Natural Resource Specialist ; PCN

The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land & Water, is recruiting for a Natural Resource Specialist 1/2 in Anchorage.

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is recruiting a Natural Resource Specialist 1 or 2 within the Division of Mining, Land & Water’s Water Resources Section. The Natural Resource Specialist 1/2 will be responsible for adjudicating water rights and providing administrative assistance to the section such as answering incoming calls, processing mail, reviewing applications; updating databases; analyzing water, environmental, landownership, and land use records;

coordinating with stakeholders on projects; applying statutes, regulations, and policies to make decisions; and writing clear and concise technical documents. You will primarily be working on domestic water rights applications throughout Southcentral Alaska.

The Division of Mining, Land, and Water’s vision is Putting Alaska’s resources to work – now and in the future! Under this guidance, the Water Management Unit issues water rights to facilitate the maximum use of water resources consistent with the public interest. We provide for the certainty and security of water rights for present and future generations of Alaskans. Our goal is to manage Alaska’s water resources efficiently and effectively.

We make decisions that balance domestic and commercial water use with conservation needs, and we provide technical assistance that is accurate and responsive to all applicants and permit tees.

In this position, you will interact with a wide variety of stakeholders and water users. The position will provide the opportunity for training and professional growth.

The Natural Resource Specialist 1/2 will work out of our Anchorage (downtown) office and will report to the Water Resources Manager. This is a collaborative and team-oriented work environment. You will work on a team with five other adjudicators who have extensive experience in water management and will provide you with mentorship, professional development, and training as appropriate.

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This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations rather than specific tasks and are used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to meet the competency successfully, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options for how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Education from an accredited college and/or experience in natural resource management.

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

• Analytical Thinking/Problem-Solving: using a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
• Oral Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to…