Restoration Monitoring Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ohio.

📋 Description

• Lead the execution of ecological monitoring plans for OMP restoration initiatives throughout Ohio.

• Create scopes of work, solicit bids, and establish contracts for monitoring services.

• Operate within monitoring budgets and assist in contractor selection and contract negotiations.

• Coordinate, supervise, and ensure quality assurance for contractors and consultants.

• Conduct regular site assessments across Ohio to evaluate the success of restoration projects and identify potential issues.

• Gather piezometer data, troubleshoot data loggers, and capture photographs at project monitoring locations.

• Analyze monitoring data and compile reports in collaboration with Restoration Ecologists.

• Perform field-based ecological assessments to aid in project planning, compliance, and adaptive management.

• Implement OMP operations, regulatory standards, and performance benchmarks to align monitoring with project and program objectives.

• Collaborate with Restoration Ecologists to propose adaptive management strategies and corrective measures.

• Assist with limited restoration stewardship and adaptive management activities, including targeted invasive species removal and supplemental planting.

• Work in conjunction with OMP personnel, TNC staff, the US Army Corps of Engineers, Ohio EPA, Ohio Interagency Review Team, and other stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 3 years of experience in natural resource management or a related field, or a comparable combination of education and experience.

• Proficiency in technical writing.

• Proven ability to complete tasks independently while adhering to timelines.

• Strong communication skills in written, verbal, and graphical formats in English.

• Familiarity with common software applications, including Word, Excel, and internet browsers.

• Experience in managing staff, volunteers, or contractors.

• Must possess, or have the ability to obtain, a valid driver’s license.

• Understanding of land management conservation practices and conservation science.

• Experience in contract preparation, contractor oversight, and management of contracts and budgets.

• History of working within project budgets.

• Experience conducting or interpreting stream geomorphological surveys, stream biology assessments, wetland delineations, and vegetation evaluations, or a willingness to learn.

• Ability to recognize Ohio’s common flora and fauna.

• Experience in managing invasive plant species and/or restoring native forests.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, ESRI GIS/Field Maps software, RiverMorph, and GPS technologies.

• Compliance with TNC’s Auto Safety Program and completion of a Vehicle Use Agreement, which may include a motor vehicle record review.

• Successful completion of The Nature Conservancy’s background screening process.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health care benefits.

• Flexible spending accounts.

• 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match.

• Parental leave.

• Accrued paid time off.

• Life insurance.

• Disability coverage.

• Employee assistance program.

• Additional life and work well-being benefits.

• Flexible work environment.

• Opportunities for career development.

• Accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans.