Permanent and Seasonal Positions
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Position Descriptions:
- Wood Utilization Project Coordinator
- Forestry Specialist
- 2025 P-CREW (Youth Stewardship)
- 2025 Collaborative Forestry Technicians
- 2025 Wilderness Fuels Module
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Permanent Positions
Contribute year-round to our meaningful landscape restoration work and be part of an amazing team!
Forestry Specialist
Review of applications will begin January 1, 2025
This position will play a key role in advancing the organization’s forest management activities as part of Sierra Institute’s collaborative work to restore resilience across the critical upper watersheds of the North Fork of the Feather River, and Mill and Deer Creeks. The Forestry Specialist will support the organization’s work to improve forest health
through sustainable forest management by translating written silvicultural treatments to the ground and overseeing field components of stewardship and restoration projects on both public and private lands.
Wood Utilization Project Coordinator
Anticipated start date in November/December
The Sierra Institute for Community and Environment’s Wood Utilization Project Coordinator will advance development of the organization’s wood product campus at Crescent Mills, and will advance the critical bridge between landscape management to wood utilization and infrastructure development projects. This is an exciting opportunity to lead development of an innovative wood product campus and novel work that represents the cornerstone of landscape restoration and community revitalization efforts following the 2021 Dixie Fire.
This is a multiyear position with long-term growth potential for increased project responsibilities and potential for assuming increased staff leadership responsibilities.
Seasonal Positions
Spend a season contributing to meaningful landscape restoration work in a diverse and beautiful landscape recovering from the Dixie Fire.
2025 P-CREW: Crew Positions
We are currently hiring for Summer 2025!
If the job is up we are actively hiring!
Dive into a rewarding summer full of adventure and restoration work all while mentoring the next generation of landscape stewards!
The Assistant Field Coordinator is integral to the success of P-CREW. The Assistant Field Coordinator reports directly to the P-CREW Program Coordinator and works closely with all field and office staff. This position provides critical support to the program by assisting with coordination, logistics, and administration of four youth crews.
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2025 Collaborative Forestry Technicians: Crew Positions
We are currently hiring for Summer 2025!
If the job is up we are actively hiring!
The Sierra Institute for Community and Environment (Sierra Institute) is hiring Collaborative Forestry Technicians to perform forestry work necessary to advance critical timber management and restoration
treatment on public and private lands. Technicians may work on various projects being advanced by Sierra Institute in collaboration with diverse partners (USFS, NPS, private landowners, etc.). Work will include unit
boundary marking, GPSing unit boundaries, marking and cruising timber, and delineating boundaries of hand thinning units.
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2025 Wilderness Fuels Module: Crew Positions
We are currently hiring for Summer 2025!
If the job is up we are actively hiring!
The Sierra Institute for Community and Environment (Sierra Institute), in cooperation with the Lassen Volcanic National Park (LAVO) is hiring a Wilderness Fuels Module (WFM) Crew to perform fuels management in LAVO to promote future prescribed and/or managed fire activities in wilderness areas of the park.
This work will also directly contribute to increasing fire resiliency of critical habitat for Northern Goshawk and California Spotted Owl. The WFM Crew, under the direction of the Crew Leaders, Sierra Institute support staff, and LAVO specialists, will be responsible for working as a team in safely falling, bucking, and limbing live and dead trees and constructing fireline using predominantly non-mechanized equipment (e.g., crosscut saws, axes, etc.) in undeveloped wilderness areas and some non-wilderness areas.
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Crew Leader
