Grand Junction, CO

Job Title: Conservation Fellowship

Organization: Colorado West Land Trust

Type of opportunity: Colorado West Land Trust has a full-time opening for a Conservation Fellowship. This two-year position is intended to advance the career of an emerging conservation leader while providing important work to a respected, leading land trust. This position will focus on developing a conservation easement database and a regional conservation plan working closely with Stewardship and Land Protection staff and directly with conservation easement landowners and external partners. The successful candidate is detail-oriented, with excellent communication skills, significant database experience, and the ability to coordinate multiple deadline-driven projects.

Duties:

Database development

• Lead effort to develop a conservation easement database on the SalesForce platform using the
  LOCATE app.
• Work with consultants and other staff to integrate easement information for both Black Canyon
  Regional Land Trust and Mesa Land Trust including populating the database with new data and
  fields.
• Within the new database, create forms and reports for internal and external use.

Field-based and other technologies

• Research field-based and other technologies that offer the potential for improving efficiency and
  the effectiveness of stewardship, monitoring, and reporting.
• Prepare recommendations for new technologies in conjunction with Stewardship staff
• Colorado West Land Trust Conservation Fellow
• Implement new technologies.

Conservation Easement Monitoring

• Assist in conservation easement monitoring and reporting.
• Respond to landowner inquiries, questions, and requests under the direction of Stewardship staff.

Conservation Plan

• Assist in the development of regional-wide strategic conservation plan. Duties may include coordinating
  meetings with stakeholders to gather input, GIS analysis, and writing and editing.

Other duties

• Assist other CWLT staff on projects as directed, including new conservation projects.

Desired qualifications: 

• Master’s degree in a related field
• Database proficiency
• Experience in agriculture, range management or natural resources preferred
• Experience with Geographic Information Systems
• Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, Power Point, Word, Publisher)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, sense of humor, and a commitment to the organization’s mission

Start and end dates: Full-time (2 year position)

Salary/pay: Competitive salary includes generous benefits package with health, dental and vision insurance; retirement plan; paid holidays, vacation and sick leave

Link to more information: https://cowestlandtrust.org/careers/

How to apply: Interested candidates may submit a cover letter, resume, and list of three references to allison@cowestlandtrust.org. Please submit a single PDF file and use the subject line “Conservation Fellowship”. No phone calls please.

Application deadline: March 31, 2019