Natural Resource Specialist 3

Job Description

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of

Mining, Land & Water,

is recruiting for a

Natural Resource Specialist 3 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:

Are you looking for a position that offers opportunities to travel, work with emerging technologies, engage directly with the public, and deepen your understanding of Alaska’s land management? The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land, and Water, is seeking a motivated and knowledgeable Natural Resource Specialist 3 to join the Permitting Unit at the Southcentral Regional Land Office in Anchorage.

This leadership role oversees a team of four Natural Resource Specialists and guides them in delivering high-quality, consistent permitting services. The position involves extensive public interaction, including responding to inquiries and discussing proposed or ongoing activities. Successful candidates will have a thorough understanding of applicable laws, regulations, and policies to ensure accurate communication and proper authorization of project development and legal uses of state land.

Mission and Values/Culture:

The DNR mission statement is to “Develop, conserve and maximize the use of Alaska's natural resources consistent with the public interest.” The DMLW mission is to “To provide for the appropriate use and management of Alaska's state-owned land and water, aiming toward maximum use consistent with the public interest.” The Natural Resource Specialist supports these missions through the collection of revenue from permit fees, presents an indirect benefit by supporting public and commercial recreation, and by allowing commercial use of State land, encourages responsible development of the state’s resources.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

The Permitting Unit is a team of eight professionals who work closely together to provide excellent customer service, efficient and transparent permit processing, and strive to ensure compliant use of state lands and resources. Working within the unit is exciting, interesting, and challenging in a friendly, supportive atmosphere. Training is provided in many areas, including office and field training. We also offer hybrid telework and/or alternative workweek options.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

Located on the ninth floor of the Robert B. Atwood building in downtown Anchorage, our office has a positive atmosphere geared towards collaboration and teamwork. The office offers a beautiful view of the Chugach Mountains and free parking. The Atwood building is near coffee shops, restaurants, shopping, the park strip, and the Coastal Trail system. Standard business hours are from 8:00 AM-5:00 PM, Monday – Friday, and currently require a 7.5-hour daily work schedule, with options for an alternate workweek schedule and part-time remote work.

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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 are used 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:

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.

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.

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.

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, law, public administration, planning, economics, or a closely related field and/or progressively responsible professional 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 th