Natural Resource Manager 2 - Water Resources Section

Job Description

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of

Mining, Land & Water,

is recruiting for a

Natural Resource Manager 2 in Anchorage.

This recruitment is open to Current State of Alaska Employees Only

App

licants must currently hold permanent employment status in the classified service as defined in

Alaska Statute 39.25.100

. Permanent employment status is defined as holding permanent status in ANY job class in the current period of employment with no break in service (separation from State of Alaska employment) since the permanent status was earned.

What You Will Be Doing:

This position leads the water management unit and supervises six advanced-level professionals who manage water within Southcentral Alaska as well as several statewide industry functions. This position manages statewide oil and gas water management across private, federal, and state-owned lands. The position also supervises the construction sector and municipal water management statewide. This position balances stewardship and management of the state´s water resources by ensuring operators establish and comply with water-use regulations to maximize sustainable water resources.

Mission and Values/Culture:

The mission of the Division of Mining, Land and Water is to "Put Alaska's resources to work, now and in the future", and aligning with this theme, the purpose of the Water Resources Section is to monitor and manage water resources to facilitate maximum beneficial use consistent with the public interest for present and future generations of Alaskans.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

The Water Resources Section is a cohesive team that works together for the State of Alaska. We offer flexible scheduling, career advancement opportunities, training, and meaningful work for the betterment of our communities.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position is located on the 10th floor of the Atwood Building in downtown Anchorage in an office that faces the inlet and Matsu Valley.

We are looking for a candidate who possesses the following position-specific competencies.

Conscientiousness: Displays a high level of effort and commitment towards performing work; demonstrates responsible behavior.

Critical Thinking: Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

Integrity/Honesty: Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.

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Minimum Qualifications

Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications.

Please ensure your application

(through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class.  They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency.  They typically list expectations rather than specific tasks and serve only as parameters and guidelines.   A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to meet the competency successfully, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options for how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

Administration and Management:

Knowledge of planning, coordination, and execution of business functions, resource allocation, and production.

Environmental Science:

Knowledge of the interdisciplinary concepts, principles, theories, and methods of investigating the natural and physical environment, including examination of ecology, biology, physics, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geography, atmospheric, and other related sciences in the protection and improvement of the environment and its resources.

Influencing/Negotiating:

Persuades others; builds consensus through give and take; gains cooperation from others to obtain information and accomplish goals.

Project Management:

Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance.

equivalent to those typically gained by:

Education in a natural resource field, law, public administration, planning or economics and/or progressively responsible professional experience or managerial experience in natural resource management.

Definitions:

“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

“Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.

“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.

“Qualified” means is assessed to credibly possess the competencies needed to learn the job in a reasonable period.

“Training” and “education” in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

Special Note:

For purposes of the minimum qualifications, natural resource management is defined as the management of the land, water, mineral, forest, oil, gas, agricultural, archaeological, natural and cultural history, park, and related surface and subsurface resources. Experience or education in natural resource management means involvement in the above resources exclusively. Those with experience or education in managing these resources may specialize in different management functions (for example, planning, regulation, research or title). All of this experience is applicable to the natural resource management definition. Some positions may require education in a particular area of natural resource management or specific technical knowledge and training gained through specialized education or progressively greater responsibilities at the lower levels of the series.

Additional Required Information

** Please read the information below carefully. **

At the time of the interview

,

please bring the following materials.  Failure to do so may result in loss of consideration.   Required documents include:

Three professional references.

Latest performance evaluation.

Application Notice

You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or by submitting a paper application. Instructions for applying are available on the Workplace Alaska

How to Apply

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.  Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on the closing date.

Supplemental Questions

For your application to be evaluated, you must answer the Supplemental Questions.  The State of Alaska (SOA) uses four proficiency levels to m