Natural Resource Specialist 1/2/3 Flex (PCN 10-1713)
Natural Resource Specialist 1/2/3 Flex (PCN 10-1713)
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$ 1941 - 2568
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Job Description
Job Description
The Department of Natural Resources Division of Mining Land & Wateris recruiting for a Natural Resource Specialist 1/2/3 in Anchorage.
What You Will Be Doing:
The Realty Services Section Statehood Entitlement Unit is seeking a land title adjudicator to facilitate the conveyance of lands from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the State of Alaska (State). Duties include:
- Review land title (history) to ensure lands are free of contamination trespass or other concerns and will add value to the States portfolio of public lands.
- Review BLM decisions and other actions to protect the public and the States rights.
- Review land title documents for accuracy and ensure title documents are entered into the public records.
- Prepare detailed and wellresearched documents addressing complex land ownership questions make recommendations and make legally defensible decisions about acquiring or relinquishing land selections.
- Answer questions from the public other State agencies Division leadership and the administration.
Mission and Values/Culture:
Alaska was guaranteed approximately 100 million acres of land at Statehood; the Statehood Entitlement Team ensures that the State receives clear title free of encumbrances to the highest quality and value lands from the federal government to complete Alaskas statehood entitlement. This is an opportunity to play an active role in building the States land base through the statehood land grants. This position requires outsidethebox thinking balancing competing interests and needs and the persistence to stick with projects requiring multiple years to complete. Our Team values accuracy responsibility tenacity collaboration mentoring meeting deadlines and providing excellent customer service.
Benefits of Joining Our Team:
Alaska is one of the last states with outstanding statehood entitlement obligations. As such this position is part of a team uniquely tasked with determining which lands will be conveyed to the State to complete its entitlement. We strive to ensure the remaining entitlement lands are of the highest value and quality. Career advancement is available through the Natural Resource Specialist series within the Department of Natural Resources. Realty offers flexible work hours an alternative work week and hybrid telework once employees complete probation.
The Working Environment You Can Expect:
Realty Services is an excellent environment for those seeking a worklife balance. It is located in downtown Anchorage on the 10th floor of the Atwood Building. The work environment is professional supportive flexible researchoriented missiondriven and friendly. Daily work consists of researchbased desk work in a collaborative team environment. Parking is provided and secure bike storage is available for pedal commuters.
We are looking for a candidate who possesses the following positionspecific competencies.- Critical Thinking: Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Conscientiousness: Displays a high level of effort and commitment towards performing work; demonstrates responsible behavior.
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Minimum Qualifications
CompetencyBased Minimum Qualifications Instructions
This job class uses competencybased 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 competencys 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.
Natural Resource Specialist 1Starting Salary $1941.00Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
- Analytical Thinking/ProblemSolving: using a logical systematic sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on ones 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 2Starting Salary $2229.75
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
- Analytical Thinking/ProblemSolving: uses a logical systematic sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on ones knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
- DecisionMaking:Makes sound wellinformed 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 professionallevel experience in natural resource management.
Natural Resource Specialist 3Starting Salary $2568.75
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
- Analytical Thinking/ProblemSolving: uses a logical systematic sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on ones knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
- DecisionMaking:Makes sound wellinformed 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 practices and documents Government regulations Executive orders agency rules Government organization and functions and the democratic political process.
- 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 law public administration planning economics or a closely related field and/or progressively responsible professional 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 professions principles concepts theories and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to ones 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 selfstudy and onthejob) from accredited and unaccredited sources and programs of long duration (such as a postsecondary 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.
Additional Required Information
** Please read the information below carefully. **
At the time of the interviewplease ensure that you provide the following materials:- A professional writing sample detailing the results of the research questions provided when the interview is scheduled.
- A copy of educational transcripts if relied upon to demonstrate competencies.
- A list of three professional references with current contact information including the name employer and current telephone number of the reference. At least one reference must be from a current or former supervisor.
- A copy of your last two (2) performance appraisals (if you are a current or former State of Alaska employee) similar performance assessments or two letters of reference if performance evaluations are unavailable.
- A copy of your drivers license.
Application Notice
How to Apply page. Your application must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on the closing date.
Supplemental Questions
For your application to be evaluated you must answer the Supplemental Questions. The State of Alaska (SOA) uses four proficiency levels to measure and describe an applicants level of competence in applying certain behaviors knowledge skills and abilities to accomplish a specific task. The four proficiency levels are Mastery Fluency Literacy and Discovery. You must rate your proficiency level for each competency listed in the supplemental questions.
Education
If postsecondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications you must fill out the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree please indicate the units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position.
Special Instructions for Foreign Education
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. postsecondary institution reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the postsecondary institution. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
Work Experience
If using work experience not already documented in your application also provide the employers name job title employment dates and whether full or parttime. Applications will be reviewed to determine whether the responses are supported and the minimum qualifications are met. If they are not the applicant may not advance to the recruitment interview and selection phase.
Note:Attaching a resume is not an alternative to filling out the application entirely. 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 acurrent state employee please mark the union you are a member of 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 level of the job offer will be based on the selected candidates credibly possessed and proven 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.
Drivers License Requirement
A drivers license is desired but not required for this position.
EEO STATEMENT
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodation auxiliary aides or services or alternative communication formats should callor (907)in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 oror correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at P.O. Box 110201 Juneau AK. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.Please be sure to check your junk folder for any messages that may be sent to you about this recruitment.
Contact Information
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Lacy HamnerNatural Resource Manager 2
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
