WILDLIFE AREA SUPERVISOR I
- Kirch Wildlife Management Area
APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -
$43,639.20 to
$64,707.12
PAY GRADE: 34
The salary range indicated in this announcement is based on the Employee/Employer retirement compensation schedule. An employer-only option is available at a reduced salary range. Generally, salaries start at the lowest level of a step 1 and increase with each year of service to the highest level of a step 10.
For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.
JOB INFORMATION
Work Type: Permanent, full time vacancies as they may occur
in this geographical location.
Recruiter:
KRISTINA
ROSS
Phone: **None**
Email: krisr@ndow.org
Applications accepted
for another Expired
The Position
Wildlife Area Supervisors manage one or more Wildlife Management Areas by planning, budgeting, supervising, and performing maintenance and development activities to provide for an efficient operation and preserve wildlife resources and associated habitat.
Position supervises a Wildlife Area Technician and is responsible for program management, work program implementation, documentation and development; operates and maintains equipment utilized on the management area; is responsible for habitat maintenance and development following the Annual Work Plan for development and maintenance of the diverse habitats in the area.
This position is located in a remote area, approximately 70 miles south of Ely on State Highway 318; 170 miles north of Las Vegas and 75 miles north of Alamo. Department housing is not available for this position.
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications)
Graduation from high school or equivalent education and three years of journey level experience in installing and maintaining wildlife structures; operating equipment to maintain suitable habitats for wildlife; conducting surveys and inventory of wildlife and associated habitat; netting, trapping and banding of wildlife; and providing for security of wildlife management areas; OR one year of experience as a Wildlife Area Technician III in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
The Examination
If there are five or fewer qualified applicants, the exam will consist of an application evaluation. (This statement does not apply for Until Recruitment Needs are Satisfied (URS) announcements).
WILDLIFE AREA SUPERVISOR I (01.771) Training and Experience Exam
The exam will consist of a rating of training and experience weighted 100%. It is essential that applications include extensively detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. Your score will be based on the information provided in your application and your responses to the questions asked below. If there are several parts to a question, answer each part separately. Along with each answer, identify the position(s) and/or training (as described in your application) where you gained the background asked for in the question. Absence of experience/training asked for in a question is not necessarily disqualifying. Failure to answer the questions will result in a score based solely on the application.
Qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview.
1) Do you have a Bachelors' or Associates degree in conservation?
2) Describe your experience, including number of years, in habitat management in the following areas: A) evaluation of wildlife habitat needs; B) implementation of agricultural practices; C) utilization of prescribed fire; D) water management strategies.
3) Describe your experience, including number of years, in noxious and invasive weed control in the following areas: A) Plant identification skills; B) Co-operative weed management group participation; C) Herbicide application training.
4) Describe your experience, including number of years, in wildlife survey in the following areas: A) Species identification; B) gathering, compiling, analyzing and reporting data.
5) Describe your experience, including number of years, working with the following regulatory entities: A) OSHA; B) Workers' Compensation; C) Environmental protection agencies; D) Corps of Engineers; E) United States Fish and Wildlife Service; F) Historic preservation agencies; G) ADA; H) Building code enforcement; I) Fire codes - CO2, smoke detectors, fire extinguishers; J) Agriculture departments.
6) Describe your experience, including number of years, developing and implementing workplace safety programs.
7) Describe your experience, including number of years, in the following areas: A) Supervising; B) doing supervisory training; C) supervising staff located in multiple locations.
8) Describe your experience, including number of years, working with budgets in the following areas: A) Development and justification; B) Monitoring.
9) Describe your experience, including number of years, in contracts and leases in the following areas: A) Writing; B) Administering; C) Monitoring.
10) Describe your experience, including number of years, in planning.
11) Describe your experience, including number of years, with public speaking in the following areas: A) Public meetings; B) Service clubs,e.g., Toastmasters.
12) Do you have a valid Commercial Drivers' license?
13) Describe your experience, including number of years, in facility maintenance.
14) Describe your experience, including number of years, in equipment training in the following areas: A) Operation; B) Maintenance.
15) Describe your education and/or experience developing written reports. Include in your description the type of report and the subject.
16) Describe your experience working with the public at a publicly owned facility.
The following additional questions are part of this Recruitment
1) Describe your experience in installing and maintaining structures.
2) Describe your experience operating equipment to maintain suitable habitats for wildlife.
3) Describe your experience conducting surveys and inventory of wildife and associated habitat.
4) Describe your experience netting, trapping and banding of wildlife.
5) Describe your experience providing security of wildlife management areas.
6) Describe your training and work experience writing lengthy, detailed reports.
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Direct Inquiries or Correspondence to:
Division of Human Resource Management Northern Nevada 515 East Musser Street, First Floor Carson City, Nevada 89701-4204
TDD for the Hearing Impaired (800) 326-6868
Division of Human Resource Management Southern Nevada 7251 Amigo St, Suite 120 Las Vegas, NV 89119
TDD for the Hearing Impaired (800) 326-6868
The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse, inclusive, and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages.
