CWI Works is recruiting for a Planning Specialist position through the Forest Service Experienced Services (FS-ACES) Program. This grant-administered program provides experienced professionals with an opportunity to support the mission and operations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service.

• The Planning Specialist will serve as a senior-level planner with an emphasis on ESA consultation and other species-related aspects of planning, providing strategic and technical guidance to land management plan revision and amendment teams, facilitating and participating in ESA- and other related meetings, and producing technical work products to support land management plan revisions and amendments.

• Provide technical and strategic guidance to land management plan revision amendment teams.
• Support work around Endangered Species Act consultation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service.
• Assists with the analysis related to aquatic species and aquatic systems for both amendment efforts, including as related to the Aquatic Conservation Strategy.
• Develop briefing materials and other documents to support land management plan revision efforts.
• Provide advisory and implementation support to the Forest Service on land management planning, related procedures, processes, and resource-specific planning needs.
• Interpret and communicate applicable laws, regulations, policies, planning authorities, and procedural requirements to personnel involved in planning activities.
• Develop and disseminate information on planning tools, resources, processes, and related authorities.
• Provide support to national active forest management strategy environmental compliance improvement efforts.

Successful candidates must be 55 years of age or older and eligible to work in the United States; must have a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 20 years of relevant experience in a related field; skills, licenses, or experience that includes at least one of the following: planning, silviculture and timber, minerals and leasing, ecology, botany, species, data analysis, modeling, GIS, scientific information dissemination, project management, adaptive management, or objections.

Hours & Compensation:

Part-Time position working up to 29 hours per week @ $96.35 per hour.