Jobs at Pheasants Forever, Inc.

Provide strategic and hands-on HR support for a 600+ employee organization: optimize HR processes, manage benefits and ADP enrollments, administer FMLA/leave, coordinate affirmative action and OSHA tracking, advise leaders, and support employee relations and communications.

Represent Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever across Southern Illinois, supporting and energizing local chapters and volunteers. Grow membership and fundraising, launch or reinvigorate chapters, coordinate donor cultivation with Development staff, organize regional meetings, and collaborate across departments to advance local habitat, education, and outreach efforts.

Work as part of a four-person crew implementing habitat management on private and public lands, including prescribed burning, herbicide application, native grass/forb and shrubby cover establishment, and timber stand improvement. Maintain and repair equipment, serve on burn crews, assist ecological and bird surveys, procure supplies, support outreach and training, and perform other habitat-related duties. Position requires occasional travel and irregular hours.

Perform hands-on habitat management and maintenance on public wildlife areas: wetland and prairie management, mowing, tree/brush removal, spraying, prescribed fire, wildlife surveys and monitoring, occasional overnight travel, and use of heavy equipment and firefighting tools under DNR direction.

Perform wildlife and habitat management on state areas: wetland and prairie management, seeding, mowing, tree/brush removal, spraying, fencing, wildlife surveys and monitoring, occasional prescribed fire and overnight travel, and follow-up on IHAP/CRP sites.

The Habitat Specialist will implement prescribed fire and habitat management, conduct wildlife surveys, procure supplies, and assist with training, focusing on habitat improvement.

Represent Quail Forever and Pheasants Forever across central Oklahoma and southern Kansas, supporting and growing local chapters and volunteers. Lead chapter launches, reinvigoration, fundraising events, regional meetings, and donor cultivation with Development staff. Maintain regular motivational communication, collaborate cross-departmentally, manage multiple projects using technology, and travel frequently within the region to deliver conservation impact.

Provide technical assistance and outreach to landowners and partner agencies to promote and implement Farm Bill and related voluntary conservation programs. Duties include conservation planning, site assessments, contract coordination, habitat management recommendations, mapping and data entry, and supporting CRP, RIM, EQIP, and WIA enrollments. Work is primarily county-based with ~30% fieldwork and collaboration with NRCS, SWCDs, BWSR and Pheasants Forever.

Perform habitat management and maintenance at Perry Wildlife Management Area, including prescribed burning, mechanical tree removal, wetland/moist-soil management, herbicide use, food plot and native grass establishment, infrastructure repair, surveys and scientific counts, GIS-based permit and plan coordination, public outreach, procurement, and supervision/training of seasonal staff.

Perform habitat management and field surveys on public wildlife areas: prescribed burning, mechanical tree removal, planting, moist-soil wetland management, herbicide use, equipment and infrastructure maintenance, GIS-based permit and habitat plan coordination, procure supplies, supervise seasonal staff, assist biologists with surveys, and provide public outreach.

Manage and implement habitat practices on public wildlife lands including prescribed burns, mechanical tree removal, wetland and moist-soil management, herbicide use, food plots, and infrastructure repairs. Conduct biological surveys and sampling, coordinate agricultural permits and habitat plans using GIS, procure supplies, supervise seasonal staff, and provide public outreach and training.

Manage and implement habitat practices (prescribed burning, mechanical removal, planting, herbicide use), conduct wildlife and waterfowl surveys, manage wetlands and water control structures, coordinate permits and GIS-based habitat plans, maintain infrastructure and equipment, supervise/ train seasonal staff, procure supplies, and perform public outreach.

Conduct and supervise habitat management and wetland operations, perform field surveys and scientific monitoring, coordinate permits and GIS-based habitat plans, maintain infrastructure and equipment, procure supplies, lead seasonal staff training, and provide public outreach.