Job Details

Fire Protection District Forester

Novato Fire Protection District

$95,000.00 - $105,000.00 Annually

Novato, CA

Full-Time

Continuous

Applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment are subject to a POST background check including polygraph, Personal History Statement, DMV driving record review, Live Scan, psychological screening, medical evaluation, and drug screen. The candidate will be required to provide complete, accurate, and truthful information throughout the background check. Please consider this carefully when determining if you will apply for this position.

Qualified Candidates:

Any combination of education, training, and experience which would provide the required knowledge and abilities need to succeed within the role. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• Four (4) year degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in forestry, resource management, public management, engineering, environmental, and/or climate studies; physical and biological sciences or related field; OR Equivalent to graduation from an associate degree in biology, ecology, environmental studies, environmental planning, natural resource or watershed management, fire ecology, fire science, or a closely related field
• Possess and maintain a current CPR card (NFD will provide training and certification)
• Two (2) years of experience working in biological monitoring or surveying and/or fuels management
• Possess and maintain a valid State of California Class C license
• Additional relevant coursework as describe above may substitute for the required experience on a year for year basis
• Register Professional Forester and/or Certified Arborist, highly desirable
• Bilingual, highly desirable

Compensation and Benefits:

• 40 hour/week schedule
• After one year of continuous service, day members are entitled to 102 hours of vacation
• Day members accrue 8.5 hours of sick leave per month
• Members may enroll in District sponsored medical, dental, vision, and voluntary life insurance coverage
• The District will pay 80% of the applicable Kaiser medical premium towards the medical plan of the members choosing for member and eligible dependents
• The District pays 100% of dental and vision premiums for the member and eligible dependents
• The District provides $60,000 of life and AD&D coverage for each member
• The District offers additional voluntary life insurance coverage for member, member's spouse, and member's children. The member is responsible for 100% of voluntary life insurance premium
• District sponsored employee assistance program (EAP)
• 457b deferred compensation retirement plan with District matching up to $100/month (optional employee enrollment)
• Retiree Health Savings account with District matching based on age at date of hire
• Behavioral Health programs and training, including but not limited health and wellness screenings, and agency and county peer support teams

95 Rowland Way Novato, California, 94945