Natural Resource Specialist 1/2 (PCN 10-0266)

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil & Gas,is recruiting for a Natural Resource Specialist 1/2 in Anchorage.

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing:

Position assists a team of adjudicators in issuing land, water, and materials authorizations, conducting reviews, and case actions related to AS 38.35 transportation of oil, gas, and carbon capture, utilization, and storage pipelines. The position will assist with the transfer of federal authorizations associated with state-selected lands in public land order (PLO) 7966, which rescinded PLO 5150. The candidate may conduct field inspections of permitted activities.

Mission and Values/Culture:

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) mission is to develop, conserve, and maximize the use of Alaska's natural resources consistent with the public interest. The State Pipeline Coordinator's Section (SPCS) provides regulatory oversight of common-carrier and contract-carrier transportation pipelines, including the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), authorized under Alaska Statute 38.35, the Right-of-Way Leasing Act. This position is responsible for coordinating with agency and industry representatives while adjudicating and issuing authorizations for pipeline projects.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

The Lease Development and Administration Team collaborates closely with industry, federal, state, and local agencies to provide excellent customer service to our applicants and authorization holders, while ensuring their compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. The position will have endless opportunities for learning both in the range of permitting actions and from the subject matter experts with which the position interacts. The position offers flexible work schedules, telework, and opportunities for career advancement.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

The work location is 550 W 7th Avenue ("the Atwood Building") with core office hours from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Monday - Friday). Office duties include, but are not limited to, reviewing documents, researching land status and other related topics, and basic permitting. The position will support case management efforts associated with document gathering and analyzing information for written documents such as agency reviews, decisions, permits, consulting, and coordinating with agency and industry representatives, using and interpreting laws and regulations, reviewing surveys, and land status. Scanning and casefile record management actions. Position may occasionally travel into the field at locations along the highway system or in remote Alaska, such as the North Slope, to observe pipeline and material site activities.

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

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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 rather than specific tasks and are used only 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.

Natural Resource Specialist 1 – Starting Salary $26.66

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

• Analytical Thinking/Problem-Solving: using a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s 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 2– Starting Salary $30.62

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.

Definitions:

• Competency - 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 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.
• 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, 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 purposes of the minimum qualifications, natural resource management is defined as the management of land, water, minerals, forests, oil, gas, agriculture, archaeological resources, natural and cultural history, parks, and related surface and subsurface resources. Experience or education in natural resource management means involvement exclusively 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 is applicable 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.

** Please read the information below carefully. **

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

• A professional writing sample that you authored without AI input; a technical, regulatory, or policy document is preferred.
• A copy of your last two performance appraisals or two letters of recommendation, if evaluations are not available.
• A list of three professional references, including one from your most recent supervisor, with current contact information.

SPECIAL NOTICES

• Travel may occur via small aircraft, boat, commercial airplane, helicopter, snowmobile, off-road vehicle, or foot travel. This position is expected to travel throughout the state to remote locations.
• Requires conducting field work in remote locations and inclement weather, as well as lodging in camp conditions.

Application Notice

You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or by submitting a paper application. Instructions for applying are available on the Workplace AlaskaHow to Apply webpage. 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) uses four proficiency levels to measure and describe an applicant’s competence in applying specific 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 institution's transcript is given full value or that full value is recognized in relevant subject areas aligned with the post-secondary institution's 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 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 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 does not substitute for completing the application in full. 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.

Flexible Staffing

This position is flexibly staffed. The level of the job offer will be based on the selected candidate’s 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.

Driver’s License Requirement

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

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.

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

Tammas M. Brown

Natural Resource Manager 3

Phone:907-269-6427

Email:tammas.brown@alaska.gov