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Engagement & Retail Coordinator
- DEPARTMENT: Engagement/Education
- FLSA: Non-Exempt/Full Time
- REPORTS TO: Community Engagement Manager
- PAY & BENEFITS: $21.00/hour. Comprehensive Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision), Simple IRA, Sick Leave, PTO, Paid Holidays and Winter Break
- WORK SCHEDULE: Full-time, 36-hours per week. May be required to work Saturdays. May occasionally be required to work early mornings or evenings during special events.
HOW TO APPLY: Email your application (resume and cover letter) to jobs@tucsonbirds.org by October 1, 2025. Please use “Engagement & Retail Coordinator Application” as the subject line. Please include your first and last name in document titles (eg “Jane Smith Engagement & Retail Coordinator Resume”)
SUMMARY: The Engagement & Retail Coordinator will have three areas of responsibility (Volunteer, Retail, and Event Coordination) with the majority of their time focused on coordinating volunteers. Volunteer coordination will involve recruitment, retention, and recognition while working closely with Tucson Bird Alliance staff members to effectively integrate volunteers into their program areas. Secondarily, this position will have a set number of hours designated to support the Retail Manager to carry out daily operations of the Nature Shop including opening and closing, fulfilling online orders, and customer service. Lastly this position also will also support the Engagement Team with large event coordination, especially, but not limited to, the Southeast Arizona Birding Festival. This will include utilizing a database, communicating with event partners, leaders, and vendors, and updating the website and social media posts.
In-house Strike Team Crew
- DEPARTMENT: Native Habitat Recovery/Conservation
- FLSA/FTE STATUS: Exempt/Full time
- POSITION STATUS: Permanent
- REPORTS TO: Invasive Plant Program Manager
SUMMARY: The In-House Strike Team Crew serves as a member of the In-House Invasive Plant Strike Team, which is responsible for invasive plant species management (identification, assessment, treatment, monitoring) at a variety of ecologically sensitive and high-priority areas throughout the region. The In-House Strike Team Crew implements treatment activities as agreed upon by contract, grant, or award, and interfaces with clients and the public to provide program updates and education.
HOW TO APPLY: Submit a resume and cover letter to JOBS@TucsonBirds.org
Subject line for email – In-House Strike Team Crew
Vegetation Monitoring Biotechnician
- DEPARTMENT: Agency
- FTE STATUS: FT, temporary
- POSITION TERM: ~ 21 weeks, contingent on funding, with possibility of extension
- POSITION LOCATION: National Park Service
This project will take place across Tucson-area Pima County property holdings as well as multiple National Park units in southern Arizona, as part of ongoing vegetation monitoring efforts. The chosen incumbent will serve as a crew member biological field technician conducting detailed quantitative vegetation sampling in support of a Pima County, Sonoran Desert Network (National Park Service), and Tucson Bird Alliance (TAS) collaboration that addresses connecting people to parks. This position is critical to the completion of the sixth year of monitoring on Pima County lands and NPS units. The incumbent will work as part of a team that will sample over 70 permanent monitoring sites during the 2023-24 field season, collecting data that will contribute to land managers’ knowledge of natural resource condition and trends.
CoATIS Crew Member – SEASONAL
- DEPARTMENT: Restoration
- FLSA/FTE STATUS: Non-Exempt/Full time
- POSITION STATUS: Temporary/Seasonal
- REPORTS TO: Invasive Plant Program – Senior Manager
- POSITION TERM: 3 months (w/ potential for a permanent position)
POSITION LOCATION: Sonoran Desert Network- Desert Research Learning Center
SUMMARY: The CoATIS Crew Member serves as a member of the Federal Lands Invasive Plant Strike Team (CoATIS – Collaborative Audubon Inventory and Treatment Squad), which is responsible for invasive plant species management (identification, assessment, treatment, monitoring) primarily at a variety of ecologically sensitive and high-priority areas on lands managed by federal agencies throughout the Desert Southwest region with geographic scope extended as far as Oklahoma. The Strike Team Crew must become certified applicators within the state of Arizona under the Environmental Services Division of the AZ Department of Agriculture.
Up to 2/3 of your time will be based on remote work throughout the region consisting of 4 to 8-day hitches involving remote camping (near our vehicles) or lodging in government-provided quarters. The remaining time will be based locally in Tucson and involve day trips or work at Saguaro National Park. When not working with federal agency partners, the Strike Team Crew will work with other Tucson Bird Alliance crews on a variety of work including, but not limited to, invasive plant control, hazardous fuels management, vegetation mapping, and habitat creation.
Federal-Lands Strike Team Crew
- DEPARTMENT: Restoration
- FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt/Full Time
- REPORTS TO: Invasive Plant Program Manager
SUMMARY: The Strike Team Crew serves as a member of the Federal Lands Invasive Plant Strike Team (CoATIS – Collaborative Audubon Inventory and Treatment Squad), which is responsible for invasive plant species management (identification, assessment, treatment, monitoring) primarily at a variety of ecologically sensitive and high-priority areas on lands managed by federal agencies throughout the Desert Southwest region with geographic scope extended as far as Oklahoma. The Strike Team Crew receive enhanced trainings provided by federal partners and must become certified applicators within the state of Arizona under the Environmental Services Division of the AZ Department of Agriculture.
Up to ¾ of the year will be based on remote work throughout the region consisting of 4 to 8-day hitches involving backcountry camping or lodging in government provided quarters. The remaining time will be based locally to Tucson and involve daytrips. When not working with federal agency partners, the Strike Team Crew will work with other Tucson Bird Alliance crews on a variety of work including, but not limited to, invasive plant control, hazardous fuels management, vegetation mapping, and habitat creation.
