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Lands Resource Specialist - Forest Management - Orofino

The Department of Lands has an opening for a Lands Resource Specialist - Forest Management. This position will be located at our Clearwater Supervisory Area in Orofino, Idaho.
The Lands Resource Specialist position is used for training purposes for the Lands Resource Specialist, Senior. Through various types of on-the-job training, the employee will learn to carry out the duties of a Lands Resource Specialist, Senior including learning state laws and department policies and procedures.

After successful completion of the Lands Resource Specialist training plan (this will take between 6 months and 5 years, depending on experience) the employee will advance to a Lands Resource Specialist, Senior. This advancement may include a pay increase.

Starting rate of pay will be determined using the employees' experience and educational levels as answered in the supplemental questionnaire. 
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES:
Forest Management:

  • Prepares timber sale projects in the field to include:  
  • Establishing project boundaries    
  • Developing silvicultural prescriptions    
  • Determining logging systems    
  • Designing /maintaining road systems    
  • Timber marking and cruising  
  • Prepares forest improvement projects in the field to include:  
  • Planting    
  • Herbicide site preparation    
  • Broadcast burning    
  • Pre-commercial thinning    
  • Road maintenance    
  • Land surveying  
  • Prepares timber sale and forest improvement project documentation to include:  
  • Writing project descriptions    
  • Building GIS project maps    
  • Compiling timber cruise data    
  • Determining logging and road construction costs    
  • Timber sale appraisal    
  • Preparing contract terms    
  • Developing a hazard management plan  
  • Administers timber sale and forest improvement projects for compliance with management objectives, contract terms, Department policy and applicable laws  
  • May supervise seasonal personnel  
  • Participates in fire suppression and prescribed burn programs

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience: 
  • Communicating effectively both verbally and in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience through technical reports, business correspondence, and oral presentations
  • Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to produce maps and analyze spatial data
Some Knowledge of:
  • State and federal laws, rules and regulations in relation to natural resource management activities
  • Methods used to evaluate projects and/or data, analyzing alternatives, and making recommendations
  • Public land survey legal descriptions, aerial photos and topographic and property ownership maps
  • Financial analysis methods used to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions or proposals to choose the most appropriate one
  • Forest management principles including:
  • Silvicultural principles
  • Forest mensuration
  • Dendrology, Systematic Botany or Plant Identification
  • Forest entomology and Pathology
  • Forest harvest methods
  • Soils, Physical Geology or Soil Ecosystems
Other:
  • Possession of a valid driver's license.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:
Desirable Qualifications:
  • Experience:
  • Supervising others
  • Project Management and budgeting including priorities, developing project budgets, allocating resources, monitoring progress and evaluating results
  • Some knowledge:
  • With Timber Markets
  • Using and managing databases
  • Possession of:
  • Degree in Natural Resource Management
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Hiring is done without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age or disability. If you need special accommodations to satisfy testing requirements, please contact the Division of Human Resources at (208) 334-2263.
Veterans' Preference:
Preference may be given to veterans who qualify under state and federal laws and regulations.

Supplemental Questions Instructions:
 
Per IDAPA 15.04.01, only the top 25 applicants will be provided to the hiring manager.
 
The top 25 will be determined by the answers applicants provide in the supplemental questions. A subject matter expert (SME) will review each answer and determine if the applicant meets the qualifications described in each question.  
 
Work experience must include: positions held, dates of employment, and responsibilities/duties performed. Education and/or training must include: field of course work, degree title, and additional applicable coursework.
 
Please contact IDL HR at careers@idl.idaho.gov for questions regarding the application process.

Overtime/Vacation Accrual/FLSA:
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) code for this position is Administrative (A) Based on the FLSA code for this position, compensatory time will accrue at a rate of 1 hour for every 1 hour of overtime worked. Vacation accrual is based on the FLSA code and accrual rates can be found at: https://dhr.idaho.gov/PDFs/Section2Vacation.pdf (Exception: Employees engaged in Fire Suppression activities for which overtime hours are earned will be paid at the rate of 1.5 times the hourly rate for each one hour of overtime worked. Payment will be made on the regular pay date corresponding to the pay period in which the overtime work occurred.) 
 
About IDL
Become part of an organization where you will work with dedicated people who are committed and skilled in managing and protecting Idaho's natural resources.
 
The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) believes in its employees and values stewardship, service, accountability and cohesiveness. Our goals emphasize our people and processes, financial stewardship, and customer focus. We strive for a culture in which leadership equips, entrusts and expects employees to make decisions in fulfillment of our mission. View our Strategic Plan here.
 
Under the direction of the Idaho State Board of Land Commissioners, IDL manages more than 2.4 million acres of state endowment trust land under a constitutional mandate to produce maximum long-term financial returns for public schools and several other State of Idaho institutions. Leases and other contracts are used to authorize revenue generating activities such as timber harvest, grazing, farming, mining, commercial use, residential use, and conservation in a prudent and sustainable manner.
 
Managing endowment trust lands is only part of our story. We also protect public resources such as water quality, fish, wildlife habitat, and recreation on public trust lands, and ensure the protection of water quality and other resources by overseeing forestry and mining practices across all ownerships in the state. We also work to reclaim abandoned mines in Idaho. One of our most important resource protection responsibilities is fire prevention and suppression. We also provide assistance to landowners to manage their forest lands, work with communities to plant trees in urban settings, help keep working forests working through the Forest Legacy Program, and work with many partners to promote healthy forests on a landscape level. IDL also is the administrative arm of the Idaho Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.