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Vibrant Planet

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11 - 50 employees

💰 $17M Seed Round on 2022-06

Unlocking nature based climate solutions by accelerating wildland resilience. Vibrant Planet is both a prioritization system for land management restoration efforts. Our software provides real-time scenario planning, monitoring, and reporting for natural resource managers seeking to improve community and wildland resilience to wildfire and climate change. Our system calculates the potential avoided loss and ecosystem services value of each land management and community wildfire protection treatment, helping to qualify projects for carbon, water, biodiversity and other types of conservation finance.

📋 Description

• Provides technical assistance to the Resilience Group staff for conducting remotely sensed forest resource assessments and the development of key metrics for evaluating vegetation management treatment alternatives and benefits on woodlands, forestlands and within the wildland urban interface. • Monitors programs and policies of federal, state and local agencies on vegetation management use and management, laws and regulations to inform staff of potential opportunities. • Conducts resource inventories, obtains planning information, identifies conservation opportunities, and assists in developing conservation plans and contracts consistent with land use or defensible space needs. • Conducts site visits as needed to validate treatment unit attribution, GIS-designated harvest systems and prescriptions. Includes creation of a structured approach for validation and feedback as well as handoff to the customer success team. • Utilizes GIS/GPS software and hardware, FVS, and other software packages to summarize and produce high level analysis and reports for integration into existing workflows. • Works directly with the Resilience Group and also across the organization with our Software Engineering and Science teams to give feedback and contribute to developments in our technology. • Adheres to data standards and naming conventions, maintains and updates metadata. • Finds and assess quality of data from national, regional, and/or local sources. • Supports the preparation of landscape-specific Technical Reports.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Forestry or related field with 5 years of field experience OR equivalent combination of education and experience (8 years) • Familiarity with all aspects of vegetation management programs of work including; planning (NEPA, CEQA), implementation (layout, cruising and contract preparation) and administration (various contractual mechanisms and guidelines) • Experience working with specialists in multiple land management disciplines including aquatics, wildlife, botany, heritage, civil engineering and contracting to facilitate vegetation management activities within different western forest types. • Expert in vegetation, fuels, and defensible space treatment methods, considerations and impacts. • Experience in forest inventory, forest products, utilization, and forest product markets. • 2-3 years GIS/GPS experience. • Experience or knowledge in field reconnaissance, harvest designation, boundary marking, cruising and marking timber, spur road layout, forest products appraisals and preparation of reports and sales contracts. • Experience working in various ecosystems and forest environments. • Experience or knowledge administering defensible space, fuel treatments, and/or timber sales to ensure that all contractual stipulations are carried out by the operator. • Knowledgeable with studies and surveys of wildlife use, collecting and analyzing data pertaining to soil and water activities, and conducting studies of forest resources or studies of timber stand improvement or reforestation. • Demonstrated organizational and planning skills. Detail oriented. • Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to collaborate with a variety of people from diverse backgrounds. • Problem solving capabilities. • Demonstrated ability to manage major projects with several team members. • Excellent adaptive communication skills (written and verbal).

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Unlimited PTO policy • 401k w/future match • Company equity • Home office set-up allowance (one time)