Community Forestry Manager (San Fernando Valley)

TreePeople is seeking a Community Forestry Manager in Los Angeles, CA, to lead community-based tree planting and stewardship programs. The role involves overseeing the Community Forestry team, identifying planting sites, ensuring safety and compliance, and collaborating with local utilities. The position is full-time and does not require a specific degree.
TreePeople is an environmental nonprofit organization that mobilizes individuals, families, communities, philanthropists, and public agencies to work together to create green, resilient communities by providing education on the benefits of planting trees, capturing rainwater, greening schools, and providing fun environmental educational activities. TreePeople unites with communities to grow a greener, shadier and more water-secure region at homes, neighborhoods, schools and in the local mountains. The Community Forestry Manager leads the planning and implementation of community-based tree planting, maintenance, and stewardship programs that strategically expand tree canopy in communities with the greatest need. The role oversees the Community Forestry team in identifying and evaluating potential planting sites, ensuring locations are safe to excavate, properly cleared of underground utilities, and compliant with relevant permitting requirements. This position coordinates with local ut...