Land Steward

~ The Georgia-Alabama Land Trust is a non-profit conservation organization dedicated to protecting land for present and future generations, primarily by helping private landowners establish conservation easements on farm and forest lands. ~

Position Overview 

The Georgia-Alabama Land Trust is seeking qualified applicants for term labor opportunities. Term land stewards are temporary employees hired to assist the land trust with monitoring of protected lands through aerial reconnaissance and field inspection, which requires significant travel and frequent overnight stay.

Monitoring requires individuals to have field orientation, manage diverse terrain and work independently in remote areas. Additionally, these individuals will create baseline documentation reports for new conservation easement projects.

Responsibilities

Term land stewards report to the stewardship director and are responsible for the following tasks:

• Gathering project materials;
• Conducting environmental field assessments; and
• Documenting conservation values and current conservation easement conditions through photographs, maps and written reports.

Additional duties include:

• Completing and submitting annual monitoring assignments as scheduled;
• Communication with landowners for obtaining permission to access properties;
• Conducting and documenting site visits; and maintaining and submitting reports, invoices and tracking for mileage, work hours, expenses and property modifications; and
• Additionally, the land steward will be trained to handle reserved right requests and land transfers.

Note: During this term, 75% of the land steward's time will be devoted to annual site monitoring/reporting and 25% drafting baseline documentation reports.

Qualifications 

• Applicants should be committed to working on a diverse array of conservation properties with the ability to effectively communicate with landowners and staff.
• Applicants should have some mapping and technical writing experience.

To Apply

• Please click below: "Apply Now Online!" to email send a cover letter, resume and references to Amy Gaddy.
• Additionally, it is preferred that example maps and technical writing examples are included with the resume, as mapping and technical writing will be included in most aspects of this position.