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Recruitment Bulletin
Fish and Game Regional Supervisor
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Position ID Number: 11-2091-S
Application Period: 04/25/2012 through 05/09/2012Position open to: Alaska Residents Only
Department: Fish & GameDivision: Wildlife Conservation
Location: SoldotnaRegion: Southwest
Salary: $6,102.00 MonthlyRange: 22
Job Status: Full-TimeBargaining Unit: SS

Job Description:

The Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation is recruiting for a Fish and Game Regional Supervisor.  This position will lead wildlife management programs for Region II, which includes communities around South-central Alaska like Anchorage, Kodiak, Kenai Peninsula, and Cordova. This position is located in the Anchorage Regional Office and has a regional staff of 36 professional, technical, and administrative positions and four area offices. Program emphasis includes wildlife management and research activities primarily on moose, bear, caribou, wolf, sheep, goat, elk, deer, and furbearers.

The primary responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:

  • Overseeing approximately $4.9 million, comprised primarily from state and federal sources
  • Working cooperatively with state agencies, elected officials, municipal governments, federal agencies, and non-profit organizations engaged in wildlife conservation activities within the region
  • Serving as a member of the Division's senior management team, which determines program direction and recommends policy for wildlife programs statewide
  • Serving as a liaison to the Board of Game for developing and modifying hunting regulations that affect the region

Significant management issues in this region include the following: human/wildlife interactions (primarily bears and moose in urban areas), wildlife sanctuaries, state game refuge land, and intensive management programs. Region II was comprised of eight area offices, but a recent reorganization created two distinct organizational units, each with four offices.

Travel to urban and rural communities is associated with these activities, mostly by commercial or charter air carriers.

The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience (All of the following traits must be documented in your applicant profile and cover letter. Failure to document your relevant experience with each trait may jeopardize your chances of receiving an interview. If you don't have experience with one or more of the traits listed below, simply say so.):

  • Experience with wildlife management and the aim of balancing the needs of wildlife with the needs of people
  • Expertise in managing human/wildlife conflicts around urban environments
  • Experience with researching wildlife species to support management programs
  • Experience with regulatory boards and developing regulations and policy
  • Experience with interagency coordination
  • Experience with public relations
  • Experience with personnel supervision
  • Experience with fiscal management of budgets

View Class Specifications for this job:

Special Note:
Selection may be made from those candidates with experience appropriate to a particular Division of the Department of Fish and Game under Personnel Rule 2 AAC 07.170.

Minimum Qualifications:

Divisions of Sport Fish or Commercial Fisheries:

1) A doctoral degree from an accredited college in fisheries, biology, zoology, ecology, wildlife conservation or a closely related field, and four years of experience as a fishery or habitat biologist including one year as a Fishery Biologist IV or Habitat Biologist IV; or two years as a Fishery Biologist III or Habitat Biologist III with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.
OR
2) A master's degree from an accredited college in fisheries, biology, zoology, ecology, wildlife conservation or a closely related field, and six years of experience as a fishery or habitat biologist including one year as a Fishery Biologist IV or Habitat Biologist IV; or two years as a Fishery Biologist III or Habitat Biologist III with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.
OR
3) A bachelor's degree from an accredited college in fisheries, biology, zoology, ecology, wildlife conservation or a closely related field, and seven years of experience as a fishery or habitat biologist including one year as a Fishery Biologist IV or Habitat Biologist IV or two years as a Fishery Biologist III or Habitat Biologist III with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.

Division of Wildlife Conservation:

1) A doctoral degree from an accredited college in zoology, biology, conservation or natural resources, wildlife conservation or a closely related field and four years of experience as a wildlife or habitat biologist including one year as a Wildlife Biologist IV or Habitat Biologist IV; or two years as a Wildlife Biologist III or Habitat Biologist III with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.
OR
2) A master's degree from an accredited college in zoology, biology, conservation or natural resources, wildlife conservation or a closely related field, and six years of experience as a wildlife or habitat biologist including one year as a Wildlife Biologist IV or Habitat Biologist IV; or two years as a Wildlife Biologist III or Habitat Biologist III with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.
OR
3) A bachelor's degree from an accredited college in zoology, biology, conservation or natural resources, wildlife conservation or a closely related field, and seven years of experience as a wildlife or habitat biologist including one year as a Wildlife Biologist IV or Habitat Biologist IV; or two years as a Wildlife Biologist III or Habitat Biologist III with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.

Division of Habitat:

1) A doctoral degree from an accredited college in zoology, biology, conservation or natural resources, wildlife conservation or a closely related field and four years of experience as a fisheries, wildlife, or habitat biologist including one year as a Habitat Biologist IV or two years as a Habitat Biologist III with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.
OR
2) A master’s degree in one of the above fields and six years of experience as a fisheries, wildlife, or habitat biologist including one year as a Habitat Biologist IV or two years as a Habitat Biologist III with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.
OR
3) A bachelor’s degree in one of the above fields and seven years of experience as a fisheries, wildlife, or habitat biologist including one year as a Habitat Biologist IV or two years as a Habitat Biologist III with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.


Special Notice for Recruitment:

*NOTE* *NOTE* *NOTE* *NOTE* *NOTE*

CLASSIFICATION STUDY
This position is currently undergoing review as part of a job class study and therefore both the title and pay range assigned may be subject to change upon the completion of the study.

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
The position may be located in Anchorage, Soldotna, or Kodiak dependent upon the location of the most qualified applicant. There are three separate recruitment bulletins on Workplace Alaska, one for each location. Applicants are encouraged to apply for whatever location they are interested in.


