Workforce Analyst jobs in Fargo, ND

The Center for Workforce Inclusion is recruiting for a Silviculture Mentor position to work in the grant-administered US Forest Service ACES Program (55 years of age or older) at the Chippewa National Forest, Walker Ranger District Office in Walker, Minnesota. 

Role and Responsibilities:  Primary responsibility is to work on prescriptions for the West Zone as well as providing mentoring and coaching to reforestation or silviculture personnel in the development, planning, and application of silvicultural methods and practices.  Duties include but are not limited to performing the following: 

• Support recently hired foresters or silviculturists in making on-the-ground examinations and analyses of forest areas to determine which areas require short- or long-range cultural treatment in terms of the total ecosystem. 
• Provide assistance and training in stand inventory, including Common Stand Exam Protocols and forest sampling.
• Provide mentoring in reforestation projects, including techniques in planting, seeding, and site preparation.
• Prepare silviculture prescriptions to ensure that harvests & treatments are compatible with sign decisions.

 Qualifications and Education Requirements: Successful candidates must meet the age criteria of being 55 years of age or older and eligible to work in the United States; possess a BA/BS in Forestry, Natural Resources or related field of study; 25 years of experience in a related field;  certification as a US Forest Service Silviculturist; possess knowledge of professional forestry land management principles, practices, and concepts; knowledge of silvics, dendrology, reforestation methods, timber stand improvement principles and techniques, and harvest systems; familiarity with related fields such as wildlife, landscape architecture, plant genetics, hydrology, and soil science; knowledge of the interrelationship of physical factors (including climate characteristics such as temperature, precipitation, and movement and composition of the air, and soil conditions such as texture, structure and depth, moisture capacity and drainage, and nutrient content) and biological planting and seeding programs.

Hours & Compensation: Part-Time position working 20 hours per week @ $42.00 per hour.

Older Americans Act of 1965 / Title V COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT / Part-time public service and private sector jobs for unemployed, experienced and/or low-income persons age 55 and older are created through Title V of the Older Americans Act.