Leased Employee – Wildfire Mitigation Training Coordinator

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. Provide geographic training and event support primarily across California, including event creation, input, and coordination with the national training team on event hosting and local requirements .

Posted 10/7/2026full-timeCalifornia • United StatesJunior💰 $28 - $30 per hourWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in wildfire mitigation training and event coordination, with strong skills in personnel management, public speaking, and project management. Familiarity with California's wildfire mitigation community and training requirements is essential.

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Wildfire Mitigation ConceptsPersonnel ManagementPublic SpeakingProject ManagementVolunteer Coordination

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Hard Skills

Wildfire MitigationDisaster ResponseEmergency ManagementTraining DevelopmentAssessment Methodology

Soft Skills

FacilitationCommunicationLeadership

Industry Keywords

California Wildfire MitigationVolunteer ManagementTraining CoordinationLogistics ManagementPublic/Private/Nonprofit Partnerships

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide geographic training and event support primarily across California, including event creation, input, and coordination with the national training team on event hosting and local requirements
Work with local teams to build training cadence and volunteer capacity for training opportunities across geographic areas
Serve as a local representative for complex national training events, supporting partner management, site identification, logistics, and instructor selection
Assist in the design and standardization of the wildfire mitigation capability, supporting distribution of training content to local and branch teams
Deliver workshops on wildfire mitigation program fundamentals and unique mission planning process considerations
Report to TR’s Wildfire Mitigation Manager

Requirements

What you’ll need

1-4 years of relevant professional experience in military, wildfire mitigation, disaster response, emergency management, or first responder fields
Personnel management/training experience, including recruiting, managing, and developing volunteers
Successful past performance leading or coordinating volunteers highly desired
Familiarity with wildfire mitigation concepts, tactics, tools, and best practices
Strong facilitation and public speaking skills; comfortable delivering workshops to varied audiences
Project management experience
Comfortable learning and teaching a structured assessment methodology (e.g., Home Ignition Zone assessments) to volunteer audiences
Familiarity with the California wildfire mitigation community, public/private/nonprofit partners, across both Northern and Southern California
Comfortable with frequent travel between Northern and Southern California and to national training events
Understanding of California's scoping and training requirements for commercial wildfire mitigation work