Park Manager Trainee - Resource Management and Planning Division
About The Position
Become a Park Manager Trainee with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and start a career that makes a real impact! This role gives you hands-on experience in the statewide program areas responsible for guidance to the Bureau of State Parks, as well as the daily operations, maintenance, and planning that keep state park sites running smoothly. You will learn from experienced managers while building skills that prepare you for future advancement. This role sets you on the path to meaningful leadership in Pennsylvania's state parks! This trainee role provides hands-on experience in supporting park operations and bureau program areas under guidance from park management and program managers. As a Park Manager Trainee, you will perform the following duties: Resource Planning: Learn natural and cultural resources prescriptions, treatments and management strategies. Operational Planning: Learn and document management decisions and processes, workflow, and park operating standards. Park Supervision: Assist with guiding staff, reviewing performance, and supporting daily work activities. Budget Processes: Participate in budget preparation, monitor expenditures, and review purchasing needs. Public Interaction: Respond to visitor questions, assist with special events, and coordination with agencies and partners and help coordinate park events. Maintain Park Resources: Contribute to natural resource care and help apply park rules, policies, and regulations. Resource Stewardship: Support efforts to maintain natural resources, uphold park rules, and ensure safe and respectful park use. Facility Management: Support maintenance, repairs, and construction projects across park grounds and buildings.
Requirements
- Four years of paraprofessional or technical experience providing administrative, maintenance, visitor, safety, or environmental education services in a public park or recreation area
- Two years of paraprofessional or technical experience providing administrative, maintenance, visitor, safety, or environmental education services in a public park or recreation area; and an associate degree in parks and recreation, forestry, engineering, natural sciences, landscape architecture, or a closely related field
- A bachelor's degree in parks and recreation, forestry, engineering, natural sciences, landscape architecture, or a closely related field
- An equivalent combination of experience and training
- Possession of an active motor vehicle license
- Pass psychological testing (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI))
- Pass Pennsylvania State Police and FBI criminal background checks
- Obtain and maintain a commission as a State Park Officer
- Obtain a valid certification in standard first aid and adult, child, and infant CPR approved by the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, or equivalent
- Willing to wear prescribed uniform
- Willing to reside on park grounds when housing is available
- Meet the PA residency requirement
- Able to perform essential job functions
- Pass a background investigation
- Satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance
Nice To Haves
- Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within three months of graduating with a qualifying degree.
Responsibilities
- Learn natural and cultural resources prescriptions, treatments and management strategies
- Learn and document management decisions and processes, workflow, and park operating standards
- Assist with guiding staff, reviewing performance, and supporting daily work activities
- Participate in budget preparation, monitor expenditures, and review purchasing needs
- Respond to visitor questions, assist with special events, and coordination with agencies and partners and help coordinate park events
- Contribute to natural resource care and help apply park rules, policies, and regulations
- Support efforts to maintain natural resources, uphold park rules, and ensure safe and respectful park use
- Support maintenance, repairs, and construction projects across park grounds and buildings
Benefits
- Training will be provided by the Department
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
