Natural Resource Manager 2 – Permitting Unit (PCN 10-1700)

State of Alaska; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Alaska in Anchorage seeks a Natural Resource Manager 2 to lead the Permitting Unit within the Southcentral Regional Land Office. You will oversee a team responsible for issuing permits on state lands, balancing economic development with environmental stewardship.

The role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and collaboration across agencies to support Alaska’s resources and communities. This position is anchored in public service and state policies.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of planning, coordination, and execution of business functions and resource allocation.
• Interdisciplinary knowledge of natural resources and environmental science.
• Ability to persuade, build consensus, and gain cooperation.
• Knowledge of project management principles and resource monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Permitting Unit and oversee land management professionals.
• Oversee issuance of permits on state lands across Southcentral Alaska.
• Mentor and guide a team of up to eight staff.
• Balance economic development with environmental stewardship in decision making.

Skills

Written Communication

Oral Communication

Conflict Management

Project Management

Education

Education in natural resource field

Job description

Job Description The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining. Land & Water is recruiting for a Natural Resource Manager 2 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:

We’re seeking a dynamic, visionary leader to guide the Permitting Unit at the Southcentral Regional Land Office (SCRO). As the Natural Resource Manager 2, you’ll oversee a team of land management professionals responsible for issuing permits on state lands across Southcentral Alaska.

In This Pivotal Role, You’ll:

Drive economic development while safeguarding Alaska’s natural resources.

Facilitate responsible public land use in alignment with the public interest.

Mentor and inspire a dedicated team of up to eight staff.

This is more than a job — it’s an opportunity to lead, innovate, and leave a lasting legacy. Your decisions will enhance quality of life for Alaskans today and for generations to come. If you’re passionate about public land management and thrive in collaborative environments, join us and make an impact that matters.

Mission And Values/Culture:

The Permitting Unit plays a vital role in achieving both the DNR and DMLW missions by ensuring responsible management and utilization of Alaska’s natural resources. This work requires balancing economic development with environmental stewardship to protect the well‑being of current and future generations.

The Natural Resource Manager overseeing the Permitting Unit leads a team of natural resource professionals dedicated to adjudicating and authorizing appropriate uses of state lands, directly supporting the Division and Department’s goals of balanced resource management.

Benefits Of Joining Our Team:

The Permitting Unit is a team of 8 dedicated professionals with deep expertise in land management, specifically in permitting. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape sound public land use decisions, influence policy development, and support Alaska’s economic growth.

At the Southcentral Regional Land Office (SCRO), you’ll find meaningful public service work in an environment that is collaborative, dynamic, and supportive. We offer training in land management and the complex state and federal laws governing Alaska’s lands, along with opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

Join us and make a lasting impact on Alaska’s future while working with a team committed to excellence and stewardship.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position is based in Anchorage, at the Southcentral Regional Land Office (SCRO), a workplace known for its collaborative, team‑oriented environment. The work here is fast‑paced, challenging, and solution‑focused, offering opportunities to tackle complex issues and make impactful decisions every day. The Anchorage office offers a stunning view of the Chugach Mountain Range and is conveniently located downtown near a variety of services, the scenic Park Strip, and the Coastal Trail system, providing easy access to outdoor recreation and urban amenities.

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

• Written Communication : Writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience.
• Oral Communication : Makes clear and convincing oral presentations. Listens effectively; clarifies information as needed.
• Conflict Management : Encourages creative tension and differences of opinion. Anticipates and takes steps to prevent counterproductive confrontations. Manages and resolves conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner.

Minimum Qualifications

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.

• Administration and Management: Knowledge of planning, coordination, and execution of business functions, resource allocation, and production.
• 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.
• Influencing/Negotiating: Persuades others; builds consensus through give and take; gains cooperation from others to obtain information and accomplish goals.
• 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.

Equivalent To Those Typically Gained By: Education in a natural resource field, law, public administration, planning or economics and/or progressively responsible professional experience or managerial 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 these resources may specialize in different management functions (for example, planning, regulation, research or title). All of this experience is applicable to the natural resource management definition. Some positions may require education in a particular area of natural resource management or specific technical knowledge and training gained through specialized education or progressively greater responsibilities at the lower levels of the series.

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• May travel to remote areas by various means of transportation including ATV, snowmachine or float plane.

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