal, oil and gas companies accountable; create a just transition for fossil-fuel dependent communities; accelerate community-scale renewable energy; and win an agriculture and food system that is fair and just for family farmers, ranchers, workers and eaters.
In addition to these issues, one of the Regional Organizers will work with the Native-led organizations in WORC’s network to support at the regional and national levels their work around Indigenous community priorities that may include Missing and Murdered Indigenous People; health care; voting rights; tribal sovereignty, law and policies; and other issues.
Positions will remain open until filled.
Job Opportunity
The University of Montana (UM) O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West (OCRMW) is partnering with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to implement their Riparian and Wetland Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) strategy. This protocol is targeted at collecting standardized inventory and long-term vegetation and soils data in target resources across BLM Districts in the Western U.S.
We are currently recruiting Monitoring Technicians with experience in wetlands, botany, ecology, and/or soil science for data collection in Idaho and Nevada from April/May through August/September (dates vary by base location).
Priority Application Date: January 14, 2022
Job Opportunity
The Blackfoot Challenge is seeking a full-time Finance & Grants Manager to conduct bookkeeping, financial analysis and reporting, and grant oversight and management. The successful applicant will be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and enjoy working collaboratively. Experience with nonprofit financial management and grant compliance and reporting is preferred.
Job Opportunity
The USGS Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center has a rare and exciting vacancy announcement for a Physical Scientist (GS 07/09) in the Geospatial Analysis Unit. This opportunity is open to graduate-level students currently enrolled (or accepted for enrollment) in a degree or certificate program on a full- or half-time basis. This opportunity is open to the public at USAJOBS – Job Announcement. Applications will be accepted from Dec. 21 – Jan. 11.
Job Opportunity
The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation, engaged in the active stewardship of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, seeks a Business Affairs Specialist to join our dynamic team of nonprofit professionals. The right person for this position will join a team that is as passionate about cultivating a productive and rewarding work environment as they are for the care and stewardship of the wilderness. The selected candidate will build upon existing systems and implement new systems that will improve team and partner function and efficiencies in the areas of volunteer, donor, partner and staff recruitment and retention. The position will be based in Hungry Horse, Montana.
Job Opportunity
The Landscape Conservation Specialist will serve as a research staff position for the next two years, helping develop and facilitate an invasive and noxious weed control monitoring program in Park County.
The new position will study the efficacy of noxious and invasive weed treatment practices through monitoring, research, and data analysis using protocols recently developed by Montana State University and professional and private weed management professionals in Montana.
Additionally, the new position will work directly with the local community providing education, outreach, and training opportunities.
The program was developed with, and will work in partnership with Park County Cooperative Weed Management Area, MSU Extension, Montana State University and the Park County Conservation District.
Job Opportunity
The Adjudication Specialist (specialist) performs a variety of duties associated with managing Montana’s water resources. The specialists work primarily with the adjudication programs either in Water Adjudication Bureau in Helena or in one of eight regional water offices throughout Montana. Specialists analyze statements of claim filed in the adjudication process, water right records, and other data sources to identify legal and factual issues, perform aerial photograph and regional analyses, interview claimants, synthesize this data, and report findings to the Water Court. As decrees are issued, Specialists evaluate and prepare comments regarding potential DNRC objections. Specialists also perform investigations, give testimony in water rights cases, and provide assistance to the Water Court in collecting, checking, processing, recording, and maintaining water right claims, evidence, records, and case documents. Specialists provide assistance and information to other agencies and the public regarding state water use laws, water availability, and local water use patterns. The program also provides information and support for the state water rights records system.
Job Opportunity
The Crown of the Continent Community Conservation Specialist will coordinate and manage TWS engagement in collaborative, community-based conservation efforts in Montana’s Crown of the Continent landscape. This position will play a key role in co-creating solutions with partners from communities within the Crown landscape, including Indigenous communities and Sovereign Tribal Nations, that contribute to TWS national goals of protecting 30% of lands and waters within the US by 2030 and all people benefitting equitably from public lands, in addition to other goals outlined in TWS’ 5-year Strategic Plan.
An additional focus of work will be supporting and implementing solutions to the climate and extinction crises in deep partnership with a wide array of partners and stakeholders within the Crown of the Continent.
