Preferred Start Date: Mid-April 2024
Application Deadline: Wednesday, March 27 at 11:59pm
About the Position:
Three Rivers Land Trust is hiring a part time stewardship assistant to work 20 hours per week at $25 per hour, from our office in Alfred and in the field in our service area of Acton, Alfred, Lebanon, Sanford/Springvale, and Shapleigh. The position will be multifaceted with a major concentration in stewardship, and the expectation is that the ideal candidate will also participate in supporting the land trust’s mission in other ways. You must have your own reliable transportation.
To Apply:
Please send a resume and a cover letter addressed to Keith Davis, to info@3rlt.org – please include “Stewardship Assistant” in the email subject line. Our hiring process includes an initial review of application materials and at least one in-person interview with Three Rivers directors and staff.
Stewardship work will involve the following:
- Trail design, construction, and maintenance.
- Infrastructure projects.
- Volunteer project planning and volunteer management.
- Invasive and native plant identification and management.
- Property monitoring and related file maintenance.
- Tracking expenditures for stewardship including use of grant funding.
- Digital mapping of trails and data.
Additional tasks either under the direction of the Board of Directors or the Executive Director (ED) or individually might include any of the following:
- Assist ED with event planning and programming.
- Help create original events to enhance public awareness of the land trust and its mission.
- Assist ED with educational planning and programming.
- Help produce content for the newsletter and contribute to the social media presence of the land trust as needed.
- Assist ED with membership/fundraising administrative tasks when needed.
Required Skills:
- Prior work experience related to at least some of the stewardship work listed above.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and/or Google Workspace.
- Excellent people skills.
- Passion for your work and the mission of a land trust; flexibility to adjust to needs as they pop up; creative thinking and a decent sense of humor.
Desired skills or a willingness to be trained/certified in any of the following:
- Wilderness first aid.
- Basic carpentry and small tool use including chainsaws and power tools.
- Competence using GPS, GIS, and related apps.
About Three Rivers Land Trust:
Our mission is to build reciprocal relationships to land through conservation, recreation, and education. The trust was founded in 2000 by a small group concerned about the sale of thousands of acres in the area that were subsequently developed into house lots. Acres and acres of prime farmland and working forests were lost to our communities forever. Since then, Three Rivers has conserved close to 4,000 acres in our service area.
Three Rivers reserves the right to conduct background checks as a condition for employment.
All qualified applicants shall receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, familial status, or based on an individual’s status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Three Rivers encourages applications from diverse populations, persons with disabilities, and all other qualified applicants. Three Rivers Land Trust is an Equal Opportunity Employer.