Planning Specialist/ESA - FS ACES Program

CWI Works is recruiting for a Planning Specialist position through the Forest Service Experienced Services (FS-ACES) Program. This grant-administered program provides experienced professionals with an opportunity to support the mission and operations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service.

Role and Responsibilities

• The Planning Specialist will serve as a senior-level planner with an emphasis on ESA consultation and other species-related aspects of planning, providing strategic and technical guidance to land management plan revision and amendment teams, facilitating and participating in ESA- and other related meetings, and producing technical work products to support land management plan revisions and amendments.

Duties include:

• Provide technical and strategic guidance to land management plan revision amendment teams.
• Support work around Endangered Species Act consultation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service.
• Assists with the analysis related to aquatic species and aquatic systems for both amendment efforts, including as related to the Aquatic Conservation Strategy.
• Develop briefing materials and other documents to support land management plan revision efforts.
• Provide advisory and implementation support to the Forest Service on land management planning, related procedures, processes, and resource-specific planning needs.
• Interpret and communicate applicable laws, regulations, policies, planning authorities, and procedural requirements to personnel involved in planning activities.
• Develop and disseminate information on planning tools, resources, processes, and related authorities.
• Provide support to national active forest management strategy environmental compliance improvement efforts.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must be 55 years of age or older and eligible to work in the United States; must have a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 20 years of relevant experience in a related field; skills, licenses, or experience that includes at least one of the following: planning, silviculture and timber, minerals and leasing, ecology, botany, species, data analysis, modeling, GIS, scientific information dissemination, project management, adaptive management, or objections.

Hours & Compensation:

Part-Time position working up to 29 hours per week @ $96.35 per hour.