The Alabama Land Trust, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated
and organized individual to serve full-time as the Choccolocco Creek Watershed
Coordinator. The Watershed Coordinator will work under the supervision of ALT’s
Director of Land Protection to support ALT’s Choccolocco Creek Conservation
Corridor Program (CCCC) and will be ALT’s primary staff responsible for serving
the Choccolocco Creek Watershed Alliance (CCWA). The CCWA is a non-advocacy
group of stakeholders which is focused on implementing strategies to improve,
protect, and promote the Choccolocco Creek watershed. ALT’s Coordinator’s
primary responsibility will be to work with CCWA members and partners to
accomplish CCWA’s goals and objectives. As the support staff for the CCCC
program, the Coordinator will participate in the planning, initiation and
completion of land protection strategies in the project area, as well as
participate in the monitoring of protected lands along Choccolocco Creek. An
ideal candidate is an outgoing person familiar with the communities along Choccolocco
Creek who has experience with natural resource preservation and outreach. Salary
is commensurate with experience.
Choccolocco Creek Watershed Coordinator—Job Description
Reports to Director of Land
Protection for Alabama
Area of Operation:
ALT’s Choccolocco Creek Conservation Corridor Project Area.
General Skills:
· Outgoing
and energetic personality; ability to communicate with a variety of people.
· Experience
organizing meetings, events, workshops and/or conferences.
· Familiarity
with watershed coordination and educational outreach
· Excellent
written and verbal communication skills
· Assist
in day-to-day management of land protection projects.
· Travel
30-60% throughout the Choccolocco Creek watershed.
· Working
knowledge of the ecology of Northeast Alabama and familiarity with GPS.
· Represent
ALT and CCWA in the community and to the staff.
Focus:
Choccolocco
Creek Watershed Alliance
·
ALT’s Coordinator
for the Watershed Alliance
o Participates in the planning and
execution of events in accordance with CCWA Guiding Principles and CCWA
Implementation Plan.
§ CCWA’s vision is to “Develop a
consolidated stewardship effort comprised of informed stakeholders of
Choccolocco Creek with a common interest in implementing strategies to improve,
protect and promote the watershed.”
§ The Coordinator serves as the primary
staff person responsible for planning events approved by CCWA members.
o Serve as chair of the CCWA events
committee
§ Organize meetings, prepare agenda, host
and take minutes of events committee meetings. Provide agenda and summary of
meeting to CCWA Co-Chairs for distribution to other members.
§ Report on CCWA events committee
activities and plans at regularly held CCWA meetings.
o Serve as ALT’s representative at CCWA
meetings and events
§ Attend and participate in all CCWA
meetings and events, provide minutes and/or summary of meetings and events to
ALT Director of Land Protection.
o Assist CCWA Co-Chairs in preparing for
regularly held CCWA meetings
§ Secure meeting locations as needed,
assist in preparing agendas and other materials as needed
Choccolocco Creek Conservation Corridor
·
Conservation
Planner for multiple land protection projects (conservation easement
transactions)
o Seek out and schedule meetings with
landowners to support the objectives of the Choccolocco Creek Conservation
Corridor program.
§ The Choccolocco Creek Conservation
Corridor is a program which targets the protection of Choccolocco Creek’s
floodplain through conservation easement acquisition or other means of
protection.
o Perform research necessary for
conservation easement drafting.
o Manage/Coordinate with landowners and
their attorneys, appraisers, surveyors, and other necessary players to complete
protection projects consistent with Land Trust SOP.
o Complete transaction project files for
review, coordinate closings, and record conservation easements in the Area of
Operation.
· Program Support/Administrative
o Maintain working project files
o Prepare and track invoices as required
o Assist ALT Director of Land Protection
with preparing quarterly reports and other reports as required.
Stewardship
·
Annual
Monitoring
o Participate in the annual monitoring of
protected properties as instructed.
o Discuss property conditions and
maintain landowner relationships through annual site visit contact.
o Monitor properties, taking notes, GPS
points and photos.
o Write reports for each site visit on
deadline consistent with Land Trust SOP, get approval from supervisor, and file
accordingly.
·
Reserved
Rights requests/Amendments
o Manage and respond to reserved rights
and easement amendment requests by landowners of protected properties
throughout Area of Operation.
How to Apply:
Submit resume, three references, a cover letter and at
least one writing sample to:
Josh Holmes
Director of Land Protection, AL
Alabama Land Trust, Inc.
226 Old Ladiga Road
Piedmont, AL 36272
Or email: jholmes@allandtrust.org
Deadline for Applications:
8April2012
