Natural Resource Specialist 3 - PAAD LTNP

Job Description

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of

Mining, Land & Water,

is recruiting for a

Natural Resource Specialist 3 in Anchorage.

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please check our

residency definition

to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing:

This NRS 3 LTNP position will work on numerous projects involving the navigability of rivers and lakes across the state; the legal validity and location of state-owned trails and rights-of-way across the state; and other public access issues. This position will perform needed research and analysis, including geospatial analysis; data collection; title and historical research; remote fieldwork; and other duties and responsibilities as assigned. This position will also, as assigned, have duties and responsibilities where interagency review and comments are needed from a public access standpoint; duties and responsibilities where public inquiries are concerned; and administrative duties and responsibilities, as assigned, within the PAAD Section ranging from gear purchase and maintenance to assisting other teammates with fieldwork and other logistics to maintaining inventories and accounting as required by other state administrative agencies.

Mission and Values/Culture:

The PAAD Section is a small, tightly knit group of resourceful, dedicated, and creative professionals who strive to ensure that Alaska's Constitutional promises of public access to natural resources, lands, and waters are kept for all Alaskans. Simply put, the vast treasures of Alaska are out of reach to most Alaskans in the absence of the public access that our trails, our rivers, our lakes, and our other waters provide. The work of the PAAD Section spans many diverse fields such as law, history, archeology, hydrology, geomorphology, and geology; it involves extensive involvement in litigation and administrative proceedings to enforce public access rights; it utilizes cutting-edge technologies, practices, and techniques in collecting and presenting data in support of its mission; and remote fieldwork to perform its important duties. The PAAD Section prides itself upon the qualitative and quantitative results it achieves; the creative and innovative manner in which it fulfills its mission; the professionalism, stewardship, and tenacity in performing its important work; and the dedication to each other that PAAD teammates demonstrate daily.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

The successful candidate for this position will have the opportunity to work with a diverse group of experts and professionals from numerous fields (LAW, History and Archeology, Hydrology, Geomorphology, Surveying and Mapping, etc.); will have the opportunity to participate in high-profile and substantive projects advancing state strategic public-access priorities; will be involved on a daily basis in projects that will directly impact state ownership, management and control of state lands in perpetuity; will have opportunities to participate in remote fieldwork in gorgeous areas statewide; and will be part of an elite team within the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

The PAAD Section is stationed together on the tenth floor of the Atwood Building in Anchorage. We routinely attend meetings, court proceedings, and administrative proceedings elsewhere. We also perform remote fieldwork across the state (recent projects include fieldwork within the Brooks Range, the Fortymile Region, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, and numerous locations within the southcentral areas). The daily work environment will include interaction with PAAD teammates on numerous and diverse projects with frequent interaction with other state and federal staff, outside experts, attorneys, user groups, Native Corporations and the public.

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

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.

Research: Knowledge of the scientific principles, methods, and processes used to conduct a systematic and objective inquiry; including study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; and the reporting of results.

Adaptability: Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.

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:

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