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Forestry Program Managers plan, coordinate and oversee activities, services and staff in major program areas such as resource management, fire management, conservation camp management, support services management, or safety and training management.
The Incumbent functions as a manager who trains, supervises and evaluates the performance of subordinate supervisors; develops policies and procedures; and allocates staff and resources to accomplish goals and objectives. The Division of Forestry's mission is to provide professional natural resource and wildland fire management services to enhance, conserve and protect forest, rangeland and watershed values, endangered plants and other native flora. The Conservation Camp Program Manager is a senior leadership position within the Division, and participates in the operations team with the resource, fire and aviation program managers to plan, coordinate and oversee activities, services and staff to meet the overall mission of the agency. The team is led by the deputy administrator of operation, who is the incumbent's direct supervisor. The incumbent should have a working knowledge of principles, practices and methods of effective natural resource management for forests, rangelands, and watersheds; wildland fire suppression, mitigation and prevention; federal, State and local governmental relationships and collaborative processes; and leadership principles and practices.
The Division of Forestry has a unique partnership with the Department of Corrections, using the conservation camp program to train and provide labor skills in natural resource and wildland fire management to minimum security inmates to help rehabilitate and reduce return rates. The Forestry Program Manager- Conservation Camps functions as the program administrator and manager who conducts strategic planning and establishes programmatic goals for continued development and enhancement of the program. The incumbent allocates staff and resources to accomplish goals and objectives, tracks strategic plan implementation, supervises and evaluates the performance of subordinate supervisors, and develops policies and procedures. The program manager is responsible for training and mentoring staff in order to develop strong program leadership and must be able to develop and manage budgets and analyze and create reports for varying audiences.
The position requires strong leadership skills and the capability to work effectively as a member of an executive management team. The State of Nevada is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate on the basis of 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.
***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.***
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
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Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in business or public administration, forestry, natural resource management or related field and four years of professional conservation camp experience which included conservation and natural resource management activities, fire suppression and budget preparation, two years which included supervisory experience; OR graduation from high school or equivalent education and six years of experience as described above, two years which included supervisory experience; OR one year of experience as a Conservation Camp Area Supervisor, Fire Management Officer II, or Helitack Supervisor in Nevada State service; OR two years of experience as a Battalion Chief, Conservation Camp Supervisor, or Fire Management Officer I in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above. |
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A valid driver's license is required at the time of appointment and as a condition of continuing employment. |
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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. |
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1) Describe your experience, including the number of years, in developing, interpreting, and applying rules and regulations and/or policies and procedures.
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2) Describe your experience preparing and providing testimony to varying audiences.
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3) Describe your experience working in a natural resources field with diverse cooperators including: 1) federal; 2) state; 3) local agencies; and 4) private landowners.
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4) Describe your experience, including the number of years, developing, managing, and defending a budget request.
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5) Describe your experience, including the number of years, managing and supervising other supervisors that have responsibility for a program specific area or program entity under your chain of command.
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6) Describe your experience, including the number of years, developing and implementing program level goals and objectives.
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