Lead Parks & Trails Operations Supervisor

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; Minnesota; On-site; USD 51,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is seeking to fill one full-time NR Supervisor 4 – Parks & Trails position at Whitewater State Park in Altura, Minnesota. This role leads diverse park operations, manages staff and budgets, and coordinates programs to provide safe, high-quality recreational experiences.

Hours are typically 8:00am–4:30pm with potential weekends/holidays. Strong leadership, planning, and collaboration with partners are essential to protect resources and serve visitors.

Qualifications

• Current (ONE YEAR) experience as a Natural Resources Supervisor 4 – Parks.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree plus THREE YEARS professional level experience in a natural resources setting, agency or organization; including budget development and fiscal management, work planning and partnership and visitor management experience and THREE YEARS of supervisory experience.
• Conflict resolution skills/experience.
• Writing skills sufficient to communicate work plans, proposals, and reports.
• Communication skills sufficient to communicate work requirements to individuals and groups.
• Organizational and administrative skills sufficient to organize diverse elements or work and perform tasks within administrative requirements.
• Project management skills sufficient to ensure projects are organized, tracked and completed on a timely basis.
• Ability to work collaboratively and uphold the culture of respect.
• Fiscal skills sufficient to administer budgets and track expenditures and/or income.

Responsibilities

• Exercise authority so that applicable labor agreements and plans are equitably administered and employees under the supervisor’s jurisdiction effectively perform assigned job duties to achieve program, work plan, unit, and section objectives.
• Provide administrative oversight of fiscal management, planning, policy development, and grant administration, in collaboration with others as needed, to accomplish agency and division goals and objectives and comply with rules and guidelines.
• Direct enforcement, and emergency, services, and activities, to protect resources, facilities, visitors and staff; and ensure state, agency, department and division rules are followed.
• Direct visitor services and public relations activities to ensure positive visitor experiences, promote positive public relations; inform the public and others about division activities and goals.
• In collaboration with others as appropriate, develop, direct, and evaluate implementation of resource management programs so that natural communities and cultural resources are restored, protected, or rehabilitated consistent with statewide and regional objectives and requirements.
• Direct design and administration of development, maintenance, operational, real estate, and rehabilitation activities and programs so that safe, high‑quality facilities and programs are available to the public, natural and cultural resources are preserved and protected, and programs/facilities comply with relevant standards and state codes.
• Establish and nurture internal and external partnerships with private citizens, private businesses, interest groups, local divisions of government or other government agencies the priorities of the division and DNR.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Budget management

Communication

Writing

Education

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Natural Resources Management or related field

Job description

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is seeking to fill one full-time NR Supervisor 4 – Parks & Trails position at Whitewater State Park in Altura, Minnesota. This role leads diverse park operations, manages staff and budgets, and coordinates programs to provide safe, high-quality recreational experiences.

Hours are typically 8:00am–4:30pm with potential weekends/holidays. Strong leadership, planning, and collaboration with partners are essential to protect resources and serve visitors.