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For more than 40 years, we have planted trees, strengthened communities, educated children and worked with local agencies to solve the environmental challenges that threaten LA.

If you share our vision for a green city, consider applying for a job with us. The rewards are plentiful: competitive pay and benefits, a beautiful work setting, and the deep satisfaction of knowing you're making a difference.

Senior Human Resources Generalist

JOB TITLE:

Senior Human Resources Generalist

REPORTS TO:

Cindy Montanez, Chief Executive Officer

JOB SUMMARY:

TreePeople is recruiting for a hardworking, organized, detail-oriented and effective Senior Human Resources Generalist to complete the day-to-day human resource, payroll, benefits, employee relations, policies and administrative functions for a fast growing and complex nonprofit organization and its affiliate land trust.

Only serious candidates that meet or exceed all the qualifications, submit a complete application, provide a sample of a written policy they wrote, can work Monday through Friday starting no later than 8 a.m., and can participate in evening, travel and weekend work as job duties may demand will be considered. Salary requirements must be included.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Effectively perform all day-to-day human resources functions, including but not limited to:

Organize and maintain personnel records for all employees;
Administer bi-weekly payroll (Paylocity), time allocations for billing, and benefits programs, including conducting analysis, ensuring compliance, and serving as primary contract with providers, including group health and voluntary benefits, workers' compensation, and volunteer, liability and auto insurances;
Administer all business insurance programs (including D&O, liability and property coverage, workers’ compensation insurance and volunteer accident insurance) and maintain relationships with various insurance brokers and carriers;
Mediate and work diligently to resolve sensitive employee relations issues;
Maintain and update policies, procedures and Employee Handbook as well as Injury and Illness Prevention Program/Emergency Action Plan Handbook and COVID-19 Policies and Procedures;
Ensure job descriptions are updated (in process) and written for each job position;
Administer recruitment process to include: expanding recruitment postings, screening resumes, conducting all interviews, checking references, making recommendations to hiring managers, negotiating salary and issuing offer letters;
Employee Benefits: Review employee benefits, make annual recommendations on new benefit plans to the CEO and CFO, hold open enrollment annually and answer employees’ benefits questions throughout the plan year. Maintain relationships with various insurance brokers;
Administer all workers compensation benefits, reporting to agency and ensuring that employees are medically treated as necessary;
Facilitate new employee orientation/on-boarding program;
Conduct exit interviews;
Responsible for all COBRA administration;
Maintain responsibility for organization compliance with federal, state and local regulations pertaining to all personnel matters; including responsibility to evaluate, implement and manage human resources policies and programs in the areas of employment, employee relations, discrimination and equal opportunity employment in compliance with government laws and regulations and TreePeople goals;
Develop, annually review and make recommendations to the CEO for improvement and implementation of TreePeople’s policies, procedures and practices on personnel matters, including professional development, management training, performance evaluation metrics, emergency response, discrimination training, and injury and prevention;
In conjunction with the Chief Financial Officer, assist the CEO in the annual review, preparation and administration of the organization's wage and salary program. Work to ensure that salaries and benefits remain competitive with similar environmental organizations;
Develop, manage and implement TreePeople’s wellness and workplace incentives programs; Manage organization's safety efforts, including overseeing and serving on the safety committee and working to prevent workplace injuries;
Consult with legal counsel as appropriate, or as directed by the CEO, on personnel or other matters; Evaluate, develop, and maintain a thoroughly-organized human resource information system that meets industry standards and TreePeople personnel information needs;
Partner with the CEO to develop and implement effective short and long term strategies to attain a superb work ethic, a highly-motivating work environment, purposeful performance metrics, a results-driven culture and other organizational objectives needed to grow TreePeople’s impact and implement its mission;
Evaluate, modernize and reorganize the Human Resources processes for maximum efficiency, legal compliance and effectiveness in recruitment, hiring and support of a high-functioning team of at least 75 employees who also manage interns and thousands of community volunteers;
Train, support and work directly with the CEO, Chief Financial Officer, directors and managers to assist them in properly managing, motivating, evaluating and effectively carrying out their responsibilities on personnel matters;
Participate in board meetings, board committees, internal and external working committees and special projects as assigned by the CEO.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE HAS THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS:

