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Primary Role and Functions:
The Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) is seeking a full-time Shell Collection and Delivery Technician to support the organization’s Shell Recycling Alliance (SRA).
Each year millions of oyster shells are lost to landfills in the Mid-Atlantic region. SRA works with restaurants, local municipalities, and a diverse range of partners to provide simple solutions to recycling oyster shells for restoration of Chesapeake Bay oyster populations. Major responsibilities include daily collection and delivery of recycled oyster shells from around the Baltimore/Washington DC metro area, driving stake body trucks to transport shell, compiling and managing shell collection data, and interacting with the public.
Location: The position will be based in Annapolis, MD.
Job Duties: At a minimum this position will support the following programmatic activities:
Minimum Qualifications:
Additional Requirements:
Position Status and Benefits:
The position is a full-time permanent (40 hours) with full benefits including health, 401K, and paid time off. Salary is commensurate with experience. Travel in vehicles within MD and neighboring states is required for this position.
For consideration, please send cover letter and resume to: Tommy Price, tprice@oysterrecovery.org
No phone calls please
The Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) is hiring two part-time Fisheries Dockside Monitors to verify daily charter boat harvest occurring on the Chesapeake Bay. Verification supports an electronic harvest reporting program for Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay fisheries. Dockside monitors will be responsible for intercepting charter boat captains at the dock to verify the species and amount harvested during the offload process.
Job Summary: Dockside monitors will be expected to work independently from home to conduct spot checks at charter boat landing locations during the 2022 charter season. Monitors must be available to participate in trainings to learn harvest documentation procedures. Dockside monitors will be provided tablet computers with software to schedule spot checks and document and submit monitored harvest.
When: June 2022-September 2022, although there is potential for continued activity beyond this timeframe.
Weekly Hours: Harvest occurs seven days a week. Monitors will be scheduled for four hours per shift for three to four days a week (total of 12 shifts per month).
Compensation: Monitors will be compensated for four hour shifts at a rate of $15/hr. Monitors will be reimbursed for mileage using Maryland’s State mileage rate.
Where: A dockside monitor will be hired in close proximately to each of the following locations:
Dockside monitoring provides an independent third-party process to verify charter boat harvest and qualified dockside monitors should not be affiliated with Maryland’s commercial fishing industry.
The Oyster Recovery Partnership is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that designs, promotes, and implements consensus-based and sustainable shellfish ecological restoration, aquaculture, and commercial fishery activities to improve the environment and expand economic opportunities in the Chesapeake and Coastal Bays and beyond.
This position is open until filled. Interviews of qualified applicants will be scheduled for early May 2022.
For consideration, please send resume to Eric Amrhein, eamrhein@oysterrecovery.org
Attn: Job Opening – Fisheries Dockside Monitor. Note: Please specify which location you are applying for in your application.