[Scpg] Fwd: Job announcement

[Joan Stevens]

If anyone is interested...
Joan

--- Elisabeth Landis <betseylandis at sprintmail.com>
wrote:
> From: "Elisabeth Landis"
> <betseylandis at sprintmail.com>
> To: "Barbara Sattler" <bsattler at igc.org>,
> 	"Lyn McAfee" <LynMcAfee at aol.com>,
> 	"David Magney" <dmagney at aol.com>
> Subject: Job announcement
> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:09:06 -0700
> 
> For anyone in the local CNPS membership who might be
> interested in a
> watershed coordinator job with the Los Angeles and
> San Gabriel Rivers
> Watershed Council, here is their job announcement.
> 
> Betsey
> 
> Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council
> Sustainable Landscape Program
> 
> WATERSHED COORDINATOR
> 
> Using CA Department of Conservation grant funds, the
> Watershed Council is
> recruiting a Coordinator for its Sustainable
> Landscaping Program (SLP).  The
> start date depends on the selection process and
> candidate availability, but
> intention is to begin on or before 6/1/04.  The
> position is funded for a
> 3-year period; employment contract will be on a
> 12-month basis, renewable
> annually.  Starting salary is in the low $50,000
> range, commensurate with
> experience.  Total compensation will include paid
> leave for holidays,
> vacation and personal reasons, along with health and
> retirement benefits.
> Resumes must be received by 10:00 AM on Monday, May
> 3rd.  A resume, the
> names of at least three references, and a writing
> sample are to be submitted
> electronically in MS Word format to
> <Info at LASGRWC.org> with "SLP Watershed
> Coordinator Application" in the subject field. 
> Interviews may be scheduled
> as early as Wed, May 5th at our downtown Los Angeles
> offices or another
> nearby location.  Please indicate time availability
> that day or mornings on
> Thurs (5/6) and Fri (5/7).
> 
> SKILLS SOUGHT
> The successful candidate will have demonstrated
> ability to conduct analyses
> and address complex environmental issues at the
> interface between native
> plants and water supply, fire hazards, invasive
> plants, wetland functions,
> etc.  College degree in landscape architecture,
> horticulture, ecology or
> related field and three years of appropriate work
> experience required.
> Familiarity with southern CA native plants is
> essential.  Must have strong
> public presentation skills and be able to
> communicate effectively with a
> range of individuals from professionals,
> politicians, to laypersons.  Should
> have good interaction skills and enjoy working with
> people in different
> professions.  Must be familiar with Windows
> applications (MS Office);
> familiarity with GIS and database programs
> desirable.  Must be permanent US
> resident or have appropriate work permit, and a CA
> Driver's License.  Must
> have excellent communication, writing, and
> organizational skills; work
> cooperatively with others in a team environment; and
> carry out tasks
> independently, but within a supervised context.
> 
> JOB DESCRIPTION
> Basic Goals & Objectives are derived from the
> LASGRWC's Landscape Ethic
> Committee (LEC), and form the framework for the SLP
> Work Plan.  Overarching
> goals are to promote:  a new understanding of the
> habitat and water
> conservation values of native plants; a distinctive
> Southern California
> style of sustainable landscape planting, in which
> native plant communities
> have first priority, particularly in sensitive areas
> such as adjacent to
> extant native habitat and along the river corridors;
> and wide use of
> appropriate locally native plants, and selective use
> of well-adapted native
> cultivars, native hybrids and other
> Mediterranean-climate species.
> Programmatic objectives for the SLP are: Relevant
> educational outreach to
> opinion leaders, design professionals and public
> officials; promotion and
> implementation of the landscape ethic among agencies
> and organizations;
> adoption of appropriate agency policies and
> landscape ordinances by local
> jurisdictions, and development of urban forestry
> programs with emphasis on
> native plants and weed management; and propagation,
> planting and maintenance
> of native plants and elimination of noxious exotic
> weed species by
> appropriate parties such as growers, nurseries,
> contractors and maintenance
> workers.
> Selected Duties & Responsibilities include, but are
> not limited to, the
> following types of activities derived from specific
> tasks detailed in the
> SLP Work Plan:
> ? Provide staff support to pertinent LASGRWC
> strategic committees, including
> the Landscape Ethic and Outreach/Education; to local
> Southern California
> Wetlands Recovery Project (WRP) activities,
> including the LA County Task
> Force; and to on-going Weed Management Area (WMA)
> activities.
> ? Assist in development and dissemination of
> continuing education and
> professional development programs to improve
> understanding of drought
> tolerant plants and water conservation strategies in
> landscape design;
> develop a speakers bureau for outreach to media and
> opinion leaders; assist
> in developing landscape component of an outreach
> program to local elected
> officials.
> ? Develop internet-based resources for the LASGRWC
> web site, among other
> portals, including a still-image library in digital
> format of native plant
> species and of historic and current landscapes in
> the Los Angeles basin.
> ? Inventory landscape ordinances and urban forestry
> programs and establish a
> set of model ordinances and practices to disseminate
> locally; address issues
> of fire protection policies and procedures.
> ? Facilitate dissemination of Landscape Guidelines;
> assist agencies in
> developing programs and funding to facilitate
> large-scale growing of native
> plants.
> ? Track and monitor program effectiveness.
> The grant program will be administered by the
> Watershed Coordinator, under
> general guidance by the Council's Landscape Ethic
> Committee and direct
> supervision by the Council's Executive Director. 
> The Watershed Coordinator
> position will be housed at the LASGRWC offices in
> downtown LA.
> 
> LA & SG RIVERS WATERSHED COUNCIL
> The LASGRWC is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation was
> formed in 1996 to
> provide a forum for stakeholders dealing with often
> competing watershed
> issues (flood management, protection of natural
> resources, water supply,
> water quality, etc) to come together in a
> collaborative environment and
> share perspectives.  The Watershed Council has an
> 18-member Board of
> Directors composed of representatives from six
> stakeholder groups:
> environmentalists and community groups, government
> agencies, academia and
> professional organizations, business groups and
> property owners, water and
> wastewater agencies, and the public at large.  The
> adopted mission of the
> LASGRWC is to facilitate a comprehensive,
> multipurpose, stakeholder-driven
> consensus process to preserve, restore, and enhance
> the many beneficial
> uses - economic, social, environmental and
> biological - of the Los Angeles
> River and San Gabriel River watersheds ecosystem,
> through education,
> research, planning, and mediation.
> For further information, contact Rick Harter,
> Executive Director of LASGRWC,
> at (213) 229-9945, or via e-mail at
> <Rick at LASGRWC.org>.   Also, please visit
> our web site at <www.LASGRWC.org>, especially links
> for LEC (under
> 'Initiatives') and WRP (under 'Projects').
> 
> 

> ATTACHMENT part 2 application/msword name=SLP
Coordinator solicit (final)ALSGRWC4.19.04.doc



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