Understands, believes in and can effectively communicate TreePeople’s mission.
Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with a CEO, Chief Financial Officer and directors on a high-achievement trajectory.
Must be highly-organized with a strong work ethic and have the ability to provide strong leadership in a changing and growing organization.
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Communications, or Nonprofit Management, plus 7 years of related training experience or an equivalent combination of education and work experience as a human resource professional is required.
Must have a Professional Human Resource designation (PHR, SPHR or other) or be in the process or meet the qualifications of obtaining the designation.
Expert knowledge in federal, state and local employment laws.
Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, leadership abilities, management experience, nonprofit business acumen, and detail-oriented approach with the ability to establish credibility, trust and rapport with employees and other partners.
Experience coaching and influencing senior executives, managing complex employee relations issues, managing organizational change, developing methods to inspire a strong work ethic and excellent performance, and comfort with the Human Resource system are all a must.
Excellent facilitation and/or mediation skills.
Experience with and commitment to recruiting, hiring and supporting a diverse workforce.

JOIN THE TREEPEOPLE TEAM, APPLY AT:

Please apply here.

* TreePeople is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Advancement Coordinator

JOB TITLE:

Advancement Coordinator

REPORTS TO:

Director of Development

JOB SUMMARY:

The Advancement Coordinator furthers the annual fundraising goals of the organization. This position implements programs that identify, cultivate, solicit donations and steward relationships with donors, manages campaigns through direct mail, email, web content and customer service.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Effectively perform all day-to-day human resources functions, including but not limited to:

Maintain day-to-day functions of the Membership Program by working closely with the Director of Development and Direct Marketing Consultant to lead the production of print materials related to the annual fund and program support including brochures, forms, appeal letters, digital appeals, donor benefit materials and membership cards. Mail out new member packets, review member benefits (seedling giveaways, moonlight hikes), keep members informed.
Expand and manage matching funds and workplace giving opportunities by implementing programs that identify, cultivate, solicit and steward relationships with donors.
Identify, cultivate, and steward corporations for engagement with TreePeople and supporting our mission.
Liaison to Mountain’ Restoration Trust - handle year-end campaigns, annual reports, and thank you notes for large gifts, alongside Director of Development and MRT staff.
Lead TreePeople’s Key Fundraising Programs, and Campaigns. Responsible for creating and carrying out fundraising plans to meet annual revenue and strategic growth goals for assigned programs.
Work closely with MarCom position on promotion of programs to donors. Author monthly email and bi-annual direct mail content for key Fundraising Programs, with a focus on product marketing and fundraising. Work with the MarCom team to update the webpage.
Execute annual fundraising campaigns during key target dates during the year, including supervision of the work of artists, print/mail houses, and designers.
Oversee day-to-day functions of assigned Fundraising Programs, including order fulfillment, gift processing and acknowledgments, inventory of card stock, postage, and communications with data processing centers and accounting.
Work closely with the Finance department to ensure accurate and current record-keeping for all departmental data.
Supervise Department Volunteers and Interns.
Function as a key member of the Development team, participating in staff meetings and strategic planning.
Represent TreePeople at external outreach events.
Assist in supervising coordination between the Website, Salesforce, Form Assembly, Pardot and iATS to ensure optimal donor experience and maximize cultivation, acknowledgment, and stewardship via digital platforms.
Work with Development staff in use of our constituent database and implement best practices for accurate record keeping. Utilize the database to monitor Development strategy and improve donor relations.
Assist during busy times with gift processing.
Assist with Salesforce needs for the development department, including coordinating entry and analytics of data.
Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
Minimum of 3 years of experience in fundraising, preferably in a nonprofit organization
Candidates should have the ability to interact within a team and have effective organizational and communication skills.
Computer skills and proficiency with using Microsoft Office and Google G-Suite
CRM Experience, preferably with Salesforce and QGIV
Excellent communication skills speaking, listening and writing
Must be detail-oriented
Strong administrative skills: planning and organizing
Editing/ proofreading and writing proficiency
Customer Service - demonstrate the ability to respond with urgency to the needs and requests of others, internally and externally, and ensure a high degree of responsiveness to all donors without regard to their giving level. Understand the impact of their work on others.
Understand safety policies and actively promote safe practices in the workplace.
Maintain constructive relationships and demonstrate respect for everyone contacted.
Willingness and ability to adjust to changing conditions or priorities.

JOIN THE TREEPEOPLE TEAM, APPLY AT:

Please apply here.

* TreePeople is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Urban Forester

JOB TITLE:

Urban Forester

REPORTS TO:

Foremen and Project Manager

A LITTLE ABOUT US

TreePeople believes it can make the world a better place. Our mission is to inspire, engage, and support people to take personal responsibility for the urban environment, making it safe, healthy, fun, sustainable and resilient, and to share the process as a model for the world.

