Cultural Resource Specialist

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Full Time Santa Fe, NM, US

5 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $60,000.00 To $65,000.00 Annually

Bat Conservation International

Cultural Resource Specialist

Southwest USA

Status:Full-time, exempt

Reports to:Cultural Resource Coordinator (Autumn Cool)

Key Relationships
:
Compliance Team, Habitat Protection & Restoration Program, Conservation Department

Salary:$60,000–$65,000 per year

BCI and our Mission

Bat Conservation International (BCI), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to ending bat extinctions worldwide, seeks a full-time Cultural Resource Specialist to join BCI’s Conservation Department. The Cultural Resource Specialist will work as part of the Compliance Team in the Habitat Protection & Restoration Program (HP&R).

Primary Responsibilities and Expectations

The successful candidate must be qualified for permitting as Field Director or Principal Investigator/Project Director on state, Bureau of Land Management, and/or U.S. Forest Service lands in at least one of the following states:
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and/or Utah. The Cultural Resources Specialist will conduct fieldwork and reporting for cultural resource inventories based in the American Southwest, and should live in that region. They will work directly with BCI’s Cultural Resource Coordinator to coordinate with other HP&R teams and external partners to support BCI’s work in the States. Cultural resources work includes documenting and analyzing archaeological sites, completing cultural resource inventory forms, and writing archaeological technical reports.

BCI’s Cultural Resource Specialists take turns acting as project leads or assistant archaeologists based on individual permitting and project scheduling.

BCI’s cultural resource inventories are primarily done in combination with subterranean bat surveys to gather information on wildlife and cultural resources at abandoned mines. The inventories are used to guide treatment recommendations to protect important cultural and biological resources during safeguarding and closure of abandoned mines on public lands. BCI’s cultural resource inventories also include block and linear pedestrian surveys of areas selected for wildlife habitat improvement and restoration projects.

Upcoming pedestrian surveys include post-fire restoration areas in the Gila and Santa Fe National Forests. This position will also assist with other project duties, including data and photo organization, map production, background research, and other tasks.

Our program highly encourages all staff to seek out opportunities within other teams and specialties to better understand the full capacity of the HP&R program and to build working relationships with colleagues outside of their respective specialties and teams. The ideal candidate will be willing and able to provide writing and fieldwork assistance to other teams within HP&R during lulls in cultural resources work.

BCI offers on-the-job training, and opportunities for additional safety/medical certifications are available. Traversing challenging terrain on foot and conducting surveys in inclement, uncomfortable, and variable weather is a part of all field-based work within HP&R.

Work Schedule

The Cultural Resource Specialist is a full-time, primarily remote position. The work schedule will vary based on project needs and availability. The primary duties of the position are to serve as Field Director or Principal Inspector/Project Director for cultural resource inventories in permitted regions. This includes coordinating with coworkers and external partners and leading fieldwork and reporting tasks. The Cultural Resource Specialist will also assist with fieldwork and other project duties for cultural resource inventories led by other BCI staff in other regions as project needs and availability require.

Reporting tasks will be completed remotely from a home office. Office work will comprise the majority of duties.

Fieldwork may include up to two field sessions per month during the…