Jobs Title:
Washington State Parks Natual Resources Program Manager

Post Date
5/1/2019

Expiration Date
5/31/2019

Details:
The Natural Resources Program Manager is a leadership position responsible for leading, managing, guiding, and promoting statewide natural resources stewardship initiatives for the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. They must educate and inspire park visitors, agency staff, and the general public to ensure the highest level of natural resources stewardship occurs in Washington's state parks. The Natural Resources Program Manager must bring leadership, experience, and specific strategic and technical expertise to protect, enhance, and interpret the natural resources in the 200+ state parks and other property holdings in Washington's 138,000 - acre state park system. They must also integrate the multitude of native habitats found across the park system into regional and statewide efforts to protect and enhance the natural heritage of Washington State.

Duties include, but are not limited to:
•Promotes the highest quality stewardship of the agency's natural resources by bringing new ideas and technologies to the agency; build partnerships in the agency and with local, state, Federal, and regional agencies, organizations, and stakeholders to enhance agency capacity and professionalism; assesses agency natural resources stewardship capabilities and performance; and seeks to elevate the agency's core commitment to exceptional stewardship through training programs, expert professional service, strategic planning and policy guidance.
•Manages a professional staff engaged in natural resources management and a wide range of governmental and non-governmental contractors working on local to statewide conservation efforts. Ensures current work plans, employee evaluations, and program specific contracts/agreements are in compliance with all human resources and agency policies/procedures, rules, laws, and collective bargaining agreements.
•Provides expert technical assistance/leadership and training to staff related to natural resources stewardship. Reviews and synthesizes complex/technical material into management prescriptions and presentations before the public, executive staff and the Commission.
•In consultation with the Stewardship Program Manager and Assistant Director of Parks Development, develops and updates the Commission's Comprehensive Natural Resources Policy and associated procedures and management guidelines; initiates new and revised RCW and WAC language to advance agency natural resources stewardship goals; and develops and oversees major new natural resources stewardship initiatives in the agency. Reviews natural resources-related stewardship legislation for impacts to the agency.
•Develops cost-effective budgetary strategies to rehabilitate, restore, protect, and monitor the long-term health of the natural resources across the entire park system. In conjunction with the Stewardship Program Manager, this position develops and administers the natural resources stewardship-related operational budgets and grants. Reviews capital budget scoping and prioritization. Leads staff to develop and administer natural resources stewardship-related contracts and grants.
•Develops and implements plans to advance the agency's strategic plan (especially statewide Natural Heritage Imitative) and core values, Commission and Director priorities, and emerging natural resources issues (risk management, resource protection). Develops annual agency natural resources stewardship work plan identifying performance objectives and measures.
•In consultation with the Stewardship Program Manager and Assistant Director, composes, revises, and presents agenda and work session items to the Commission.
•Establishes and promotes effective working relationships with all agency staff, leaders of stakeholder groups and organizations, local/state/federal agency staff, and park visitors. Works in a cooperative and supportive fashion with senior agency managers to coordinate and advance key management and policy issues in the state park system.


Qualifications:
•A Master's or PhD degree with major studies in natural resources ecology, management, and conservation biology.
•Five (5) years of progressive experience in the area of resource protection and management, that involved working a) in a variety of terrestrial and aquatic environments, b) on biological and social issues influencing resource protection and restoration, c) with stakeholder and partner groups, d) as a supervisor and mentor to professional and non-professional resource managers, and, e) in both a strategic and tactical capacity to identify and advance agency resource management goals.


Comments:
This recruitment will remain open until filled. It is in the candidate's best interest to apply before May 8th, 2019 when a first review of applicants will be completed.

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Employer:
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
Contact:
Lisa Lantz

Address:
1111 Israel Rd. SW
PO Box 42650
Olympia, WA 98504-2650

Work Phone:
360-902-8641

Email:
lisa.lantz@parks.wa.gov

Website:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/jobs/2426127/natural-resources-program-manager-wms-band-2-tumwater-04133?keywords=04133&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs