Jobs
Posted: December 18, 2024
CFRI is currently hiring Forest and Fire Ecology Field Technicians (Seasonal Hourly) to assist with field data collection and management in support of our research and monitoring field studies. These are full-time, hourly positions from May through August 2025.
Duties include:
- Experimentally planting seedlings in post-fire environments,
- Measuring forest and tree characteristics,
- Botany work including plant identification and specimen collection,
- Fuels characterization and sampling,
- Post-prescribed fire monitoring,
- Accurate data collection and quality checking, and
- Safely navigating with maps, compass, and GPS.
Daily work conditions involve off-trail hikes between 0.5-5 miles from vehicles through multiple forest types including post-wildfire landscapes. Crew members will camp in both established and dispersed campgrounds and frequently operate in areas without cell service. Work weeks are generally 10-hr days Monday – Thursday, with the potential for 8-day trips. Crews will work on projects across Colorado in multiple forest types and in post-wildfire environments.
- Terms of Employment: May through August, 2025
- For full consideration, submit application materials on Handshake by Thursday, February 6 before 5 PM. Required documents to apply: resume with expected graduation date, cover letter, unofficial transcript, and contact information for two references.
- Application details: Handshake Posting Number: 9526977
Posted: December 18, 2024
CFRI is currently hiring a Forestry Lab Assistant (Part-time Hourly) to assist with field data collection and management in support of our research and monitoring field studies. This is a part-time, hourly positions from May through August 2025.
Duties include:
- Managing forestry field equipment and lab space,
- Providing logistical support for field crews, and
- Assisting with forestry data entry and cleaning
Lab assistant is a part-time position working primarily Thursdays and Fridays of each week.
- Terms of Employment: May through August, 2025
- For full consideration, submit application materials on Handshake by Thursday, February 13 before 5 PM. Required documents to apply: resume with expected graduation date, cover letter, unofficial transcript, and contact information for two references.
- Application details: Handshake Posting Number: 9522783
Posted: December 10, 2024
CFRI is currently hiring experienced Senior Research and Monitoring Field Technicians (Temporary Administrative Professional) to assist with field data collection and management in support of our research and monitoring field studies. These are full-time positions from April through September 2025, with potential for extension dependent upon funding.
Senior technicians assist crew leaders working with 2-4 technicians to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality data collection while operating in backcountry forest landscapes. Crews work 10-hour field days, frequently traveling overnight for 4-day or 8-day trips to lodge near field sites. Benefits include competitive health insurance options and per diem when traveling.g.
- Terms of Employment: April through September, 2025
- For full consideration, submit application materials by midnight on Sunday, January 19th. Required documents to apply: Statement of interest, resume, unofficial transcript, and contact information for three references. In your statement of interest, clearly state that you are applying for the Senior Technician position
- Application details: https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/154324
Posted: December 10, 2024
CFRI is currently hiring experienced Crew Leaders (Temporary Administrative Professional) to assist with field data collection and management in support of our research and monitoring field studies. Crew leaders oversee crews of 2-4 technicians to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality data collection while operating in backcountry forest landscapes.
Crews work 10-hour field days, frequently traveling overnight for 4-day or 8-day trips and camping near field sites. Benefits include competitive health insurance options and per diem when traveling.
- Terms of Employment: April through October, 2025
- For full consideration, submit application materials by midnight on Sunday, January 19th. Required documents to apply: Statement of interest, resume, unofficial transcript, and contact information for three references. In your statement of interest, clearly state that you are applying for the Crew Leader position.
- Application details: https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/154323
Posted: December 1, 2024
The Colorado Forest Restoration Institute (CFRI) at Colorado State University is seeking applications for a Senior Wildland Fire Spatial Analyst and Decision Support Research Associate position to provide leadership in the development, implementation, and growth of CFRI’s program of work that advances scientific knowledge, analysis, and application of wildland fire behavior, risk assessment, and decision support in the Rocky Mountain West and nationally.
The incumbent will be responsible for leading applied wildfire decision support modeling that advances scientific knowledge, data products, and analytical methodologies in collaboration with research peers, managers, and stakeholders; partnering with CFRI senior collaborative decision support program managers to integrate advanced analytical techniques and data products into decision-making processes; and contributing to the publication of peer-reviewed journal papers and non-technical products for a diverse audience regarding wildland fire behavior, risk assessment, and decision-support.
Position Title: Senior Wildland Fire Spatial Analyst and Decision Support Research Associate
Preferred Start Date: April 1, 2025
Application details:We will begin reviewing applications on December 20, 2024, and will continue to review applications until a suitable candidate is found. Please submit all application materials online at https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/154035
Required documents to apply: Cover letter addressing qualifications, resume, unofficial transcript, and contact information for three professional references. References will not be contacted without prior notification of candidates.
Posted: November 20, 2024
The Colorado Forest Restoration Institute (CFRI) at Colorado State University is seeking applications for a Senior Forest and Fire Ecology Research Associate position to provide expertise and dedicated leadership to oversee the development and application of methodologies to: i) assess the effects of forest restoration treatments at multiple scales; ii) understand impact from, and adaptation strategies to, climate change-induced forest stressors, and iii) engage managers, stakeholders, and policy-makers in deliberating and evaluating these results for future decision-making.
The incumbent is charged with developing, sustaining, and growing an applied research program that includes field-based sampling, remote sensing, and landscape scale analysis and modeling. The research program advances scientific knowledge of forest management and enhances the practice of collaborative adaptive management in Colorado and the Intermountain West. The incumbent will be responsible for asking and answering science-based questions collaboratively with managers, stakeholders, researchers, and internal staff to guide monitoring and produce scientific information that advances collaborative adaptive management across multiple spatial and temporal scales. The incumbent will also be responsible for collaborating with CFRI leadership on raising funds for conducting monitoring and applied research, with the expectation of publishing results in peer- reviewed journals, white papers, policy briefs, and management focused summaries.
Position Title: Senior Forest and Fire Ecology Research Associate
Preferred Start Date: March 1, 2025
Application details:We will begin reviewing applications on December 20, 2024, and will continue to review applications until a suitable candidate is found. Please submit all application materials online at https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/153844
Required documents to apply: Cover letter addressing qualifications, resume, unofficial transcript, and contact information for three professional references. References will not be contacted without prior notification of candidates.
Opening New Doors
Student field crew members work full time over summer, with the potential to work part time during the school year in the lab. The student lab/field crew members support our restoration ecology research projects in many ways, including collecting data in the field, processing of fuels and plant samples, performing data entry, plant identification, and other tasks as needed. Hiring for these positions typically occurs early Spring. CFRI is not currently hiring for these positions, but please contact Maddie Wilson at [email protected] with questions regarding future opportunities.