Are you passionate about improving the health and resilience of Vermont’s forests? 

Join the Vermont Land Trust, a national leader in land conservation, as a Forester. 

In this role, you will:

  • Steward forests across conserved and VLT-owned properties to advance forest health, carbon management, and ecological resilience. 
  • Work with landowners to review forest management plans, conduct annual monitoring, and ensure forest management is in keeping with VLT’s mission and conservation easements. 
  • Manage fee-owned forestlands, including overseeing timber sales and supervising contractors. 
  • Serve on our Cold Hollow Carbon project team to provide forestry support to internal and external partners.

Salary and benefits

The annual starting salary is $75,264 for this full-time position. Our benefits package includes:  

  • a cafeteria allowance of $25,561 to cover health care and other benefits. (This is a cash benefit paid to staff for use at their discretion.) 
  • 6 weeks of combined time off plus sick time 
  • 403b retirement plan with match 
  • flexible and hybrid work schedules 

Forester Job Description

For more information, please see the job description.

How to apply

Please send a cover letter and resume to hr@vlt.org by November 14, 2025. 

The Vermont Land Trust is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We invite people of all backgrounds and life experiences to apply for our jobs.