Biological Monitor, On-Call (South San Francisco Bay Area)

ESA is seeking variable part-time (on-call) Biological Monitors to join our Biological Resources and Land Management team who can demonstrate 5+ years of construction compliance monitoring experience and resides in the following counties: Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, or San Francisco. Specific species experience required includes experience with one or more of the following: California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense), California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii), saltmarsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris), or Ridgway’s rail (Rallus obsoletus). Experience with general nesting bird and raptor species, roosting bats, San Francisco dusky footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes annectens), vernal pool fairy shrimp, Crotch’s bumblebee (Bombus crotchii), or other sensitive species monitoring experience is also desirable.

A Biological Monitor must be qualified to be approved by the natural resource protection agencies (i.e., California Department of Fish and Wildlife and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) to support on-site surveys and construction compliance monitoring. The Biological Monitor will commit to approximately 95% fieldwork and conduct desk-based tasks comprised of data entry and analysis, and report preparation. We welcome a collaborative team member with a growth mindset able to conduct wildlife surveys, monitor sensitive biological resources, and collect quality digital data. 

 

Who You Are 

• You are an experienced biologist who has 5 years of experience supporting field studies and environmental compliance within the southern San Francisco Bay Area, and California Coast. Desired candidates have experience with wildlife and vegetation species and habitats in the following counties: Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, and/or San Francisco, and experience in the California Central Coast and/or San Francisco Bay Shoreline. Preference will be given to candidates with direct experience surveying, handling, and monitoring for, or with monitoring approvals by state and federal agencies for one or more of the following species: California tiger salamander, monitoring for California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense), California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii), salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris), San Francisco dusky footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes annectens), Ridgway’s rail (Rallus obsoletus), Crotch’s bumblebee (Bombus crotchii), and nesting raptor surveys and active nest monitoring.  
• General construction compliance monitoring experience is required. You have previously worked on construction sites, worked around heavy equipment, and can effectively communicate with construction staff. You must have experience presenting information understandably and speaking clearly and confidently about biological resources and general comp