Natural Resource Specialist 1/2 Flex (PCN 10-1145)

State of Alaska; Anchorage (AK); Hybrid; USD 38,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid teleworking

Alternate workweek options

Free parking near office

Job summary

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land & Water, is recruiting for a Natural Resource Specialist 1/2 Flex in Anchorage. This role oversees land use authorizations and state land management within the Leasing Unit of the Southcentral Regional Land Office, requiring collaboration, sound analytical skills, and strong communication.

Hybrid teleworking options are available for permanent staff.

Qualifications

• Analytical thinking and problem-solving to address land-use issues.
• Clear oral communication for presentations and collaboration.
• Ability to read and interpret technical rules, charts, and reports.
• Proficient writing to convey information succinctly for diverse audiences.
• Sound decision-making within regulatory and land-management contexts.
• Knowledge of laws, regulations, and government processes related to natural resources.

Responsibilities

• Adjudicate and manage lease and material sale authorizations on public lands.
• Oversee land use authorizations and management of state lands in alignment with public interest.
• Collaborate within the Leasing Unit for the Southcentral Regional Land Office (SCRO).

Skills

Analytical Thinking/Problem-Solving

Oral Communication

Reading

Writing

Decision-Making

Legal, Government, and Jurisprudence

Education

Education in natural resource management

Job description

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land & Water, is recruiting for a Natural Resource Specialist 1/2 Flex 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:

Are you interested in adjudicating and managing lease and material sale authorizations on public lands? Do you want to help shape the quality of life for present and future Alaskans? If so, please apply for this career opportunity as a Natural Resource Specialist in the Leasing Unit for the Southcentral Regional Land Office (SCRO). We are looking for a collaborative and positive team member with an interest in public land management. The Natural Resource Specialist 1/2 Flex oversees land use authorizations and management of state lands in alignment with public interest.

Mission and Values/Culture:

The Department of Natural Resources' mission is to develop, conserve, and maximize the use of Alaska's natural resources consistent with the public interest. DMLW’s 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 General Leasing Program supports this mission by processing land use authorizations for commercial leases on state-owned land.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

The benefits of working here include the opportunity to work with and learn from a professional team of subject matter experts. The knowledge and experience gained in this role support professional development in the Department. We also offer hybrid teleworking or alternate workweek options for permanent staff, high-impact work, training and resources to support success, and a collaborative and productive work environment.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

Located on the ninth floor of the Robert B. Atwood building in downtown Anchorage, our office has a positive atmosphere geared towards collaboration and teamwork. The office has a beautiful view of the Chugach Mountain Range and offers free parking. The Atwood building is near coffee shops, restaurants, shopping, the park strip, and the Coastal Trail system. Standard business hours are from 8:00 AM-5:00 PM, Monday–Friday, and currently require a 7.5-hour daily work schedule, with options for an alternate work-week schedule and part-time remote work.

Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application 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

Natural Resource Specialist 1 – Starting Salary $27.46

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

• Analytical Thinking/Problem-Solving: using a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience and calling on other references and resources as necessary.


• 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.


• Reading: Understands and interprets written material, including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables; applies what is learned from written material to specific situations.


• 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 from an accredited college and/or experience in natural resource management.

Natural Resource Specialist 2 – Starting Salary $31.54

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.


• 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.


• 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.


• 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), public administration, planning, economics, cartography, or a closely related field and/or professional-level 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 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, online, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and programs of long duration (such as a post‑secondary degree) and short duration (such as a seminar).


• 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.

Please read the information below carefully.

If invited to interview, please bring the following materials. Failure to do so may result in loss of consideration. Required documents include:

• Writing Sample – see below for instructions.


• A copy of educational transcripts if relied upon to demonstrate competencies.


• A resume with complete job history.


• A list of at least three professional references with current contact information, including name, employer, and current telephone numbers. At least one reference must be from a current or former supervisor.


• Driver's license.

SPECIAL NOTICES

May require occasional travel for field work that may involve travel to remote areas via small plane, ATV, snowmachine, or boat.

Attaching a resume does not substitute for completing the application in full. Noting \"see resume\" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

Bargaining Unit

If you are a current state employee, please indicate the union to which you belong at the time of application. Do not complete this question if you are not a current state employee.

Flexible Staffing

This position is flexibly staffed. The job offer level will be based on the selected candidate’s credibly demonstrated competencies. If hired at the lower level, you will be promoted to the higher level after completing the training plan and demonstrating competency in the work.

Driver’s License Requirement

Applicants must possess a valid driver's license. Proof of licensure will be required prior to reporting to duty.

Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

EEO STATEMENT

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodation, auxiliary aids or services, or alternative communication formats should call 1-800-587-0430 or [phone] in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.

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For specific information about this position, please get in touch with the hiring manager at the following:

Grace Newcomb, Natural Resource Manager 1

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