Job Description
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The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land & Water, is recruiting for a Natural Resource Specialist 1 in Anchorage.
This position is open to Alaska Residents only.
Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.
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What You Will Be Doing: This position is located in Anchorage on the 6th floor of the Robert B. Atwood building. Most work will be performed in the office, interacting with physical case files. However, we offer situational teleworking opportunities to all our staff. The daily work environment for CIRR is collaborative, supportive, and team-oriented. Our team consists of diverse and passionate individuals, making CIRR a fun and rewarding workplace that provides numerous opportunities to learn new skills and knowledge and develop strong bonds with colleagues.
Mission, Values, and Culture: The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is dedicated to developing, conserving, and maximizing the use of Alaska's natural resources in a way that is consistent with the public interest. Our mission at the Division of Mining, Land & Water (DMLW) is to responsibly manage Alaska's state-owned land and water to ensure their appropriate use while aiming for maximum utilization in line with the public interest. As part of the Contract Initiation and Revenue Recovery Section (CIRR), our role is to support DNR and DMLW in their missions by overseeing the maintenance of state authorizations and ensuring monetary compliance in accordance with the public interest.
Benefits of Joining Our Team: - Supportive Work Environment: Be part of a close-knit team that values cooperative relationships and mutual support.
- Career Development: Access ample training opportunities and take advantage of our tuition reimbursement program for relevant college courses.
- Work/Life Balance: Enjoy a regular Monday-Friday work schedule with no overtime required.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Benefit from excellent health, dental, and vision insurance, 12 paid holidays, generous paid leave, excellent retirement matching, and an annual legal benefit for family/estate law matters.
When you join us, you'll be part of a dynamic, diverse team that values learning and growth. This role offers the chance to work alongside experienced natural resource professionals and gain hands-on experience with various programs within DMLW. You'll have ample opportunities to develop the skills and knowledge needed to advance your career.
The Working Environment You Can Expect: Most work will be performed in the office, interacting with physical case files. However, we offer situational teleworking opportunities to all our staff. CIRR's daily work environment is collaborative, supportive, and team-oriented. Our team consists of diverse and passionate individuals, making CIRR a fun and rewarding workplace that provides numerous opportunities to learn new skills and knowledge and develop strong bonds with colleagues.
We are looking for a candidate who possesses the following position-specific competencies. - Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
- Clerical - Knowledge of filing, typing, entering data, maintaining records, taking shorthand, and using and completing forms.
- Self-Management - Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.
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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.
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.
- 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.
Definitions:
“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.
“Qualified” means is assessed to credibly possess the competencies needed to learn the job in a reasonable period.
“Training” and “education” in this guidance are synonyms for 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 the purposes of the minimum qualifications, natural resource management is defined as the management of land, water, minerals, forests, oil, gas, agricultural, archaeological, natural and cultural history, parks, and related surface and subsurface resources. Experience or education in natural resource management means exclusive involvement in the above resources. 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 applies to the definition of natural resource management. 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
At the time of the interview, please ensure that you provide the following materials:
- A list of three professional references with current contact information, one of which must be from a former or current supervisor.
- A copy of any documents necessary to show proof of meeting this position's minimum qualifications. This includes a copy of your college transcripts if you use education to meet the position's minimum qualifications.
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 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.
Work Experience If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer’s name, job title, employment dates, and whether full or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine whether the responses are supported and 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 should call 1-800-587-0430 or (907) 465-4095 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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Contact Information
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For specific information about this position, please get in touch with the hiring manager at the following:
Tony Adams
Natural Resource Manager 1
Phone: 907-269-8597
Email: [email protected]
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 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
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Paid Leave & Other Benefits - Personal leave with an accrual rate increase based on time served
- Twelve (12) paid holidays a year
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