Employment Opportunities

The Senior Conservation Biologist/Planner reports directly to the Principal Conservation Biologist/Project Manager for the Topanga Lagoon Restoration Project (TLRP), a large-scale, multi-year capital restoration project. This full-time position serves as the Assistant Project Manager for TLRP and is ideal for an experienced environmental professional with at least five years of environmental planning and project management experience.

Read the full job announcement and apply via Gusto.

We’re excited to announce that we are hiring Environmental Educators to help inspire the next generation of environmental stewards! If you’re passionate about connecting people with nature, fostering curiosity, and empowering youth through hands-on environmental education, we’d love to hear from you.

We are currently recruiting for multiple positions including a core team and on-call staff.

Environmental Educator – Internal Applicants Only (RIF-Eligible Employees)

This recruitment is limited to current or former RCDSMM employees who have received a Reduction in Force (RIF) or separation notice and are eligible for priority consideration. Applications from individuals who do not meet this eligibility requirement will not be considered under this recruitment.

Apply here.

Environmental Educator – Public Recruitment 

This recruitment is open to the general public. Applicants eligible for priority consideration under the District’s Reduction in Force (RIF) procedures should apply through the separate “RIF-Eligible Employees Only” recruitment.

Apply here.

Interested in gaining experience with a conservation organization in the fields of environmental education, salmonid research, and oak woodland ecology? In partnership with the California Conservation Corps and AmeriCorps, the Watershed Stewards Program (WSP) is offering a ten and a half month service position working alongside natural resource professionals at the RCD, including our Conservation Biologist and Education Coordinator. Apply here for to become a WSP Member.

Interested in gaining experience with a conservation organization in the fields of wildfire mitigation and community organizing? In partnership with the GrizzlyCorps and AmeriCorps, the GrizzlyCorps Program is offering an eleven month service position working alongside our Community Resilience Coordinator. Apply here to become a GrizzlyCorps fellow.

Stream Team members are part-time paid field biologists and interns that assisst our biologists to monitor wildlife throughout the Santa Monica Mountains. Work can range from steelhead, amphibian and native oak woodland surveys, habitat mapping, data management, biological reporting assisstance, wildlife camera and lagoon monitoring and more!

Our Stream Team is currently full so we are not looking for additional helping hands. Be sure to check back periodically as many positions are dependent on seasonal field work.

There are no RFQ solicitations at this time.  Please check back for updates.