Job Opening: Non-Profit Coordinator

Non-Profit Coordinator

Non-profit coordinator for Little Kanawha Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council, with main office in Admin Building at Mountwood Park and Project Sharing site located at 2309 Gihon Road, Parkersburg.  Duties include overseeing the Mini Grant Program, Revolving Loan Fund, Project Sharing and administrative duties for the operation of the RC&D, which serves Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler, Wetzel, Wirt and Wood counties. Project Sharing boundary extends beyond those counties.

Knowledge of QuickBooks, payroll, word programs, creating reports, inventory controls, grant writing, project planning and implementation, and volunteer management required. Coordinator works directly with and represents council at local, state and national meetings which may be virtual or in-person and creates and submits all required compliance reports to local, state, national and federal agencies.  Continuous monitoring of financials, projects, file management, inventory and compliance with state and federal departments are among other duties.  Position budgeted for 24 hours per week (which includes work day Wednesday at Project Sharing) for total of 48 hours in 2-week pay period.  Work hours vary according to workload.  Send resumes to Little Kanawha RC&D, 1014 Volcano Road, Waverly, WV, by 8/10/23.  For additional info email: info@lkrcd.com.

Little Kanawha RC&D provides $1000 grant for Dunstan American Chestnut tree planting at local school

The Upper Ohio Conservation District (UOCD) in West Virginia recently donated nine Dunstan American Chestnut trees to the Tyler Consolidated High School (TCHS) to be planted on school property. The purchase of the trees was made possible by a $1,000 grant from the Little Kanawha Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D).

The tree planting took place on Saturday, Oct. 10. UOCD Supervisors Patricia Thomas and Wayne McKeever (who is also president of the West Virginia Association of Conservation Districts) were on hand to coordinate the tree planting, along with John Wilson from the West Virginia Division of Forestry.

For centuries, chestnuts were a primary food source for North American wildlife. In the 19th century, a foreign blight killed 30 million acres of chestnut forest.

 “The Dunstan chestnut trees are blight resistant, and by planting these trees, we are hoping to help in the re-establishment of chestnut trees to the area,” McKeever said.

 Assisting with the tree plantings were TCHS teachers Lori Franks and Joe Griffith, along with Charles Franks, Tammy McKeever and students Avery Kemp, Aleeah Fletcher, Romana Rice, Garrett Ammons, Madeline Cecil, Dakota Jones, Kellen Franks and Aislinn Franks.

 Later this fall, UOCD will also be planting trees within the other two counties in their district—Wetzel and Pleasants. Learn more by visiting UOCD's website.