Trails and Natural Lands Operations Manager

Trails and Natural Lands Operations Manager Salt Lake City Department of Public Lands Salt Lake City, Utah Job Type Permanent Salary $75,854 - $103,579 per year Benefits This position is eligible for full city benefits. Min. Experience 5+ years

Job Description:

The Salt Lake City Public Lands Department is looking for an Operations Manager to join its team. This position will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the field workgroups within the Trails and Natural Lands (TNL) Division, a division within the Public Lands Department. The TNL Division is responsible for managing, maintaining, and restoring the City's natural areas, nature parks, and natural-surface trails. The TNL Operations Manager works with the TNL Supervisor, Restoration Ecologist, and team members to create property assignments, management plans and safety protocols for each property and project; assesses and implements operational processes and systems for efficiencies; and prioritizes and schedules maintenance tasks. The Operations Manager is responsible for fulfilling the division's various responsibilities - natural lands maintenance and restoration, trail repair, native plant propagation, restoration plantings, weed control, irrigation maintenance, signage and fencing maintenance, etc. - with full-time, part-time, and/or seasonal staff; contracted professional services or conservation corps; or through community volunteers. Additionally, this position will support the TNL Supervisor with all human resource functions (recruiting, hiring, supervising, training, evaluation) for the team members. The TNL Operations Manager also works with the TNL Director and Planning & Design Division team on planning, design, and implementation of the Salt Lake City Foothills Trail System, the Emerald Ribbon Action Plan, the Native Plant Program, and publicly funded CIP projects. The ideal candidate will have graduated from accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in Natural Resource Management, Environmental Sciences, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, Recreation Management, Construction Management or a related field and have five years of related work experience and three years of proven leadership and supervisor experience. Education and work experience may be substituted for each other when applicable. About the

Team:

The Trails & Natural Lands team consists of the leadership team of the Division Director, Natural Lands Supervisor, & Restoration Ecologist; 7 full-time and 8 part-time Natural Resource Technicians (NRT's) with specialties in trail maintenance, restoration ecology, plant propagation, irrigation, weed mitigation, volunteer management, property management, or bike parks; a part-time GIS analyst; and a seasonal crew that runs May to October. TNL is one of Salt Lake City's Public Lands Department's divisions which also includes Parks, Urban Forestry, Golf, Planning & Design, and the Park Ranger program.

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