Sierra Nevada AmeriCorps Partnership (SNAP)

Regional Coordinator

The Sierra Nevada Alliance has been protecting and restoring Sierra land, water, wildlife and communities since 1993. The Alliance unites hundreds of individuals and groups behind a common goal of protecting and restoring the natural values of the Sierra Nevada for future generations while promoting sustainable communities. The Sierra Nevada Alliance is leading, in partnership with SYRCL and Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, a Sierra Nevada AmeriCorps Partnership (SNAP) program. The mission of SNAP is to develop the capacity of community-based organizations to play a leading role in the protection, restoration and stewardship of public lands, local waterways and working landscapes of the Sierra Nevada region. The program will place, train, and support up to twenty-seven AmeriCorps Members to work with one of 20 conservation groups and/or agencies within the Sierra to implement habitat restoration, ecological monitoring, watershed education and/or volunteer recruitment programs.  

Title: SNAP Regional Coordinator

Location: South Lake Tahoe, CA

Position Description: The SNAP Regional Coordinator is responsible for assisting the Executive Director and other staff in supporting the Sierra Nevada AmeriCorps Partnership program. The SNAP program will provide training and mentorship to AmeriCorps Members who will serve in an 11.5 month program. The Regional Coordinator will regionally manage up to fifteen AmeriCorps Members to complete program goals, co-organize trainings, handle AmeriCorps regional reporting and basic administration, and help coordinate the overall SNAP program.

Responsibilities and Activities:

• Staying abreast of Sierra Nevada AmeriCorps partner activities throughout the Sierra
• Establishing and maintaining consistent lines of communication and working relationships with a network of partner groups and AmeriCorps Members focused on Sierra conservation
• Developing educational, administrative, and training materials for the program
• Organizing workshops, trainings, tours and other events
• Conducting partner site visits and evaluations
• Managing and supporting site partners and members to complete program goals
• Collecting member reports and writing monthly and other periodic program reports
• Issuing monthly SNAP updates
• Facilitating local and region-wide conference calls and meetings
• Assisting with program fundraising including writing grants and event organizing
• Working with Executive Director to prepare program budgets and work plans, identify program needs, and draft reports on program progress
• Other duties as assigned

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Necessary Skills and Qualifications

• Ability to work well with local conservation leaders, statewide advocates, and local government staff
• Administrative skills and ability to keep records and generate reports
• Experience organizing events, facilitating groups, recruiting and maintaining volunteers
• Demonstrated ability to manage volunteers and/or staff
• Capacity to manage projects and/or programs. Ability to layout work tasks, identify resources to complete projects, leverage human and financial resources, focus his/her own work, complete tasks on time, on budget and of a high quality
• Persuasive writing and editing skills and experience developing public information materials
• Public speaking and telephone skills
• Independent, highly motivated, able to work under pressure with frequent deadlines and limited supervision
• Passion for the Sierra’s natural environment and grassroots groups
• Proficiency using personal computers and the Internet
• Ability to travel throughout the region via automobile. Must have a valid State Driver’s license
• Interest in natural resources and/or environmental issues

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with AmeriCorps programs
• Demonstrated ability to manage volunteers and/or staff in the field
• Ability to build and facilitate a network of leaders
• Willing to locate to the South Lake Tahoe area
• Familiarity with the Sierra

Compensation: Full time position with evening and weekend meetings. Salary will range from $35,000-$37,600 dependent on experience and qualification. Health and dental benefits provided. This position reports to the Executive Director.

How to Apply: The application deadline is November 15, 2006 and position will start January 2, 2007. Interviews will be arranged as soon as possible with qualified candidates. Send a 1-2 page cover letter summarizing your strongest qualifications and interest in the position, and resume to info@sierranevadaalliance.org. Email preferred. Address: Sierra Nevada Alliance, PO Box 7989, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150. Telephone: 530-542-4546.

Sierra Nevada Alliance 

Sierra Watershed Coordinator

The Sierra Nevada Alliance has been protecting and restoring Sierra land, water, wildlife and communities since 1993. The Alliance unites hundreds of individuals and groups behind a common goal of protecting and restoring the natural values of the Sierra Nevada for future generations while promoting sustainable communities. The Alliance works to protect and restore the health of the region’s 24 major watersheds by providing resources, training, and networking to emerging and existing watershed collaborative groups throughout the Sierra Nevada.

Title: Sierra Watershed Coordinator

Location: South Lake Tahoe, CA

Position Description: The Sierra Watershed Coordinator is responsible for assisting the Watershed Program Director in implementing the organization’s regional watershed program. This program inspires watershed stewardship groups where none exist and supports new and existing watershed councils throughout the range. Support includes helping network watershed groups around the region, linking groups to needed technical and financial resources, developing resources and offering trainings, providing financial support, and assisting in the development of community education and outreach programs. The Alliance seeks an individual who loves the Sierra, is well organized, comfortable working with a broad range of people, and has the skills to perform the responsibilities listed below.

Responsibilities and Activities:

• Working with grassroots groups in creating and maintaining volunteer water monitoring programs.
• Maintaining consistent lines of communication and working relationships with a network of watershed coordinators and leaders throughout the Sierra.
• Helping in the facilitation of meetings and discussion groups
• Assisting in creating and maintaining citizen monitoring, planning, restoration and protection projects
• Conducting public education and outreach activities
• Organizing logistics for events, trainings and workshops
• Fundraising including researching and writing grants, event organizing, and recruiting in-kind goods and services
• Recruiting, training and supervising interns
• Working with Watershed Program Director to prepare program budgets and work plans, identify program needs, and draft reports on program progress
• Researching Sierra watershed issues and producing regional reports
• Maintaining watershed databases
• Other duties as assigned

Necessary Skills and Qualifications

• Knowledge of watershed processes
• Ability to work with a diverse group of people
• Experience organizing events
• Experience managing projects and/or programs. Ability to layout work tasks, identify resources to complete projects, leverage human and financial resources, focus his/her own work, complete tasks on time, on budget and of a high quality
• Ability to handle multiple projects and manage time and schedule
• Excellent writing and editing skills and experience developing public information materials
• Comfortable speaking in public
• Strong telephone skills
• Independent, highly motivated, able to work under pressure with frequent deadlines and limited supervision
• Passion for the Sierra’s natural environment and rural communities
• Education and/or background in natural resources, environmental issues, and/or watershed processes
• Proficiency using personal computers and the Internet
• Ability to travel throughout the region via automobile. Must have a valid State Driver’s license
• Must be willing to locate in South Lake Tahoe area

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience and or exposure to water quality monitoring, database management and statistical analysis
• Watershed coordinator experience
• Familiarity with watershed science and research
• Understanding of campaign strategies and tactics
• Stream restoration and erosion control experience
• Exposure to non-profit organizations and organizational capacity building
• Knowledge of some water policies and regulation
• General knowledge of the Sierra natural environment, politics or culture

Compensation:  Full time position with evening and weekend meetings.  Starting salary will range from $33,000- $37,000 depending on experience and qualifications. Benefits include health and dental coverage. This position reports to the Watershed Program Director.

How to Apply: The application deadline is November 15, 2006 and position will start January 2, 2007. Interviews will be arranged as soon as possible with qualified candidates. Send a 1-2 page cover letter, resume and one page of professional references to megan@sierranevadaalliance.org. Email preferred. Address: Sierra Nevada Alliance, PO Box 7989, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150. Telephone: 530-542-4546.

All submissions are confidential. People of color are encouraged to apply.

The Sierra Nevada Alliance is an equal opportunity employer.

For more on the Sierra Nevada Alliance visit www.sierranevadaalliance.org