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Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee Wildlife Federation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to leading the conservation, sound management, and wise use of Tennessee’s wildlife and great outdoors. For more than 78 years, it has been one of the leading voices for sportsmen, wildlife enthusiasts, and conservation.
Its work is diverse, spanning public policy to habitat conservation. The Federation’s Conservation Policy program engages in legislative and regulatory matters on the local, state, and federal levels that affect Tennessee’s natural resources and the interests of those who care about them. Hunters for the Hungry provides more than a half-million servings of venison annually to hungry Tennesseans. Tennessee Scholastic Clay Target Program promotes the shooting sports and an outdoor lifestyle to nearly 2,000 student-athletes across the state. Hunting and Fishing Academy provides hands-on outdoor experiences to our next generation of sportsmen and women. The Federation’s Habitat Conservation program is actively involved in habitat restoration and stewardship initiatives statewide.
Forest Conservation Manager
Location: West Tennessee
Position Type: Full Time, Remote
Tennessee Wildlife Federation seeks a dynamic individual to join its habitat conservation team as a remote employee based out of West Tennessee. This full time positon will be hands on in the field creating forest management plans as outlined in the RCPP grant establishing this positon. Forest and grassland management plans will support wildlife habitat, sequester carbon, reduce wind and water erosion, and build forest health and resilience by reducing the risk of habitat loss.
Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee Wildlife Federation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to leading the conservation, sound management, and wise use of Tennessee’s wildlife and great outdoors. For more than 78 years, it has been one of the leading voices for sportsmen and women, wildlife enthusiasts, and conservation.
Key Job Duties and Qualifications (Complete job description):
- A degree in forestry or closely related field, with 3+ years of professional experience. A graduate degree in forestry or closely related field can substitute for professional experience
- In-depth understanding of industry best practices for forest and grassland management
- Experience with plant identification in Tennessee
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects, produce effective results, and meet deadlines
- Develop forest or grassland management plans that focus on best practices to achieve the objectives outlined in the RCPP grant
- Conduct outreach and education activities that engage private landowners to foster interest in enrolling the Farm Bill Programs
- Ability to travel as directed to cover assignments across the West Tennessee region
Application Instructions:
- To apply, send a cover letter, resume, and references to jobs@tnwf.org. Submit each required document separately, as a pdf, attached to your email. The filemane of each document must start with your last name and first initial, followed by the name of the document (Ex: DoeJ-Resume).
- Candidates who auto-send LinkedIn or other automated replies using existing profiles or forms will not be considered for the position.
- Phone calls regarding the position will not be accepted.
Stream and Wetland Ecologist
Location: Nashville, TN
Position Type: Full Time, Onsite
Tennessee Wildlife Federation seeks a dynamic individual to join its habitat conservation team as a full-time employee. This position will provide technical support for aquatic habitat conservation projects across Tennessee with an emphasis on restoring stream and wetland habitats.
Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee Wildlife Federation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to leading the conservation, sound management, and wise use of Tennessee’s wildlife and great outdoors. For more than 78 years, it has been one of the leading voices for sportsmen and women, wildlife enthusiasts, and conservation.
Key Job Duties and Qualifications (Complete job description):
- A degree in biology or closely related field, with 3+ years of professional experience. A graduate degree in biology or closely related field can substitute for professional experience
- In-depth understanding of stream and wetland ecology
- Experience performing wetland delineations and stream determinations
- Ability to use ArcGIS and other computer mapping systems to identify and delineate project boundaries
- Review data sets using GIS and other resources to identify potential stream and wetland restoration project locations
- Collect and analyze stream and wetland monitoring data, and complete annual monitoring reports
- Develop and maintain a database to track progress on each project and overall program accomplishments
Application Instructions:
- To apply, send a cover letter, resume, and references to jobs@tnwf.org. Submit each required document separately, as a pdf, attached to your email. The filemane of each document must start with your last name and first initial, followed by the name of the document (Ex: DoeJ-Resume).
- Candidates who auto-send LinkedIn or other automated replies using existing profiles or forms will not be considered for the position.
- Phone calls regarding the position will not be accepted.
Additional conservation job opportunities through our grant partner, Agricenter International.
Conservation Agronomist
Employer: Agricenter International
Location: West Tennessee (Hybrid)
Job description and application instructions
The Conservation Agronomist (CA) is responsible for leading a program across the entire West Tennessee region. They will be teaching new technologies and helping with adoption of more sustainable practices on West Tennessee farms and ranches. To do so, they work closely with private landowners, federal, state, and local governments. The CA also frequently will meet with farmers to advise them on the best practices for their land and how to increase their productivity while coordinating with NRCS & The RCPP team for greater soil health and sustainability practices.
The CA will work with Agricenter International (AI) to engage landowners and farmers in West Tennessee. The purpose of this role is to provide conservation and agronomic technical assistance to local farmers and landowners. This technical assistance will result in increased farmer participation and engagement in programs and projects that improve production, profitability, and natural resource conservation outcomes. This work aligns with a grant received from West TN RCPP Partnership.
This AI staff position will work closely with UT/TSU extension, community organizations, NRCS and other state & federal partners. The person in this role will provide conservation and agronomy expertise to farmer and area landowners. An important aspect of this role will be to build relationships with agronomy and precision staff, local watershed projects, soil and water conservation district staff, TDA and other conservation partners.
Conservation Coordinator for Regional Conservative Programs
Employer: Agricenter International
Location: West Tennessee (Hybrid)
Job description and application instructions
The Conservation Coordinator is responsible for leading a program across the entire West Tennessee region. They will be teaching new technologies and helping with adoption of more sustainable practices on West Tennessee farms and ranches. To do so, they work closely with private landowners, federal, state, and local governments. The CA also frequently will meet with farmers to advise them on the best practices for their land and how to increase their productivity while coordinating with NRCS & The RCPP team for greater soil health and sustainability practices.
The Conservation Coordinator will work with Agricenter International (AI) to engage landowners and farmers in West Tennessee. The purpose of this role is to provide conservation and agronomic technical assistance to local farmers and landowners. This technical assistance will result in increased farmer participation and engagement in programs and projects that improve production, profitability, and natural resource conservation outcomes. This work aligns with a grant received from West TN RCPP Partnership.
This AI staff position will work closely with UT/TSU extension, community organizations, NRCS and other state & federal partners. The person in this role will provide conservation and agronomy expertise to farmer and area landowners. An important aspect of this role will be to build relationships with agronomy and precision staff, local watershed projects, soil and water conservation district staff, TDA and other conservation partners.
Ethical Hunting Practices: Federation staff know and respect the game hunted, follow all related laws, familiarize themselves with wildlife in the area and behave accordingly. As an employee of the Federation, all employees are expected to follow all state and federal hunting and fishing guidelines and practice ethical and fair chase practices while executing or assisting with program events or in your personal outings afield.
Tennessee Wildlife Federation offers a competitive benefits package and is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. No person will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, gender, age, national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, or disability. Each person will be judged on his/her own merit when determining employment and advancement opportunities.