Employer: New Mexico Prescribed Fire Council

Location: Not listed

Application deadline: Close of business on Monday, March 24, 2025

Full position description and application instructions 

Duties:

The Council is seeking the services of an independent contractor who lives in New Mexico to serve as the part-time (roughly ¼ to ½) Council Coordinator to:

• Organize educational events and coordinate training opportunities to increase the number of state certified burn managers with a focus on high priority landscapes and high risk communities.
• Facilitate pre- and post-burn public engagement efforts with burn practitioners in NM that may include the USFS, BLM, State of New Mexico, tribes, NGOs, and landowners.
• Liaise with USFS fire managers to coordinate prescribed fire management with inholding and boundary landowners.
• Facilitate monthly Council meetings and support the Council Board with coordination to maintain a healthy and functioning Council for New Mexico.