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🔗Cultural Resources Team Lead
Website SWCA Environmental Consultants
SWCA is seeking a talented Cultural Resources Team Lead to support and grow the Cultural Resources Program within our Hawai‘i and Pacific Islands office. The Cultural Resources Team Lead will be responsible for providing leadership for our experienced staff of archaeologists, anthropologists, architectural historians, and historians. The position will involve supervising and mentoring staff, managing large-scale projects, coordinating with clients and agencies, and developing new business opportunities. The successful candidate will need to have a depth of experience and familiarity with the business environment and with the cultural resources of Hawai‘i and the Pacific Region.
This is a full-time, regular status, salaried position to be affiliated with our Honolulu office. This position will support office goals and work closely with directors and leaders across the West region to accomplish those goals. SWCA is proud to offer flexible work location arrangements. Fully remote, office-based, or hybrid candidates are welcome to apply.
The Cultural Resources Team Lead will:
People Leadership
- Lead and grow the Hawai‘i cultural resources team
- Supervise, mentor, and facilitate professional growth and development of cultural resources personnel
- Take a leading role in managing the schedule for the cultural resources team of archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians, ensuring adequate coverage of project needs and appropriate assignments of staff to specific tasks
- Mentor and coach junior team members in business development and client services
- Advise the Pacific Islands Director on staffing needs and staff advancement
- Serve as a lead hiring manager for project and staff-level positions. Take a leading role in identifying staffing needs, screening job candidates, conducting interviews, and making hiring recommendations to the Director
- Ensure team compliance with performance management and training requirements, tracking progress and follow-up with individual supervisors and staff members
- Drives compliance of safety policies and reporting requirements to ensure overall team safety
Project Leadership
- Oversee the technical execution and financial performance of cultural resources projects
- Manage large-scale projects
- Monitor the performance of individual projects and provide support to project managers
- Effectively coordinate with clients and regulatory agencies to produce technically excellent work that is on time and on budget
- Identify and mitigate project challenges to avoid overruns and ensure profitability.
Client Leadership
- Manage client relationships and conduct business development with new and existing clients.
- Identify and evaluate sales opportunities (prospects and proposals) and make recommendations to the Pacific Islands Director
- Lead large proposal efforts
- Work to expand the client base in line with the office’s strategic goals
- Develop and foster teaming relationships with other offices that lead to business development opportunities
- Work closely with SWCA’s other leads in planning, natural and cultural resources in the Southern California – Pacific Islands subregion and throughout the company to promote the Pacific Islands office by extension, and SWCA’s business interests in adherence to its mission, vision, and values.
SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing employee-owned firm, providing a full spectrum of environmental services. With offices across the United States, SWCA is one of the largest environmental compliance firms and ranks among Engineering News-Record’s Top 200 Environmental Firms.
SWCA is committed to salary equity and salary transparency for all its employees. In alignment with this commitment, SWCA posts good faith pay ranges in all its advertised job postings to promote pay equity and transparency.
An employee in this Honolulu, HI based position can expect an annual salary of $87,369-$113,881/year. Actual pay within this range may depend on experience, qualifications, geographic location, client requirements where applicable, and other factors permitted by law. Regular-status employees are also eligible for performance bonuses. Candidates are also encouraged to consider SWCA’s Total Rewards package, which includes a competitive Benefits package, forward-thinking workplace flexibility, outstanding corporate culture, award-winning career development, and more.
Benefits
All NCPE interns received an hourly stipend, the rate is listed at each position description. Additionally, interns receive paid time off (PTO), paid Federal holidays if working full-time, and access to NCPE's Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for career and personal counseling, coaching, and referrals. Project sites may also offer a housing allowance and/or commuting stipend; this information is also listed in the description or offered during the interview.
Eligible NCPE interns who successfully complete their internships may count their position towards earning a Public Land Corps (PLC) Non-Competitive Hiring Authority certificate. To be eligible to earn a PLC certificate, an intern must be 30 years old or younger (or 35 if a veteran). Once earned, the PLC hiring authority certificate may be used to apply for eligible Federal temporary, term, or permanent positions. Successful completion of a NCPE internship does not guarantee Federal employment. Contact manager@preservenet.org for more details.
Eligibility
To be eligible, applicants must be
*at least 18 years old;
*no older than 30 years of age (or 35 years if a Veteran) when beginning the internship; applicants who are 31 or older (or 36 or older if a Veteran) are not eligible;
*currently enrolled in a degree-seeking academic program at the college level (or recently graduated within the past 12 months)
*be a U.S. Citizen or permanent resident.
Interns are not allowed to work more than 1200 hours total in the program; previous interns must stay within this overall limit. The length of an internship can vary from 10 to 30 weeks if full-time (40 hours per week) or longer if on a part-time schedule. If selected, the exact starting date will be determined by you and the NPS supervisor. The stipend rate is $17.00 per hour unless otherwise listed.
The successful candidate is responsible for finding and paying for travel to and housing at the internship location; some exceptions apply. The supervising office may be able to assist in locating housing but it is ultimately up to the individual accepting the internship to find accommodation.
The National Council requires all interns working in-person at Federal facilities and/or with Federal employees receive the Covid-19 vaccination. Please be advised that you may also be required to wear a mask, depending on the protocols adopted by your work site. Also be aware that, due to Government-wide security requirements, a background check will be required if you are selected for a position. This will include providing information about recent housing and employment history. The position supervisor will have more information about these requirements and procedures at the time of hiring. You may direct any questions to NCPE's Internship Program Director, Julee Johnson, at manager@preservenet.org.
Please note that interns are not NCPE or NPS employees. Stipends are academic awards and taxes are not withheld, nor are social security contributions made on your behalf. These funds may be taxable, however, so consult a tax preparation professional if you have questions.
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