Natural Resource Specialist 1/2

Job Description

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of

Mining, Land & Water,

is recruiting for a

Natural Resource Specialist Flex 1/2 in Anchorage.

This position is open to Department of Natural Resources employees only

Only permanent State employees currently working for or laid off from the recruiting department's classified service may apply.

What You Will Be Doing:

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is recruiting a Natural Resource Specialist 1 or 2 within the Division of Mining, Land & Water’s Water Resources Section. The Natural Resource Specialist 1/2 will be responsible for adjudicating water rights and providing administrative assistance to the section such as answering incoming calls, processing mail, reviewing applications, updating databases; analyzing water, environmental, landownership, and land use records; coordinating with stakeholders on projects; applying statutes, regulations, and policies to make

decisions; and writing clear and concise technical documents. You will primarily be working on domestic water right applications throughout southcentral Alaska.

Mission and Values/Culture:

The Division of Mining, Land and Water’s vision is Putting Alaska’s resources to work – now and in the future! Under this guidance, the Water Management Unit issues water rights to facilitate the maximum use of water resources consistent with the public interest. We provide certainty and security for water rights for present and future generations of Alaskans. Our goal is the efficient and effective management of Alaska’s water resources. We make decisions that balance domestic and commercial water use with conservation needs, and we provide technical assistance that is accurate and responsive for all applicants and permittees.

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:

The Natural Resource Specialist 1/2 will work out of our Anchorage (downtown) office and will report to the Water Resources Manager. This is a collaborative and team-oriented work environment. You will work with a team of five other adjudicators with extensive experience in water management, who will provide mentorship, professional development, and training as appropriate.

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

Clerical: Knowledge of filing, typing, entering data, maintaining records, taking shorthand, and using and completing forms.

Conflict Management: Manages and resolves conflicts, grievances, confrontations, or disagreements in a constructive manner to minimize negative personal impact.

Teamwork: Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.

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 instead of specific tasks and are only used 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

Natural Resource Specialist 1

–

Starting Salary $27.46 hourly

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

Analytical Thinking/Problem-Solving:

using a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

Oral Communication:

Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Reading:

Understands and interprets written material, including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables; applies what is learned from written material to specific situations.

Writing:

Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material, that is appropriate for the intended audience.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Education from an accredited college and/or experience in natural resource management.

Natural Resource Specialist 2

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Starting Salary $31.54 hourly

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

Analytical Thinking/Problem-Solving:

uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

Decision-Making:

Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.

Legal, Government, and Jurisprudence:

Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, legal practices and documents, Government regulations, Executive orders, agency rules, Government organization and functions, and the democratic political process.

Oral Communication:

Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Writing:

Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material, that is appropriate for the intended audience.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Education in a natural resource field (such as forestry, geology, agronomy, and hydrology), public administration, planning, economics, cartography, or a closely related field and/or professional-level 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 assessed to credibly pos