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AFE is pleased to share announcements about job openings in fire ecology, fire management, and the environmental sector. If you would like to add a job posting to this page, please fill out this form. Email any questions to the following address: communications@fireecology.net.
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The National Interagency Fire Center has an excellent website to share career resources and specific information for federal agencies.
Careers in Fire and Fuels is a course at the University of Idaho that includes guest speakers from diverse wildland fire and fuels positions. You can watch the recorded presentations at anytime.
The Green Jobs Board is a great resource to search for jobs in the climate space.
FireUp is America's first careers platform exclusively dedicated to fire and forestry jobs, community, and well-being.
Fire Research and Management Exchange Systems (FRAMES) has a current announcements and jobs board.
Many fire jobs can be found on Indeed (e.g. keyword search “wildland fire”, “prescribed fire”, etc.), even for government agencies.
Wildland fire can also often be found on conservation-focused job boards such as Conservation Job Board and the Texas A&M Wildlife Job Board.
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) regularly hires wildland fire professionals at varying levels. Details on current postings can be found here (keyword search “fire”).
Internships, experiential learning opportunities, academic fellowships, and scholarships funded by the US government and private sector organizations and administered by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) can be found on the Zintellect website. Search by keyword “fire.”
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A fellowship opportunity in quantitative landscape ecology and smoke emissions is available with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (FS) within the Pacific Northwest Research Station (PNWRS) located in Wenatchee, Washington.
A fellowship opportunity in quantitative landscape ecology is available with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (FS) within the Pacific Northwest Research Station (PNWRS) located in Wenatchee, Washington.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CALFIRE) seeks a Landscape Ecologist to perform work related to understanding and reporting on current environmental trends and management concerns for California’s forests and rangelands .
The Watershed Research and Training Center is seeking a Forestry and Fuels Program Assistant Director to play “a key leadership role in the Forestry and Fuels Program, supporting strategic oversight, operational effectiveness, and programmatic impact across the program and four divisions. This role is responsible for ensuring operational excellence, staff support, and successful project implementation across the program.”
The Watershed Research and Training Center is seeking a Senior Forester to “provide broad support to various projects within the scope of the Watershed Center’s Forestry and Fuels Program with a focus on planning and administering complex forestry and hazardous fuels reduction projects on public and private lands including prioritization, unit delineation, environmental compliance (NEPA, CEQA, CA Forest Practice Act), layout and implementation support.”
Lomakatsi Restoration Project, a non-profit organization based in Ashland, Oregon, seeks a qualified forestry professional with demonstrated experience in commercial timber harvest operations management.
This position will have the opportunity to work across the diverse ecosystems of Oregon and Northern California, in partnership with Tribes, federal, state and municipal agencies, and other nongovernmental organizations to design and implement forest restoration projects as part of large-scale stewardship initiatives.
The Lead Ecological Forester (LEF) will develop, engage and work with partners to help lead restoration forestry stewardship initiatives and manage collaborative agreements and contracts with federal and state agencies, Native American Tribes, nongovernment organizations and industry partners.
The North Carolina Army National Guard is seeking a Forestry and Fire Specialist to “serve as the organizational expert regarding forestry and fire management for a statewide Environmental Program (and) perform professional, multidisciplinary work in forestry, prescribed fire, and wildland fire management.”
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is seeking a Habitat Enhancement Technician to “provide technical and labor support in developing and implementing wildlife habitat enhancement and restoration activities on public lands open to public hunting primarily with the Northwestern portion of Minnesota and occasionally statewide.”
“The Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley, seeks applications for an Assistant/Associate Specialist in the Shive Lab, in the area of fuels and fire ecology.”
Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council “seeks well-rounded candidates with in-depth experience in applied landscape ecology, research, community outreach, relationship cultivation, and volunteer coordination.”
“A fellowship opportunity is available with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (FS) within the Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSWRS). This project is based at three long-term ecohydrological research sites (Soaproot, Newt Creek, and Providence), which are managed by the PSWRS of the USDA FS in the Sierra Nevada.”
