Cultural Resources Protection Technician I.

Job Description

SUMMARY

The Department of Natural Resources & Cultures (DNRC) mission is to research, monitor, assess, manage, conserve, protect, enhance, utilize, and restore the cultural and natural resources within the Tribes area of interest. Natural resources are cultural resources, and many of the Tribes values, meanings, and identities are closely linked with features of this landscape. The environmental programs within the DNRC work to support monitoring for the health and protection of these resources and the landscape. DNRC staff implement various plans for monitoring of baseline environmental trends and investigate pollution due to spills, disturbance, climate change, ocean acidification, etc., undertake damage assessments, and implement restoration and effectiveness monitoring where possible. Staff work collaboratively to merge western science and indigenous knowledge through various programs for the benefit of Tribal membership and future generations.

The Cultural Resources Technician I will support the implementation and integration of the Tribes environmental programs. This position will primarily be responsible for monitoring activities (including basic water quality parameters, riparian and other biological surveys) in both field work and laboratory analysis, assisting with the coordination of the Tribal greenhouse and plant propagation, and education and outreach relating to those activities. Administrative assistance will be requested for laboratory quality assurance, grant implementation, and natural resource policy review.

Principal Activities & Responsibilities

• Work as part of a team to implement the Tribes Environmental Program, through guidance from the EPA Tribal Environmental Plan.
• Responsible for field monitoring for basic water quality parameters: particulates, pH, DO, salinity, conductivity, turbidity, nutrients, macroinvertebrates, bacteria, and vegetation that supports the Tribes Water Quality Standards throughout the Tribes area of interest and established water monitoring sites.
• Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot associated equipment (sondes, field sampling equipment, bacteria incubators, small inland vessel)
• Support restoration activities in assistance with the Tribal greenhouse and traditional cultural plant propagation.
• Communication for needs in supplies procurement.
• Assist in basic laboratory facility and greenhouse hygiene.
• Assist as needed in quality assurance requests, such as health and safety, updating SOPs and QAPPs, QA/QC of laboratory data.
• Assist with updates to relevant components of the EPA-Tribal Environmental Plan, Tribal Spill Response Plan, Land Quality Assurance Project Plan, Surface Water and Fixed Station Quality Assurance Project Plan, the Air Quality Assurance Project Plan, the Wastewater Treatment Monitoring Plan, the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan, the Non-point Source Pollution Management Plan, the Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Strategy, and the Water Quality Standards (as needed).
• Assist in grant applications, grant reporting, and contract development and implementation.
• Undertake trainings to expand expertise and maintain credentials
• Regularly attend Watershed meetings, small grant team and other stakeholder meetings within the Tribes area of interest.
• Assist program education and outreach activities as requested.
• Provide input for Environmental Site Assessments and/or NEPA EA/EIS review as needed and directed.
• Work various special projects as assigned by the Director, Assistant Director, or the Chief Executive Officer.
  
  

LEVEL OF AUTHORITY & RESTRICTIONS

• No supervisory authority.
  
  

PHYSICAL & MENTAL DEMANDS

• Requires the ability to manage moderate levels of stress arising from schedules, workload, diverse or adversarial stakeholders, etc.
• Must be able to walk, talk, hear, use hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms.
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Must be required to push, pull, lift, and/or carry up to 50 pounds.
  
  

WORKING CONDITIONS & ENVIRONMENT

• Work effectively in a team environment with a diverse variety of technical, professional, and administrative staff.
• Work effectively in a negotiating environment where others may have diverse and competing interests and may be uncooperative or adversarial.
• Moderate noise level with frequent interruptions and distractions.
• May require the ability to walk, hike, swim, drive, and boat in difficult conditions at various hours and days of the week.
• Requires occasionally irregular working schedules around tides, other cycles or events, evening and weekend meetings, out-of-area travel for meetings, conferences, workshops, trainings, etc.
  
  

JOB LOCATION

Tribal Administrative Office

1245 Fulton Avenue

Coos Bay, Oregon 97420

Required Experience

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Must be at least 25 years of age.
• Bachelors Degree in Environmental Science, General Science or a related discipline required, and experience in the collection, management, analysis, and reporting of environmental data desired, OR an equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with federal, state, county, and local governments, and the ability to work well with Tribal members, the general public, private landowners, and stakeholder organizations in a courteous, professional, and efficient manner.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Must possess reasonable ability to communicate in English.
• Must be able to master trailering, operate and captain a small/mid-sized boat with a gas engine.
• This is a Covered position and is subject to pre-employment drug testing and criminal history background check, which includes fingerprinting.
• Must have employment eligibility in the United States.
• Maintain appearance standards as outlined in CTCLUSI policies.
• Must maintain professionalism in absolutely all interactions.
• Indian preference will be observed in the hiring process.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in horticulture, gardening, or botany preferred.
• Preferred experience or interest in assisting in small boat operations.
• Working knowledge of Treatment in the Same Manner as a State (TAS), which permits several federal environmental laws to be implemented and managed by Tribal environmental programs, preferred.
• Working knowledge of Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, preferred.
• Working knowledge of grant management requirements, including working within the limitations of grant work plans and budgets, preferred.
  
  

Keyword: Native American, cultural, natural resources, preservation, Tribe, intergovernmental, environmental, environmental science, science, botany, horticulture, boating, ocean, climate