Prescribed Burn Association Coordinator

Location

remote, central Arkansas preferred (statewide coverage)

Open Until Filled

~ November 2, 2026

In partnership with the Arkansas Prescribed Burn Association (APBA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, local PBAs, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NRCS, and other partners (local, state, federal, NGO, agriculture based, or otherwise), the Arkansas Prescribed Burn Association Coordinator, or “PBA Coordinator,” will work daily with APBA and all partners and landowners involved in local PBAs to provide support to the growing Prescribed Burn Association program in Arkansas.

This position will:

• Provide prescribed fire-related training to local PBAs;
• Coordinate accurate and efficient burn acreage reporting from local PBAs to APBA;
• Track, inventory, order, and distribute prescribed fire equipment to local PBAs;
• Serve as the direct point of contact for local PBA officers, members, and potential new members;
• Communicate and report effectively to the APBA Board of Directors;
• Participate as necessary in prescribed burns with local PBAs;
• Organize and host new PBA start-up meetings when necessary; and
• Complete all other duties and responsibilities associated with coordinating PBAs as determined by the QF Arkansas State Coordinator and the APBA Board.

• Facilitate day-to-day operations of the APBA to coordinate, equip, train, sustain, and lead PBA efforts in Arkansas and promote the ‘landowners helping landowners’ model.
• Serve as a Statewide PBA Outreach Coordinator and Expert in Prescribed Burning
• Instruct PBAs, PBA membership, and landowners interested in PBAs through the burning process, and encourage landowners to participate in a two-day Qualified Prescribed Burner Course.
• Lead and develop training efforts in each PBA, and encourage PBAs to continue training efforts on their own.
• Assist individual members of PBAs and APBA through the Prescribed Burning process by utilizing their knowledge of fire behavior, fire effects, fire ecology, and the business of prescribed burning.
• Assist APBA with the planning of the Annual APBA Statewide Meeting.
• Conduct weekly, monthly, and quarterly check-ins with PBA officers, and APBA Directors to ensure effective communication and accountability.
• Document, track, inventory, disperse, and coordinate purchasing as feasible, of burn trailers and all equipment for PBAs.
• Encourage PBA members to recognize good burn opportunities and complete burns following a prescribed burn plan.
• Monitor and facilitate PBA burn reporting with frequent communication and coordination with PBA officers and membership. Encourage all PBA members/volunteers to report completed burns.
• Deliver public presentations, webinars, and workshops, and promote a healthy fire culture in Arkansas.
• Foster a healthy relationship with landowners, fire practitioners, PBAs, APBA, AR Fire Council, State and Federal Agencies, NGOs, and all other parties associated with prescribed fire and PBAs in Arkansas.
• Complete other duties as assigned to promote the mission of APBA and Quail Forever. Meet and understand requirements of Quail Forever’s Prescribed Fire Policy, and understand the difference between QF employee requirements and APBA requirements for PBA members and AR landowners. As necessary, participate in and lead prescribed burns, to include training burns, ensuring adherence to prescription and the safety of participants, neighbors, and the public.
  
  Encourage PBA members to boss their own burns and serve as guidance/support on PBA burns.

• Extensive knowledge and experience with prescribed fire, fire ecology, and wildfire as it pertains to the South and Southeast US.
• Holds appropriate prescribed fire…