TreePeople is a well-established, beloved and fast-growing environmental nonprofit organization headquartered in Los Angeles, one of the largest and most diverse communities in the world. TreePeople is rapidly growing because of the tremendous global demand for our innovative community-driven solutions around fire resilience, urban forestry, water-security, environmental literacy, equity, and climate change. Sustained by a talented team of thought-leaders, philanthropists, educators, foresters, community organizers, researchers and policymakers as well as thousands of trained community leaders, TreePeople has played, and will continue to play, a legacy role in mobilizing people, businesses and public agencies to create greener and more resilient communities capable of withstanding the mounting challenges of climate change and water insecurity.

JOB SUMMARY

TreePeople needs a highly-experienced and effective Urban Forester to be part of an extensive, multi-year Tree Planting Project in an area encompassing local mountain ranges and the Southeast LA County cities of Downey, Norwalk, Commerce, Santa Fe Springs, La Mirada. The project involves planting and caring for over 10,000 trees in Southeast LA County.

The Urban Forester will be in charge of tree planting and tree care.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for upholding TreePeople high quality standards in tree planting and tree care including adherence to best management practices; and positive community relations.
Proper planting of trees assuring that it meets project specifications and requirements.
Responsible for quality and quantity of production and for following safe practices and rules while conducting tree plantings.
Promotes and maintains good customer and public relations through the effective accomplishment of assigned work and the appropriate behavior.
Is able to work well with staff and volunteers.
Safeguards employees and the public from hazards in and around work area.
Cooperates with the public, police, and fire departments when blocking street or driveways.
Sets up barriers, warning signs, flags, markers, etc. to protect employees and public.
Performs other duties as required.

MINIMUM JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

Valid CA Driver’s License and proof of insurance.
Due to the inherently dangerous nature of the industry and requirements to work with or around hazardous equipment, employees must be able to maintain attention and concentration for extended periods of time.
Must be able to wear necessary PPE as necessary.
Must be able to read and comprehend written and verbal job instructions/information.
Must be able to verbally communicate with other crew members and fully understand instructions and information.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Work demands physical energy, twisting, safe heavy lifting ability, and hand-to-eye coordination.
Uses machines, equipment, and work tools including but not limited too- shovels, breaker bars, root-chippers, rakes, brooms, general hand tools, lift gates, water tanks, blowers, augers, jack-hammers, general 2-cycle and gas engine machiners
Must be able to lift 50 pounds overhead safely while on a ladder.
Must be able to load and unload 15 gallon Trees onto and off-of a stakebed truck with a team member.
Must be able to carry 5 gallon buckets of water from trucks to Tree-Wells.
Must be able to enter and exit a vehicle numerous times a day.
Must be able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather while completing work assignments, i.e., rain, heat, sun, cold.
Must be able to stand for extended periods of time.

WAGES AND BENEFITS:

This is a full time, non-exempt position, with benefits.

JOIN THE TREEPEOPLE TEAM, APPLY AT:

Please apply here.

* TreePeople is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Urban Forestry Associate (SELA)

JOB TITLE:

Urban Forestry Associate

REPORTS TO:

Regional Manager, Southeast Los Angeles

SUMMARY:

TreePeople is an environmental nonprofit whose mission is to engage, inspire and support people to take personal responsibility for the urban environment, making it safe, healthy, fun and sustainable, and to share the process as a model for the world. TreePeople is among the largest independent environmental organizations in California. Sustained by a staff of educators, foresters and administrators as well as thousands of trained “Community Foresters”, TreePeople has played, and will continue to play, a leading role in mobilizing Angelenos, private businesses and government agencies to work together to create resilient urban communities capable of withstanding the mounting challenges of climate change.

TreePeople’s passionate commitment to the environment and its unique implementation model, known as “Community Forestry”, engage, inspire and support Angelenos at both the grassroots and policy levels to take environmental action in their communities. Over the next ten years, TreePeople and its “Community Foresters” will spearhead the transformation of Los Angeles’ urban ecosystem by:

Mobilizing Angelenos into a community committed to adapting the City’s resources and infrastructure in response to severe climate change;
Expanding forestry and education programs that inspire thousands of volunteers to improve the health and safety of Angelenos by planting and maintaining trees in wilderness areas, neighborhoods and school campuses;
Transforming Los Angeles’ urban landscape into a living watershed to capture, clean, store and conserve rain and storm water in response to droughts and diminishing resources;
Fostering collaborative partnerships that bring private businesses, non-profit resources and government agencies together to research, develop and implement system-wide solutions to environmental problems.