The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources seeks an Assistant Forester in Accomack County with a working knowledge of the practice of prescribed fire.
The Nature Conservancy seeks an Osage Plains Fire and Stewardship Coordinator to be based in Missouri and “provide technical leadership and support to Missouri and plan and direct preserve management programs and stewardship.”
The Nature Conservancy seeks a North Carolina Fire Program Manager to “support and guide NC Business Unit (NCBU) for fire management activities related to prescribed fires, wildfires, fire training and fire qualifications.”
The Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo is seeking an Assistant/Associate Professor of Wildland Urban Interface Fire Science whose “interests address the range of economic, climatic, social, and conservation challenges facing WUI systems in the western US and Southern California in particular.”
The West Region Wildfire Council seeks a Wildfire Mitigation Specialist who will be “responsible for delivering wildfire risk mitigation information, resources and recommendations to property owners, community members and partners in Gunnison County.”
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources seeks two Fire and Aviation Technicians to “implement Division of Forestry fire aviation and training tasks at the statewide and Area administrative levels so that wildfires are suppressed in a safe, efficient and effective manner in accordance with division policy and procedure.”
The Nature Conservancy seeks a seasonal Fire and Stewardship Crew Member to be based out of Hatfield, Missouri who will participate in “prescribed fire operations which include ignition, control, post ignition operations, suppression, monitoring, and other tasks as assigned.”
The Nature Conservancy seeks a seasonal Fire and Stewardship Crew Leader to be based out of Hatfield, Missouri who will “work in a team environment and participate in prescribed fire operations which include ignition, control, post ignition operations, suppression, monitoring, and other tasks as assigned.”
The Nature Conservancy seeks a Prescribed Fire Practitioner IV to be a member of North America Fire’s Prescribed Fire Modules program and “assist on prescribed and wildland fire operations throughout the United States by conducting prescribed burns, preparing fire lines, maintaining equipment, monitoring post-burn fire effects, and carrying out other prescribed fire and vegetation management related tasks”
The Nature Conservancy seeks a Prescribed Fire Practitioner III to be a member of North America Fire’s Prescribed Fire Modules program and “assist on prescribed and wildland fire operations throughout the United States by conducting prescribed burns, preparing fire lines, maintaining equipment, monitoring post-burn fire effects, and carrying out other prescribed fire and vegetation management related tasks”
The Nature Conservancy seeks a Prescribed Fire Practitioner II to be a member of North America Fire’s Prescribed Fire Modules program and “assist on prescribed and wildland fire operations throughout the United States by conducting prescribed burns, preparing fire lines, maintaining equipment, monitoring post-burn fire effects, and carrying out other prescribed fire and vegetation management related tasks”
Sublette County, Wyoming, is seeking a full-time Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Mitigation Coordinator “to lead efforts in reducing wildfire risks, fostering community safety, improving community preparedness, promoting ecological health and enhancing the resilience of forests, rangelands, and watersheds.”
The National Park Service is seeking Lead Wildland Firefighters for Crater Lake National Park, North Cascades National Park, and Yosemite National Park.
The Southeastern Grasslands Institute at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN is seeking a Middle Tennessee Grasslands Coordinator to conduct “on-the-ground work in grasslands and coordination of broader efforts… and grant-writing and report writing to help secure future funding to support this position and to grow additional programming/staffing needs in the Middle TN region.”
The Research Corporation of the University of Hawai’i, the Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, and the Mauna Kahalawai Watershed Partnership are seeking a Wildfire Risk Reduction Coordinator to help “reduce landscape level watershed threats from wildfire within and around the 50,000-acre watershed project area.”
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is seeking a seasonal Support Dispatcher to be based out of the Grand Rapids, Minnesota area who will perform fire response administrative and dispatch work.
Natural Lands is seeking a Stewardship Assistant in Chester Springs, PA to participate in their prescribed fire program, restore degraded natural areas, and assist with preserve events and membership activities.
