Natural Resource Specialist 2/3 (PCN 10-1901)
About The Position
The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land & Water, is recruiting for a Natural Resource Specialist 2/3 in Fairbanks. This position is open to Alaska Residents only. The duties of this Natural Resource 2/3 position within the Division of Mining, and Water (DMLW), Land Conveyance Section (LCS) include: Collaborating with a team in a dynamic and diverse office setting. Generating innovative and creative solutions to land management problems. Extensive research and regulatory adjudication of conveyances of State land. Leading sound decision-making affecting municipalities, organizations, and people of Alaska. The DMLW mission is 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 LCS mission is “To provide opportunities for land entitlement, preference right, and competitive sale, directly or indirectly benefiting the residents and nonresidents of Alaska, encouraging private land ownership and settlement.” LCS supports these missions by fulfilling constitutional and legislative mandates to encourage settlement of State lands and create opportunities for land ownership for the public benefit. This position is on the Non-Competitive Land Conveyance Unit (NCCU), whose purpose is to support the people, communities, and organizations of Alaska through the efficient, thoughtful, and accurate conveyance of state land, for the betterment of lives and livelihoods.
Requirements
- 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.
- Competencies in 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.
- Competencies in 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.
- Competencies in 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.
- Competencies in 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.
- 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.
- Competencies in 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.
- 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.
- A professional writing sample for which the applicant was the author or major contributing author.
- A copy of your last two performance appraisals or two letters of reference if performance evaluations are not available.
- Three professional references with current contact information, one of which must be a former or current supervisor.
- Valid Driver’s License.
Nice To Haves
- A Public Notary Commission is preferred but not required in advance (this may be obtained after hire).
Responsibilities
- Collaborating with a team in a dynamic and diverse office setting.
- Generating innovative and creative solutions to land management problems.
- Extensive research and regulatory adjudication of conveyances of State land.
- Leading sound decision-making affecting municipalities, organizations, and people of Alaska.
Benefits
- Opportunities for training, telework, and a flexible schedule.
- Positive and supportive environment that supports professional development.
- Opportunity for advancement.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
