Conservation Manager, Forest Stewards Guild
Forest Stewards Guild
Employer: The Forest Stewards Guild
Location: Based in New Mexico, with frequent travel across the northern portion of the state to project hubs.
Status: Full Time Term – Current funding for the position covers three years, with the possibility to extend.
Application deadline: November 2, 2025 at 6:00 pm MST.
Full position description and application instructions
Position Summary
The Forest Stewards Guild seeks a highly motivated and collaborative Conservation Manager to support a three-year initiative that advances natural resource conservation and community leadership in rural New Mexico.
The initiative seeks to connect community members across four hubs in northern New Mexico to conservation opportunities that support practices such as soil health management, water conservation, pollinator habitat, wildfire preparation, riparian restoration, and forest management. The program will also assist community members in implementing these practices through access to assistance programs, demonstration projects, community outreach events, and youth corps involvement.
The Conservation Manager will serve as the backbone of the initiative, managing outreach, training, and partner engagement with the support of ambassadors that are recruited and hired specifically to support this program, in addition to Guild, Asekia, and NRCS staff.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead implementation of a three-year initiative, that seeks to promote conservation practices and connect rural landowners and managers to conservation assistance programs, ensuring activities meet program goals and timelines.
- Recruit, onboard, and train four Community Conservation Ambassadors.
- Oversee ambassador microgrants, ensuring accountability, timely reporting, and community impact.
- Collaborate with Guild Youth Program Manager and Forest Stewards Youth Corps (FSYC) Intern to align ambassador efforts with Cuba FSYC crew activities.
- Serve as a liaison between community members, ambassadors, NRCS, SWCDs, conservation NGOs, and other agencies to promote adoption of conservation practices.
- Collect and synthesize evaluation data (surveys, interviews, enrollment statistics) for annual and final reports
- And more!
Questions about this position can be directed by email to Sam AT forestguild.org
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