The Biological Monitoring Program Administrator for the BMP oversees and provides support for all staff including Biologist Supervisor, (1) Taxa Leads (4), Data Manager (1), GIS Analyst (1), Taxa Leads (4), and Field Biologists (7). The position requires excellent writing, verbal communication, presentation, organizational, and adaptive management skills. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated supervisory experience and ability to manage teams, along with experience in preparing technical reports and proposals, managing budgets, and overseeing work scope items.

Key Responsibilities

The Biological Monitoring Program Administrator:

• Coordinates with the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority (RCA) on behalf of the BMP.

• Coordinates with multiple federal, state, and local agencies to implement a long-term monitoring program to track distributions and population trends of 146 Covered Species and associated habitats in a 500,000-acre reserve area.

• Develops annual work plans and manages an approximately $2.2M annual budget, including all personnel and project equipment needs.

• Is responsible for all operations of the BMP to follow OSHA safety regulations and SAWA safety policies.

• Develops, supports, inspires, and guides the talented BMP team.

• Reviews and edits multiple survey and summary reports for the RCA on an annual basis.

• Provides monthly and quarterly status reports to the RCA.

• Identifies contract needs, writes scopes of work, manages contracts.

• Facilitates monthly reserve management/monitoring coordination meetings.

• Attends and presents information at monthly RCA team meetings, SAWA team meetings and other agency meetings.

• Gives requested presentations to RCA Board and other agencies.

• Coordinates with Wildlife Agencies (California Department of Fish and Wildlife and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) on survey methodology and monitoring activities.

• Oversees annual distribution of BMP data and survey reports and works with the Data Manager to distribute other requested data as appropriate.

• Provide support for Program staff in the development of survey protocols, training programs, and obtaining land access agreements.

Please see the attached job announcement for more information.