Type: Full-time
Location: Remote within U.S.
Deadline: Open until filled
Salary: $55,000.00 To 70,000.00 Annually
The Prescribed Fire Programs Manager will champion Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s efforts to increase the safe and effective use of prescribed fire as an upland management tool through well-trained staff, supported prescribed burn associations (PBA) and qualified chapters. This new position will provide leadership, coordination, and support for programs, personnel, chapters, and partners deploying prescribed fire on private and public lands to enhance upland habitat and improve associated upland wildlife populations. The Prescribed Fire Programs Manager will work closely with our staff, federal and state agency partners, and prescribed fire councils to advance the safe deployment of prescribed fire and work with our corporate relations, grants, and development teams to develop partnerships and funding to support this work.
Duties
Collaborate with fire program leadership at the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and other agency partners to promote prescribed fire as a management tool on private and public lands.
Identify, develop, and coordinate partnerships and programs that increase the safe use of prescribed fire as an upland management tool on private and public lands.
Assess and manage prescribed fire qualifications of staff and chapter volunteers and develop an internal tracking system for qualifications.
Develop and coordinate prescribed fire training (TREX etc) staff that meet the needs of:
Habitat Specialists, Farm Bill Biologists, Coordinating Wildlife Biologists, and State Fire Coordinators
Chapters and volunteers
Prescribed Burn Associations
Partner staff
Collaborate with our Conservation Operations Team with hiring, onboarding, and training of new prescribed fire personnel.
Develop fire resources for staff, chapters, Prescribed Burn Associations and other partners.
Lead the Prescribed Fire Working Group and ensure compliance to the organization’s Prescribed Fire Plan
Collaborate with conservation operations staff to expand engagement with Prescribed Fire Councils
Secure funding to accelerate prescribed fire training for staff, Prescribed Burn Associations, chapter volunteers and partners.
Develop and improve reporting of prescribed fire operations.
