Job Description

What You Will Be Doing
The Division of Mining, Land & Water is recruiting for a Natural Resource Manager 1 located in the Southeast Regional Lands Office in Juneau. This position will manage a great team of professionals that prepare decisions for public and private applicants, which results in an authorization of land uses in Southeast Alaska. While the team is primarily responsible for adjudicating permits and material sale contracts, they also manage general state land, which includes addressing trespass and general use of state land. We are looking for a collaborative and positive team leader with strong interpersonal and management skills with an interest in public land management.

Mission and Culture
This position is housed in the Division of Mining, Land and Water (DMLW), within the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The DNR\'s mission is to \xe2\x80\x9cdevelop, conserve, and maximize the use of Alaska\'s natural resources consistent with the public interest.\xe2\x80\x9d The DMLW\'s mission is \xe2\x80\x9cto provide for the appropriate use and management of Alaska\'s state-owned land and water, aiming toward maximum use consistent with the public interest.\xe2\x80\x9d The Regional Lands Sections support this mission by issuing land use authorizations that allow for responsible development and use of state land. This position plays a key role in the DMLW mission by adjudicating authorizations for the use of state land. This position supports a team of specialists in meeting the Division and Department missions in the adjudication and authorization of appropriate use and management that facilitates the development of state lands consistent with the public interest.

The Southeast Region Lands Office is made up of a group of dedicated professionals committed to serving the public and managing the land and resources. The work environment is focused on understanding and learning. The team is supportive of one another, and we work towards collaborative and creative solutions to work challenges.

Core Responsibilities
This position manages the Permit and Material Sales Unit of the Southeast Region Land Office in the Division of Mining, Land and Water. This position is responsible for directing and managing a staff of two Natural Resource Specialists and one Natural Resources Technician in writing and preparing best interest findings and decisions for land use permits and material sale contracts and managing the front desk. The incumbent will work closely with local, state, and federal agencies, as well as industry clients, in the execution of the position\xe2\x80\x99s duties. Under the supervision of the Regional Manager, this position sets work priorities for the unit, assigns work, interprets and ensures that the program\xe2\x80\x99s performance goals and measures are being completed on schedule, and reviews work to ensure compliance with state statutes, regulations, and policies.

Benefits of Joining Our Team
You will be joining a dynamic team of diverse individuals and learn about Alaska\xe2\x80\x99s land management, with travel opportunities to Southeast Region communities. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute and influence sound public land use decision-making, management, and policy development while supporting the economic growth of Alaska. This is also an opportunity to learn new programs within DMLW alongside natural resource professionals with an opportunity to lead.

The Working Environment You Can Expect
The position is located on the fourth floor at 400 Willoughby in Downtown Juneau; the location offers free surface or covered parking and provides easy access to all that downtown Juneau has to offer. The daily work environment for DMLW Southeast Regional Office is collaborative, supportive, and team-work oriented. As a caring group, the diversity of personalities makes the Southeast Regional Office a fun place to work, where you will learn new skills, gain deeper knowledge, and build strong bonds with your coworkers and team.

We are seeking a candidate with the following position-specific knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies.

• Interpersonal skills: Ability to build and maintain positive and collaborative working relationships with both staff and clients. Ability to take initiative, adapt to changing priorities, manage multiple tasks, recommend appropriate actions, achieve deadlines, and exercise sound judgment under minimal supervision.
• Leadership: Ability to set a positive tone for the team and successfully lead team members to reach unit goals. Encourage the team to be innovative and creative in finding solutions to challenging and complex situations.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills that clearly communicates the decisions being made and/or the message to be conveyed to a broad spectrum of audiences. Ability to comfortably interact with the public and applicants when responding to inquires or discussing proposed land uses which can sometimes be controversial.
• Management: Successfully lead and supervise a dynamic team to include assigning tasks, setting and adjusting priorities, as well as evaluating, coaching, and training team members to reach their professional and personal development goals.
• Problem Solving & Decision-Making: Ability to resolve complex land management issues by effectively interpreting and applying statutes and regulations. Demonstrates a broad repertoire of ways to address issues, while developing creative solutions in decision writing.

Minimum Qualifications

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

• Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.
• Administration and Management: Knowledge of planning, coordination, and execution of business functions, resource allocation, and production.
• 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.
• Influencing/Negotiating: Persuades others; builds consensus through give and take; gains cooperation from others to obtain information and accomplish goals.

equivalent to those typically gained by:
Education in a natural resource field, law, public administration, planning or economics and/or
progressively responsible professional experience in natural resource management.


Definitions:
\xe2\x80\x9cCompetencies\xe2\x80\x9d means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.


\xe2\x80\x9cProfessional experience\xe2\x80\x9d 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.


\xe2\x80\x9cProgressively responsible\xe2\x80\x9d means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.


\xe2\x80\x9cQualified\xe2\x80\x9d means is assessed to credibly possess the competencies needed to learn the job in a reasonable period.


