Forester 1 Forest Inventory & Analysis Project Resource Forester (PCN 10-9846)

The Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry & Fire Protectionis recruiting for a Forester 1 position in Fairbanks Alaska.

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing:

Mission and Values/Culture:

The Division of Forestry and Fire Protection manages Alaskas forests sustainably while leading wildland fire management forest practices and cooperative forestry programs statewide. Its influence extends across ownership boundaries through incident management federal timber resource oversight and timber inventory efforts. FIA Foresters support this mission by collaborating with the U.S. Forest Service to establish and inventory permanent research plots across Alaska using standardized national protocols.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

This position is an integral part of a team comprising state and federal professionals who execute a large interagency forest inventory program across interior Alaska. The Interior Alaska Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program covers the largest area of any FIA program in the country providing opportunities to work monitor and access some of the most remote areas in Alaska.

This position offers avenues to gain proficiency in aviation operations backcountry navigation and ecological field measurements. Training in wilderness medicine as well as wildlife and firearms safety is included. Additionally this role provides valuable exposure to the diverse career opportunities available within the Division of Forestry and Fire Protection offering a pathway for professional growth and advancement in natural resource management.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

Fieldwork is conducted in remote and challenging conditions across Interior Alaska with hazards including rugged terrain aviation transport bear encounters and inclement weather. Employees must be physically fit capable of carrying heavy packs and prepared for off-trail hiking as well as working in small aircraft helicopters boats and tight quarters with constant background noise.

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

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies:

• Safety Hazards: Knowledge of the concepts principles theories and methods to identify control mitigate and eliminate safety hazards in the design and use of facilities equipment operations and work processes.
• Manages Resources: Selects acquires stores and distributes resources such as materials equipment or money.
• Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information changing conditions or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with uncertainty.
• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Oral and Written 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 and written presentations; listens to others attends to nonverbal cues and responds appropriately

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Bachelors degree from an accredited college in forestry natural resources or a closely related field that includes a minimum of 24 semester hours or 36 quarter hours in forestry or closely related curricula.

Substitution:
An Associates degree that includes a minimum of 24 semester hours or 36 quarter hours in forestry natural resources or a closely related curricula from an accredited college and two years journey level experience in the technical aspects of forest management and practices such as fire prevention fire suppression timber sales reforestation or inventory will substitute for the required bachelors degree. The required experience includes work such as a Natural Resource Technician 2 Wildland Fire and Resource Technician 3 or Wildland Fire Dispatcher 2 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent with another employer.

Substitution:
Certification from an accredited vocational technical school in forestry natural resource management or a closely related field and three years of journey level experience in the technical aspects of forest management and practices such as fire prevention fire suppression timber sales reforestation or inventory may substitute for the required bachelors degree. This experience includes work such as a Natural Resource Technician 2 Wildland Fire and Resource Technician 3 or Wildland Fire Dispatcher 2 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent with another employer.

Certification via NWCG (National Wildfire Coordinating Group) Incident Qualification Card (AKA red card) within the preceding three (3) years in any of the following will substitute for the required education:
1. Single Resource (CRWB HEQB HEMG ENGB FELB) or
2. Field Observer (FOBS)
For NWCG Incident Qualification Card certification information see: National Incident Management System (NIMS).

Special Note:
Closely related curricula and work experience includes fields such as: geosciences geography natural resources environmental sciences soils hydrology wildlife habitat management forest engineering remote sensing vegetation classification natural resource bio-metrics and wildland fire control.

One year of work experience equals 12 months of seasonal work.

Positions may require travel both in and out-of-state for fire suppression assignments; may be on stand-by or recall status during the fire season; may be assigned work in and out of the area that requires the absence from the duty station for 14 to 21 days; may fly in small fixed wing aircraft or helicopters and handle hazardous materials.

Most positions require Red Card qualification under the Incident Command System.

Some positions may require a commercial drivers license with appropriate endorsements.

** Please read the information below carefully. **

At the time of the interviewplease ensure that you provide the following materials. Failure to do so may result in loss of consideration. Required documents include:

• Two professional references.
• Valid Alaska drivers license.
• Copy of any forestry aviation or fire-related training certificates.

SPECIAL NOTICES

• This position requires the incumbent to carry and use firearms for wildlife protection.
• This position requires frequent travel within the state via fixed-wing & rotor-wing aircraft ATV and watercraft.

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.

Application Notice

How to Apply webpage (link). Your application must be received 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) utilizes 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 post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications you must fill out the Education section of the application. If you have not yet obtained a degree please indicate the units you have 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 at foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. If using this education to meet minimum qualification requirements you must demonstrate that the credentials have been submitted to a private organization specializing in interpreting foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in standard U.S. education programs. Alternatively an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution must report that the other institutions transcript is given full value or that full value is recognized in relevant subject areas aligned with the post-secondary institutions curricula. It is your responsibility to provide this 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 part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine whether the responses are supported and whether 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 a substitute for completing the application in its entirety. 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 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.

Drivers License Requirement

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

Firearms

This position requires the use or possession of a firearm or accordance with the federal Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 (PL 104-208) if you have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence you may not hold this position.

A misdemeanor crime of domestic violence is an offense that is (1) a misdemeanor under Federal or state law and (2) has as an element the use or attempted use of physical force or the threatened use of a deadly weapon committed by a current or former spouse parent or guardian of the victim by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common by a person who is cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim as a spouse parent or guardian or by a person similarly situated to a spouse parent or guardian of the victim.

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

Katie Finnesand

FIA Shift Coordinator (Forester 2)

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