Contact Name: Danny Twilley
Company/Organization/Agency: West Virginia University
Address: 438 Oakland Street, Morgantown, WV 26505 USA
Email Address: danny.twilley@mail.wvu.edu
Contact Phone: (410) 708-7254
Job Title: Recreation Infrastructure Development Coordinator
Job Description: The Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative (OEDC) in the Office of the Provost at West Virginia University is seeking applications for a Recreation Infrastructure Development Coordinator. The Coordinator will be responsible for the overall strategic direction, implementation, oversight, and evolution of outdoor recreation infrastructure development for West Virginia University. The Coordinator will be the key leader for driving ongoing planning, development, implementation, and operations of infrastructure to enhance access/experience of West Virginia’s natural assets in outdoor recreation. Some of the activities include community engagement, planning (feasibility, concept, master, etc.), design, construction documentation, permitting, construction management, long-term maintenance planning and implementation, and land management and other government entity engagement. This position will be responsible for supporting grant writing, curricular initiatives, student engagement activities, and support the OEDC and faculty partners in Landscape Architecture, Agricultural Extension, and Recreation, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Resources, among other programs in a variety of projects relating to outdoor recreation. This is a full-time, 12-month position reporting to the Assistant Dean for the Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative (OEDC) and working extensively with the Dean of the Davis College (which manages the WVU farm and forest properties).
West Virginia has a wealth of natural outdoor resources, with abundant trails, whitewater, fly-fishing, and rock-climbing. Morgantown’s 48-mile Rail-Trail system, the Mon River Trails, won the 2020 Rail Trail Conservancy’s ‘Rail Trail Hall of Fame’ national award. The Monongahela River and Cheat Lake offer flatwater paddling; Mon River is a designated water trail, with recent investment in kayak launches throughout Morgantown. There are also over 23,000 acres of existing/potential public greenspace within 25 minutes’ drive of Morgantown, with over 100 miles of existing trails. With so many natural amenities within easy distances of Morgantown, WVU has been rated the top (large) college out of 9 states in the southeast and mid-Atlantic for outdoor adventure (Blue Ridge Magazine, 2020). Morgantown has accrued a long list of recognitions as an excellent place to live, to raise a family, or to retire (see https://www.morgantownwv.gov/240/Recognition).
Job Start Date: 1/15/2021
Application Deadline: 11/20/2020
Additional Information: Please reach out if you would like to discuss. Here is the link https://wvu.taleo.net/careersection/staff/jobdetail.ftl?job=15744&tz=GMT-04%3A00&tzname=America%2FNew_York
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