Job Type: Full-time
Location: Statesboro, Augusta, or Savannah, Georgia
Salary: Depending on experience
Application Due Date: September 18, 2025
Description:
This term position will include improving upon previous work to establish a successful Prescribed Burn Association (PBA) in the Savannah River Area of Georgia. Utilizing the PBA to conduct prescribed fires, hosting training and workshops, and working with partners to provide technical assistance will be key to seeing success in this region. This will be a limited term, full time position with benefits and the potential to extend depending on funding.
Duties:
Continues to formalize and act as a full-time coordinator of The Savannah River PBA at the behest of Tall Timbers and the Association.
Formalizes a Board for the Association and works with other partners (to include Tall Timbers regional projects) to coordinate and ensure prioritization and safe execution of prescribed burns on private lands within the Association boundary.
Uses Burn Association to facilitate fire use, pool risk to create cost-effective insurance coverage and annually plan burns to mitigate smoke emissions and ameliorate limited workforce capacity.
Serves as Tall Timbers’ liaison for smoke-related concerns in the Augusta/Savannah areas of Georgia.
Leads the effort to create communication and collaboration with private land participants within the Association through regular landowner site visits and facilitating quarterly outreach and/or training workshops.
Assists in reducing the backlog of NRCS cost-share burn acres, when and where feasible, within Association in part through coordinating landowners with vendors and other burning options (such as burn teams).
Oversees local extension and outreach services to private landowners, agencies, and public land managers through weekly landowner visits, quarterly workshops, participation in conferences, and Georgia Prescribed Fire Council meetings.
Assists with burn implementation as needed as a team member of the Tall Timbers Private Lands Fire Initiative.
Seeks funding from agencies and landowners to support efforts and assists with land management through cooperation with other groups and agencies.
Host field days and workshops to demonstrate successes and provide hands-on training.
Participates with other Tall Timbers outreach and training staff to implement fire or assist in other fire related activities as needed.
Facilitates increased capacity of Certified Burn Managers in Georgia by facilitating Georgia Certified Burn Manager Training(s), working with partners at the Georgia Forestry Commission.
Qualifications and Experience That Will Help You Succeed:
Dynamic personality with a demonstrated ability to deliver high quality classroom and field instruction on topics such as fire behavior, operational safety, fire effects, smoke management, fire planning, and fire weather to diverse audiences.
High degree of interpersonal and communication skills, emotional and professional intelligence, self-motivation, creativity, organizational skills, and a positive reputation within the fire and/or forestry community.
Bachelor’s degree in natural sciences such as, but not limited to, wildland fire, forestry, and/or wildlife management.
At least 2 years of professional experience working in wildland fire or natural resource field.
State certified burn manager is a plus.
How to Apply:
To apply to this position, submit a resume and cover letter explaining why you are the best applicant for the job to: George Jensen gjensen@talltimbers.org on or before September 18, 2025. Questions to the same address.