\xe2\x80\x9cTraining\xe2\x80\x9d and \xe2\x80\x9ceducation\xe2\x80\x9d 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.


\xe2\x80\x9cTypically gained by\xe2\x80\x9d 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

**NOTE: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY**

THIS RECRUITMENT IS FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY
This recruitment is open to Alaska Residents only. Applicants must meet Alaska Residency Requirements to be considered for employment at this time.

At the time of application , the applicant must attach as individual documents the following items (If unable to attach documents, please fax or email the contact listed below). These items are requiredto receive an interview.

• A cover letter that highlights all KSAs stated in the job description.
• Transcripts, if used to meet the minimum qualification of the position.
• One additional writing sample.

If selected for an interview , the applicant must provide the following:

• A list of three professional references with current contact information, one of which must be from a current or former supervisor.
• A copy of your last two performance evaluations (if you are a current or former State of Alaska employee), or two letters or similar performance assessments from former supervisors (if you are not a current or former State of Alaska employee or if performance evaluations are not available).

SPECIAL NOTICES

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

Application Notice
You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or via a hardcopy application. If you accessed this recruitment bulletin through a job search portal, such as AlaskaJobs or any other database, you MUST use a Workplace Alaska online or hardcopy application to apply successfully. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska \xe2\x80\x9cHow to Apply" page. Your application must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on the closing date.

Cover Letter
A cover letter is required for this position. The cover letter should highlight your experience as it pertains to the knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), and competencies identified above in the job description section of this posting. The following items should be included as you address your experience and qualifications for this position.

• Briefly describe any recent experience managing a team.
• Briefly describe your experience managing a program or project to execute objectives within an established timeframe/deadline.
• Briefly describe a time you had to problem solve and make a difficult decision in either your professional or personal life.

Your cover letter will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment.

Please attach the cover letter to your application before submitting it online or, if unable to attach it to your application, fax or email it to the contact number provided below.

Education
If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position. Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of the interview.

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. post-secondary 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 post-secondary 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 employer\xe2\x80\x99s name, job title, employment dates, and whether full or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine whether the responses are supported and whether minimum qualifications are clearly 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 a current 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.

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, please call 1-800-587-0430 or 465-4095 in Juneau or (907) 465-3412 (TTY) 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.
Contact Information
Workplace Alaska Application Questions & Assistance
Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 1-800-587-0430 (toll-free) or (907) 465-4095 if you are in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to recruitment.services@alaska.gov.

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

Name: Kaitlyn Raffier
Title: Southeast Regional Manager
Phone: (907) 465-3406
Email: kaitlyn.raffier@alaska.gov




Careers with the State of Alaska offer MANY benefits
The following information describes typical benefits available to employees of the State of Alaska. Actual benefits received may differ by bargaining unit or branch of government, position type, or be prorated for other than full time work.

For a quick breakdown of the insurance, health, and retirement benefits available for State Employees you can view an orientation video from Division of Retirement and Benefits. (Please note this video is specifically designed for new State Employees.)

Insurance Benefits

• Health insurance, which includes employer contributions toward medical/vision/dental
  • The following employee groups are under AlaskaCare Benefits administered by the State: See http://doa.alaska.gov/drb/programs/index.html for additional information.
    • AVTEC
    • Confidential
    • Correctional Officers
    • Marine Engineers
    • Mt. Edgecumbe Teachers
    • Supervisory
    • Unlicensed Vessel Personnel/Inland Boatman\'s Union
    • Exempt employees (not covered by collective bargaining)
  • The following employee groups are covered by Union health trusts. Contact the appropriate Union for additional information.
    • General Government
    • Labor, Trades and Crafts
    • Public Safety Employees Association
    • Masters, Mates & Pilots
• Employer paid Basic Life insurance with additional coverage available (amount depends on Bargaining Unit)

Optional Insurance Benefits

• Group-based insurance premiums for
  • Term life (employee, spouse or qualified same sex partner, and dependents)
  • Long-term and short-term disability
  • Accidental Death and Dismemberment
  • Long-term care (self and eligible family members)
  • Supplemental Survivor Benefits
• Employee-funded flexible spending accounts for tax savings on eligible health care or dependent care expenses

Retirement Benefits

• Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Teachers\' Retirement System (TRS)
• Matching employer contribution into a defined contribution program (new employees)
• Employer contribution into a defined benefit or defined contribution program (current employees)
• Contributions to the Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan in lieu of contributions to Social Security
• Option to enroll in the Alaska Deferred Compensation Program
• Note: The Defined Contribution Plan, Supplemental Annuity Plan and Deferred Compensation Program offer a variety of investment options

See http://doa.alaska.gov/drb/retirement/index.html for additional information
Paid Leave & Other Benefits

• Personal leave with an accrual rate increase based on time served
• Eleven paid holidays a year
• Gym discounts at participating fitness providers in multiple locations throughout the state.

See http://doa.alaska.gov/drb/ghlb/employee/health/gymListing.html for additional information