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Recruitment Bulletin
Fish and Wildlife Technician III
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Position ID Number: 11-2023
Application Period: 01/08/2013 through 01/31/2013Position open to: Alaska Residents Only
Department: Fish & GameDivision: Wildlife Conservation
Location: AnchorageRegion: Anchorage/Mat-su
Salary: $2,870.00 MonthlyRange: 11
Job Status: SeasonalBargaining Unit: GP

This is a seasonal position. It is scheduled to be staffed from 05/01/2013 to 08/31/2013.

Job Description:

The Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), Division of Wildlife Conservation is recruiting for a Fish and Wildlife Technician III to assist with the protection and management of the Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary. This is a permanent, seasonal position that serves as the Assistant Sanctuary Manager at Round Island from May 1st through August 15th. The Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary is located about 80 miles southwest of Dillingham and approximately 35 miles south-southeast of Togiak in Bristol Bay. It protects one of the largest and most consistently used haul outs for Pacific walruses, as well as several hundred thousand seabirds, hundreds of Steller sea lions, and other marine and terrestrial wildlife.

Duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

  • Monitoring and data collection of sanctuary resources including walrus, seabirds, and Steller sea lions
  • Operating visitor use and permitting program
  • Maintaining camp facilities

The successful applicant will live and work in a remote field camp with one other ADF&G employee on a remote island in Bristol Bay. Accommodations are primitive and include a cabin, tents, outhouses, and other amenities typical of a remote wilderness setting. Amenities such as running water, electricity and telephone are limited and there are no other residents or community on or near Round Island. Access to the island is by boat and/or small aircraft. Communication is by radio or satellite phone and is limited. Direct contact with people (other than the one coworker) is limited to the occasional sanctuary visitors and may be as infrequent as several days to several weeks. Maritime storms are common in this region and work will be conducted in harsh field conditions including wet, cool, foggy, and windy weather. Duties will be conducted by small boat and while hiking along primitive trails that include wet, muddy conditions, steep slopes and working near cliff edges.  

The employee will be expected to operate and maintain small skiffs (20' and less) with outboard motors. The work schedule will be variable and may include early mornings, late evenings, split shifts, and/or weekend and holiday work. Transportation off of Round Island during off-duty periods is not practical.

The successful candidate will have some or all of the following Desired Strengths (All of the following strengths must be documented in your cover letter and applicant profile. If you don't have experience with one or more of the strengths listed below, simply say so.):

  • Experience with monitoring wildlife including ground and boat-based surveys of marine mammals (experience with Pacific walrus and Steller sea lions is preferred)
  • Experience with monitoring nesting colonial seabirds including identification of species and determining population trends and nesting productivity
  • Experience with collecting and entering field data and providing summaries and draft reports
  • Experience with representing a natural resource agency and operating a visitor use program. This includes issuing access permits; collecting permit fees; operating a small campground; monitoring visitor use; and providing information on available facilities, operations, and safety procedures.
  • Experience with maintaining facilities and equipment including carpentry, painting, repairing trails and boardwalks, small boats, outboard motors, small generators, and other items typically found in a remote field camp
  • Experience with operating hand tools, radio and communication equipment, solar power systems, and small electric generators
  • Experience with safely operating small boats with outboard motors in a marine environment in rough sea and weather conditions
  • Experience with protecting wildlife and other resources, which includes enforcing rules and regulations, documenting violations, and cooperating with law enforcement agencies such as Alaska State Troopers and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service law enforcement personnel
  • Experience with living and working in a remote location with minimal supervision and minimal human contact in inclement weather conditions

View Class Specifications for this job:

Special Note:
Fields of study comparable to fisheries, wildlife or habitat protection include aquaculture, biology, ichthyology, microbiology, ornithology and zoology.

Minimum Qualifications:

High school graduation; and six months experience at the developmental level of fish and wildlife technician or aide. This experience is equivalent to Fish and Wildlife Technician II with the State of Alaska.
OR
One year of technical laboratory and/or field experience involving fish or wildlife research, management, or habitat protection, or as a commercial fisherman, guide, trapper or subsistence hunter or fisherman.

Substitutions: An additional six months of work experience involving fish or wildlife, or outdoor manual labor or in a laboratory may substitute for high school graduation. Bachelor of Science degree in fisheries, wildlife or habitat protection may substitute for a maximum of two years of technical laboratory or field experience, involving fish or wildlife research, management or habitat protection.

Special Requirements: Work may involve exposure to animals, insects and inclement weather, low level flying, travel by boat or skiff, or contact with drugs and chemicals. Housing may consist of bunkhouses, vessels, or wall tents. Positions are seasonal or temporary.

Special Notice for Recruitment:

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

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 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 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. A list of three (3) references
2. A copy of your two (2) most current performance evaluations
3. Examples of field notes or field journal entries
4. Any current firearm certifications you have received

NOTE: If applying by hard copy, you must follow the directions below.
Contact Person:Ed Weiss
Date required by:
E-Mail Address:ed.weiss@alaska.gov
Mailing Address:333 Raspberry Rd, Anchorage, AK 99518
Fax Number:(907) 267-2433
Phone Number:(907) 267-2189

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:

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