Wildfire Preparedness Project Manager

The Kittitas County Conservation District (KCCD) is the lead partner for implementation of a Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) in Kittitas County. The Wildfire Preparedness Project Manager is a new position created to manage this grant project and to provide support to the Kittitas Fire Adapted Communities Coalition (KFACC).

Members of KFACC, in coordination with the Kittitas County Conservation District, developed the Kittitas County Resilient Landscapes proposal and were successful in being awarded $10,000,000 for fuels mitigation projects through the Community Wildlife Defense Grant (CWDG program). These projects will reduce wildfire risk in Kittitas County while creating more resilient communities and forests in the project area. Projects are driven by the planning efforts of the Washington Department of Natural Resources, the Kittitas Community Wildfire Protection Plan, and the planning efforts of the County Fire Chiefs, the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Cle Elum Ranger District, the SE Region of Washington Department of Natural Resources, and KFACC.

This position is best filled by a self-starter with strong project management skills, including experience coordinating collaborative partnerships, budget tracking; strong organizational and facilitated leadership skills; a demonstrated ability to communicate effectively; knowledge and experience in forestry or wildfire mitigation; and the ability to think strategically. As project needs are identified, the Wildfire Preparedness Project Manager will collaboratively develop solutions to move project outcomes forward.

 The Wildfire Preparedness Project Manager is an hourly, at-will classification that reports directly to the KCCD District Manager.

See KCCD website for full announcment: https://www.kccd.net/announcements