Urban & Community Forestry Practitioner Coordinator

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 Compensation: $65,000 per year + benefits

Title: Urban Community Forestry Practitioner Coordinator
Agency: Natural Heritage Trust
Agency Assignment: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Location: Albany, NY

Compensation: $65,000 and benefits package
Work Schedule: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week; Monday - Friday
Application Deadline: COB Thursday, April 30, 2026

Position Summary: The UCF Practitioner Coordinator will help connect urban forest stakeholders and build constituencies for community forests in order to leverage statewide initiatives, funding, and other opportunities. State initiatives around urban and community forestry such as 25 Million Trees and the state Arbor Day Poster Contest, and national programs such as the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree City, Tree Campus, and Tree Line USA programs, all aim to celebrate and elevate urban forestry best practices. This position will coordinate these programs, assisting with education/outreach, storytelling, grants and other program activities as needed. This position involves working with regional staff, other UCF coordination staff in Albany, applicant organizations, and the Arbor Day Foundation. As the Urban and Community Forestry Program expands to address extreme heat, air pollution, and climate carbon sequestration goals and provide leadership and funding to deliver necessary levels of new statewide tree planting, this position is critical to connect practitioners across the state including municipalities, public and private educational entities, non-profit organizations, and others in order to share practices, find solutions to challenges, and identify and leverage opportunities.

Contact Information

Natural Heritage Trust - Albany, NY
Email: urbanforestry@dec.ny.gov
Website: Apply Online