COVER LETTER
In your cover letter located on the Job Qualification Summary, you must highlight your knowledge, skills, abilities and experience as they pertain to the key responsibilities and desired strengths listed in the job description above. In addition, your application package will be reviewed to determine if you possess the experience and strengths we are seeking in an employee.

Your cover letter will be considered a writing sample and will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process.

WORK EXPERIENCE
If using work experience not already documented in your Applicant Profile, also provide the employer name, your job title, dates of employment and whether full- or part-time. Applicant Profiles and Job Qualification Summaries will be reviewed to determine if the minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

EDUCATION
If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education and Training section of the Applicant Profile. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of credit hours earned in the Degrees Obtained field. Copies of transcripts will be required at the time of interview.

MULTIPLE VACANCIES
This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.

CONFIRMATION PAGE
If you have successfully submitted your application online, a confirmation page will appear, telling you the date and time your application was submitted, and a confirmation email will be sent to you. If you do not see a confirmation page, or if you do not receive a confirmation email within half hour after submitting your application, call the Division of Personnel and Labor Relations to confirm that it was received successfully. Do make sure that you have the correct email address in your Applicant Profile, and that your spam filter will permit email from the ‘state.ak.us’ and ‘alaska.gov’ domains.

FULL-TIME BENEFITS
Employment with the State of Alaska includes competitive benefits such as medical, dental, vision and life insurance, as well as 11 paid holidays annually, 2 days personal leave accrual monthly, 2 retirement plans and other optional benefits. For more information regarding these benefits, please review the following web site:

http://doa.alaska.gov/drb/

This position requires the use or possession of a firearm or ammunition. In accordance with the federal Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 (PL 104-208), if you have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, you may not hold this position.

A "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" is an offense that is (1) a misdemeanor under Federal or state law; and (2) has, as an element, the use or attempted use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, committed by a current or former spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim as a spouse, parent, or guardian, or by a person similarly situated to a spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim.

If you have ever been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, do NOT apply for this position.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education:

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements. You must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in 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. state university 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 state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.


Additional Required Information:

If you are selected, please provide the following at the time of the interview:
1) Three (3) writing samples you authored (a minimum of one (1) page each)
2) A copy of your academic transcripts that clearly show you have attained a degree in one of the fields required to meet this position's minimum qualifications
3) The names and phone numbers of three (3) work-related references

NOTE: If applying by hard copy, you must follow the directions below.
Contact Person:Doug Vincent-Lang, Acting Director
Date required by:
E-Mail Address:douglas.vincent-lang@alaska.gov
Mailing Address:NA
Fax Number:NA
Phone Number:907-267-2182

To Apply Online:
1.Assure Minimum Qualifications are met. Carefully read the Minimum Qualifications. If you can answer 'yes' to all of the Minimum Qualifications, or answer 'yes' to all parts of a minimum qualifications substitution group (if any such groups are listed), then you may continue on with this process and register. If you cannot, please DO NOT try to register or apply. Your Applicant Profile will NOT be sent to a hiring manager, and it will NOT be reviewed.
2.If you are already registered,
login to edit your profile		First-time applicants only:
Register with Workplace Alaska and complete an Applicant Profile
3.
Your Workplace Alaska session will time out after 30 minutes.

It is recommended that you prepare your cover letter in advance in Wordpad or similar text processor. When you are satisfied with it, copy it into memory and apply for the job (step #4).

When you get to part 2 of the application, at the "Applicant Letter" field, simply paste in the text that was saved in memory [Ctrl-V]. This technique will speed up your application submission, and reduce the chances of a time-out.

If you get timed out before submitting your application, the data you entered will be lost. Keep your total submission time to less than 30 minutes.

4.Click here to login Once you are logged in, you may apply for the position by filling out a Job Qualifications Summary form. First-time applicants see step two.

Note: Registering captures data common to all openings with Workplace Alaska, so if you have already filled out an Applicant profile, you do not need to do it again. When you have registered, you will have a user name and password and be allowed to apply for a job with Workplace Alaska.

Your Applicant Profile and Job Qualification Summary must be RECEIVED (not postmarked) or SUBMITTED on-line by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date of recruitment. Submissions after this time are not accepted.

To Apply By Hard Copy:
The State of Alaska will also accept printed (hard) copies of the Applicant Profile and the Job Qualification Summary through the mail or facsimile (fax). Please click on the links above for both the Applicant Profile and the Job Qualification Summary, fill them out and fax to the number listed below, or mail to the address listed below. You may also bring your hard copy application in to the street address listed below. If you need the blank forms mailed or faxed to you, please contact us at voice number(s) listed below and we will mail or fax the Applicant Profile and Job Qualification Summary to you.

Division of Personnel Contact Information:

Mailing Address:
Department of Administration
Division of Personnel
PO Box 110201
Juneau, AK 99811-0201

Street Address:
State Office Building, 10th Floor
333 Willoughby Avenue
Juneau, Alaska

Email: recruitment.services@alaska.gov

Jobs Hot-line and Customer Service:

  • 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday excluding State holidays
  • A recording of vacancies is available 24-hours per day
  • (800) 587-0430 (Statewide toll-free number)
  • (907) 465-4095 (Juneau and out-of-state callers)
  • (907) 465-2576 (fax)

Relay Alaska:

  • (800) 770-8973 ( TT/TTD )
  • (800) 770-8255 ( Voice phone )

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