What are the responsibilities and job description for the Natural Resource Specialist 2/3 position at State of Alaska?

Salary : $2,229.75 - $2,568.75 Biweekly

Location : Anchorage, AK

Job Type : Full Time

Job Number : 48971

Department : Natural Resources

Division : Mining, Land & Water

Opening Date : 01 / 23 / 2025

Closing Date : 2 / 6 / 2025 5 : 00 PM Alaska

Position Open To : Alaska Residents Only

Bargaining Unit : General Government

Range : 16 / 18

Job Description

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land & Water, is recruiting for a Natural Resource Specialist 2 / 3 Flex in Anchorage.

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please check our to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing :

The Natural Resource Specialist 2 / 3 will be responsible for adjudicating water rights and temporary water use applications. This includes providing technical assistance, reviewing applications, updating databases, analyzing water, environmental, land ownership, and land use records, coordinating with stakeholders on projects, applying statutes, regulations, and policies to make decisions, and writing clear and concise technical documents. You will primarily work on commercial water rights applications throughout southcentral Alaska and temporary water use applications for the construction and oil and gas industries.

Mission and Values / Culture :

The Division of Mining, Land, and Water's vision is to put Alaska's resources to work - now and in the future! Under this guidance, the Water Management Unit issues water rights and temporary water use authorizations to facilitate the maximum use of water resources consistent with the public interest. Our goal is the efficient and effective management of Alaska's water resources. We make decisions that balance domestic and commercial water use with conservation needs and provide technical assistance that is accurate and responsive for all applicants and permittees.

Benefits of Joining Our Team :

As a Natural Resource Specialist 2 / 3, you will interact with a wide variety of stakeholders and water users. This challenging and engaging job has a diverse workload and provides the opportunity for training and professional growth. It is primarily an office position, with an option for hybrid telework and some opportunities for fieldwork.

The Working Environment You Can Expect : The Natural Resource Specialist 2 / 3 will work out of our Anchorage (downtown) office and report to the Water Resources Manager. This is a collaborative and team-oriented work environment. You will work on a team with five other adjudicators who have extensive experience with water management and will provide you with mentorship, professional development, and training as appropriate.

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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.

Ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports / demonstrates you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Natural Resource Specialist 2 - Starting Salary $2229.75

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.

Natural Resource Specialist 3 - Starting Salary $2568.75

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.

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.

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.

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, law, public administration, planning, economics, or a closely related field and / or progressively responsible professional 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.

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 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

Please read the below information carefully.

Application Notice

You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or a hardcopy application. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska "How to Apply" page. Your application must be submitted 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 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 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.

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'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.

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.

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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

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

Jessie Zimmerman

Natural Resource Manager 2

jessie.zimmerman@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.

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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

Please rate your level of proficiency 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.

Mastery : Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.

Fluency : Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.

Literacy : Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures and practices of the subject area. I have limited application or practice.