Natural Resource Specialist 2/3

Holland America-Princess (Holland America Dawson City Inn); Fairbanks (AK); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid telework

Flexible schedule

Training opportunities

Job summary

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is seeking a Natural Resource Specialist 2/3 in Fairbanks, Alaska. You will collaborate with a diverse team to research land conveyances, adjudicate regulatory matters, and influence decisions affecting municipalities and residents.

The role requires competency in analytical thinking, decision-making, and communication. Hybrid work options, training, and a flexible schedule are available to support professional growth and work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Competency-based minimum qualifications apply for this natural resource role.
• Education/experience in natural resources supports competency requirements.
• Clear communications and sound decision-making are essential.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a team in a dynamic office setting.
• Generate innovative solutions to land management problems.
• Research and regulate conveyances of State land.
• Lead sound decisions affecting municipalities and residents.
• Work with a supportive team to make a difference for Alaska.

Skills

Analytical Thinking/Problem-Solving

Decision-Making

Oral Communication

Writing

Interpersonal Skills

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 Specialist 2/3 in Fairbanks.

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please check our

residency definition

to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing:

The duties of this Natural Resource 2/3 position within the Division of Mining, Land 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.

If you would like to make a difference in our state by accepting these duties, our supportive and motivated team is looking for you!

Mission and Values/Culture:

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.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

Benefits of joining our team in the Land Conveyance Section include:

Working with a team of new and tenured subject matter experts.

Meaningful work that has a noticeable impact on the people of Alaska.

Opportunities for training, telework, and a flexible schedule.

Positive and supportive environment that supports professional development.

Opportunity for advancement.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

The position is located at 3700 Airport Way in the DNR Fairbanks office building. The building sits on a wooded lot with a lawn and pond for relaxing on nice days and is within walking distance of coffee shops, restaurants, and the grocery store. Core office hours are 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., with a 7.5-hour daily schedule, Monday through Friday. The daily routine for this position includes collaborating on projects, making decisions, discussing policy, and communicating clearly and consistently with team members and supervisors. Though this position is primarily office-based, we offer hybrid teleworking opportunities and a flexible schedule for all our staff. There may be the opportunity to travel to conduct and assist with field inspections.

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

Adaptability: Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.

Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.

Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

Minimum Qualifications

Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications.

Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) 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 instead of specific tasks and are only used 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 2

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Starting Salary $2436.75

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.

Natural Resource Specialist 3

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Starting Salary $2807.75

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.

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.

Legal, Government, and Jurisprudence:

Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures precedents, legal