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Stewardship Program Assistant

Land Trust of Napa County

Napa, California

Job Type Permanent
Salary $47,000 - $57,000 per year
Benefits Full employee benefits and retirement plan
Deadline Jul 21, 2025
Experience 2 - 6 years

The Stewardship Program Assistant is a position within LTNC’s Lands Department, designed to assist with stewardship activities across 26 protected natural areas (22,000 acres).

Primary Responsibilities

Assist with:

  • All-season field monitoring of preserve lands by vehicle and on foot
  • Maintenance and repair of infrastructure on Land Trust preserves
  • Procurement, organization, maintenance, and repair of land stewardship equipment and supplies
  • Collecting, recording, organizing, and communicating field notes and observations related to stewardship projects, tasks, and activities
  • Administrative tasks related to tracking hours, completing timecards, submitting expense reports, and participating in staff meetings.

Work Environment: 

In addition to working within an office environment, this position requires a significant fieldwork component. On average, we expect this position will spend 75% of the time in the field. Fieldwork entails exposure to variable weather conditions and natural hazards, such as poison oak, ticks, rattlesnakes, and other wildlife etc.

Physical Demands:  

Carry out stewardship tasks in remote wildland areas involving off-trail hiking over rugged terrain and through dense vegetation. Lift and maneuver materials and equipment weighing up to 50 lbs.

Qualifications

Required:

  • At least two years of relevant experience working in a similar field-based position
  • Ability to do physically demanding work
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • High level of comfort and competency in safely accessing and working in remote, rugged wildland areas
  • Proficiency with safe chainsaw use & maintenance. B-level chainsaw certification or higher preferred.
  • Familiarity with hiking trail design standards, and experience maintaining and repairing trail tread using best management practices
  • Experience and demonstrated proficiency driving on wildland roads requiring 4WD and high clearance
  • Ability to troubleshoot, repair, and complete regular maintenance on tools and preserve infrastructure
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Willingness to attend evening and weekend meetings, workdays, and field trips with volunteers.

Preferred:

  • Experience collecting spatially-referenced monitoring, project tracking, and general field note information on mobile devices using ArcGIS Field Maps and Avenza
  • Basic carpentry skills for building and installing preserve infrastructure such as trailhead kiosks
  • Previous work on invasive exotic plant species management
  • Experience with field maintenance of motion-activated wildlife cameras
  • Demonstrated knowledge of the natural history of the western United States (natural systems, native flora and fauna)
HOW TO APPLY

Send cover letter and resume to Dr. Tosha Comendant (tosha@napalandtrust.org).

No photographs or phone calls, please.

Please reference Stewardship Program Assistant 2025 in your Subject line.

Applications will be reviewed accepted through Monday, July 21, 2025, and interviews will be conducted late July to early August of 2025.

When you apply, please indicate that you are responding to the posting on Conservation Job Board.

Category General / Stewardship, Land Trust
Tags GIS