Restoring indigenous knowledge and practices to Popeloutchom - our ancestral lands

Amah Mutsun Land Trust is Hiring

Cultural Fire Program Manager

The Cultural Fire Program Manager will be responsible for identifying appropriate locations to conduct cultural burn activities based on ethno-botanical, cultural archeological research and fuel reduction needs, preparing burn plans, securing appropriate permits and approvals, coordinate the burn with Cal Fire and other partners, leading or co-leading the implementation of burns in conjunction with AMLT’s Native Stewardship Corps (NSC), other Tribal members, partnering agencies and organizations for work-related use.

This position will be responsible for developing expertise in conducting pre-fire and post-fire research to document impact of cultural burns and recovery planning and implementation in collaboration with AMLT’s Native Plant Restoration and Native Stewardship Corps Program Managers. This position is also responsible for getting Native Stewardship Corps members trained and certified in all aspects of firefighting and identifying and securing the necessary equipment for the NSC to become an independent, fire-lighting/firefighting team.

The Cultural Burn Fire Program Manager will need to be available to work in various locations throughout Amah Mutsun Tribal Band territory and Awaswas language territory on any workday, and at times continuously for multiple weeks. This includes the area from around Morgan Hill south to King city (including adjacent portions of the Diablo/Cabilan Range), along the Salinas River to the Pacific, and northward to Ano Nuevo Point. This position will also require occasional travel to other areas of California and potentially out of state to participate in training and certification events, which may sometimes last a week or more. This position will require the use of a personal vehicle for travel. AMLT offers mileage reimbursement for work-related use of personal vehicles, along with reimbursement for other-work-related travel expenses.

This is a full-time, exempt, position that comes with health benefits, paid personal time off and holidays. The annual compensation is between $75,000 to $85,000 depending upon experience. This position will report to the Executive Director. This position will report to the Executive Director.

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Director of Development

AMLT’s work is supported by a wide range of funders, including foundations, state agencies, partner organizations, and individual donors. Significant untapped potential exists to expand our operating budget and budget for land acquisition, and the Director of Development is an exciting position that will lead AMLT’s fundraising efforts and enable AMLT to capitalize on the many opportunities we have to expand our work in Mutsun and Awaswas territories.

The Director of Development creates and executes a comprehensive fundraising program, develops strategies and plans, and leads efforts to cultivate, solicit, and steward donors. This includes cultivating and stewarding relationships with prospective and existing institutional donors and individual supporters, developing and growing a Major Gifts Program, planning, and executing special donor events and supporting the development and successful execution of special initiatives, including capital campaigns.

As a member of the senior management team, the Director of Development participates in strategic planning and budgeting initiatives, helping develop and implement the annual operating plan and long-term strategic vision and goals of the organization. The Director of Development works collaboratively to achieve strategic and sustainable organizational growth, to manage AMLT grants and contracts, successfully execute capital campaigns, and to help AMLT effectively communicate our story to existing and prospective donors and the general public. The Director of Development supervises, and is supported by, a Development and Communications Manager.

This is a full-time, exempt, position that comes with health benefits, paid personal time off and holidays. The annual compensation is between $95,000 to $110,000, depending upon experience. This position will report to the Executive Director.

For a full position description and instructions to apply, please follow this link.

The Amah Mutsun Land Trust

The Amah Mutsun Land Trust (AMLT), an initiative of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, is the vehicle by which the Amah Mutsun access, protect, and steward lands that are integral to our identity and culture. The AMLT returns our tribe to our ancestral lands and restores our role as environmental stewards. Due to our difficult history and generations of physical, mental, and political abuses, our land stewardship practices were disrupted, and much of our culture was lost. AMLT serves not only in the re-learning of our history and restoration of indigenous management practices, it also serves as a vehicle for healing. By restoring our traditional ecological knowledge and revitalizing our relationship to Mother Earth, we also restore balance and harmony to the lands of our ancestors.

Our Mutsun Identity

The people of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, collectively referred to by many as “Ohlone”, are the indigenous peoples of the territories ranging from Año Nuevo to the greater Monterey Bay area. Historically comprised of more than 20 politically distinct peoples, the modern tribe represents the surviving descendant families of the indigenous people who survived the Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista missions. Working the lands known to them as Popeloutchom for millennia, it is the goal of AMLT to restore the Mutsun people and their knowledge to better conserve and protect these lands.