Regional Invasive Plant Coordinator

Are you an experienced biologist who wants to pursue your professional goals as part of a fun and
productive team? Are you tired of agency bureaucracy? Craving flexibility? Does your creative spirit need to be
unleashed? Consider joining SAWC. We are a small but growing non-profit watershed organization with a professional
staff of 5 full-time employees. With an expanding program of work, we are looking to add new capacity in the form of a
Regional Invasive Plant Management Coordinator for Southeast Alaska.

Key job responsibilities include:

• Stakeholder Group Development, Coordination, and Planning:
  • Establish a regional invasive plant stakeholder group to address invasive plant issues
  • Organize and facilitate regular meetings of the group
  • Involve Tribal, municipal, state, and federal governments, non-profit organizations, and general public
  • Work with the group to develop a regional invasive plant management plan
  • Independently and with stakeholders write grants to fund invasive plant management priorities
  • Write reports
• Invasive Plant Data Consolidation and Delivery:
  • Identify existing invasive plant inventory data for the region
  • Assess data quality and consolidate to the greatest extent possible
  • Make data accessible to stakeholders through existing (e.g., Alaska Invasive Plant Information
    Clearinghouse) or another platform
• Outreach, Education, and Partnerships:
  • Develop and maintain a Southeast Alaska Invasive Plant website
  • Create flyers, pamphlets, and digital media for relevant invasive plant topics
  • Provide invasive plant management information to the public and professionals through presentations,
    training, one-on-one interactions, and other means.
  • Represent SAWC and the stakeholder group at outreach and education events
  • Continue existing invasive plant management partnerships at SAWC and develop new partnerships
• Invasive Plant Management:
  • Conduct on-the-ground invasive plant inventories
  • Develop community- or watershed-level invasive plant management plans
  • Acquire permits and permissions for IPM projects
  • Implement invasive plant control projects and effectiveness monitoring; assist partners with same
  • Write grant proposals and completion reports
  • Work with existing tribal work crews to assess and treat invasive species
  • Help develop new tribal work crews to treat invasive species