In the coming years, TreePeople will inspire Angelenos to reimagine and reclaim Los Angeles’ future. TreePeople will empower Angelenos to come together to combat and adapt to climate change through individual action, technology, and collaborative partnerships in order to create a more holistic, integrated and sustainable Los Angeles.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Support the Regional Manager in organizing community planting and tree care events with local volunteers.
Planting 15 gallon street trees and driving a truck/water tank to water those trees on a weekly or biweekly basis, as determined by city staff and the Regional Manager.
Support community workshops and volunteer-led events, attend site visits, and help manage and maintain TreePeople’s tool inventory.
Maintain communication with community volunteers to carry out necessary tree care until the community is self-sustaining in the stewardship of their trees.
Gather, monitor and track data of tree plantings through GPS and site maps to comply with funding reporting and to ensure successful implementation of tree maintenance plans.
Participate and represent TreePeople at meetings, fundraising, marketing, membership and volunteer events as needed.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE HAS THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS:

Strong leadership, team-building and problem-solving skills.
Highly-organized, friendly, smart, proactive and a quick-learner.
Literate and interested in local climate resilience and environmental issues impacting communities throughout Southern California.
Spanish fluency highly desired.
Valid CA Driver’s license and clean driving record desired to perform job-related essential functions.
Requires frequent heavy lifting over 25 lbs., often combined with bending, twisting, or working on irregular surfaces, and occasionally requires extraordinary physical activity.
Available to work Tuesday through Saturday, with occasional Sundays.

WAGES AND BENEFITS:

This is a part time (30 hours per week), non-exempt, hourly position, with benefits.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please apply here.

* TreePeople is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Digital Marketing and Social Media Coordinator

JOB TITLE:

Digital Marketing and Social Media Coordinator

REPORTS TO:

Director of Marketing and Communications

SUMMARY:

The Digital Marketing and Social Media Coordinator is key to supporting the Marketing and Communications team in managing and executing all digital and social media efforts.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of using digital platforms to significantly grow an organization’s donor and volunteer base. This person will be key to leading TreePeople’s digital campaigns, including overseeing the organization’s peer-to-peer platform and leading our social media strategy.

A successful candidate will have a strong work ethic, be able to work in a fast-paced environment and have passion for data to drive digital strategies aimed at online fundraising and expanding our base of support. The person will produce analytics reports that track all online and offline data to inform TreePeople’s digital strategy.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Include, but are not limited to:

Manage digital marketing campaigns based upon TreePeople’s brand, key messages, and strategic priorities:
Create, edit, share, curate and manage content, focusing on written and visual stories to increase engagement with targeted audiences, including donors, volunteers, policy makers and the population at large.
Work closely with TreePeople’s philanthropy team to manage and grow peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns as well as the Tree Dedication program’s digital presence in order to meet the organization's fundraising goals.
Execute a social media calendar developed with the Director of Marketing and Communications
Community management via monitoring, listening, and responding to users via TreePeople’s social media platforms.
Develop and update social media platform design (i.e. Facebook timeline cover, profile pic, thumbnails, ads, landing pages, Twitter profile, and blog) working closely with TreePeople’s Graphic Designer.
Manage photo, story and video assets, working closely with TreePeople’s Content Creator.
Design, create, and manage promotions and social ads.
Stay current with all social media trends on existing and future platforms.
Monitor trends in social media tools, applications, channels, design and strategy.
Analyze campaigns and translate anecdotal or qualitative data into recommendations and plans for revising the digital campaigns.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

BA in Communications, Marketing or a related field strongly preferred
2-3 years of digital marketing and social media management
Excellent writing, copyediting and proofreading skills is a must
Digital fundraising experience is highly preferred
Experience with QGIV or similar peer-to-peer fundraising platforms
Experience in storytelling and the creation of engaging content that creates a call to action for audiences across multiple audiences and digital platforms
Exceptional communication and organizational skills
Work experience in non-profit sector preferred
Work in the policy/advocacy sector is a plus
Design and Photoshop skills ideal
Multilingual, especially Spanish bilingual is a plus

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

While performing the duties of this job, this position requires – (Push, pull, lift up to 25 pounds, walking, bending, etc.)

JOIN THE TREEPEOPLE TEAM, APPLY AT:

Please apply here.

* TreePeople is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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