Resource Specialist

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The Indiana State Department of Agriculture was established as a separate state agency by the Legislature in 2005. The Director of ISDA is appointed by the Governor and is a member of the Governor’s Cabinet. The ISDA vision is to be a global leader in innovation and commercialization for food, fuel, and fiber production. For more info click this link:

Incumbent serves in a field location with the Division of Soil Conservation providing soil and water resource-related technical assistance to agricultural and urban landusers within a regional team. Assistance consists of facilitating the application of measures that protect and enhance the quality of soil and water and other natural resources. The incumbent will work cooperatively with conservation partners to finish assigned work and serve as a member of the regional team.

The incumbent will support staff with any current Division of Soil Conservation-led technical and financial agreements, including preparing reports, gathering data, and collaborating with partners on the agreements.

The salary for this position traditionally starts at $53,222.00 but may be commensurate with education or work experience.

The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Conduct engineering field surveys for the purpose of designing structural and agronomic erosion and sediment control practices on agricultural land.
• Prepare the design and completes engineering field layout of erosion and sediment control practices.
• Meetwith land users to encourage continued pursuit of conservation efforts, installation of planned practices, and proper maintenance of previously applied practices.
• Prepare time and progress reports and maintains field office records of ongoing projects.
• Coordinate with other ISDA Resource Specialists to ensure that technical assistance requests are being adequately serviced.
• Work closely with the regional partners to efficiently accomplish workload throughout the regional team.
• Maintain close working relations with personnel of other divisions in the Department, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and other federal, state, and local agencies and organizations.
• Essential functions of this position require travel on most workdays to inspect, audit, examine, survey, or investigate clients, customers, or other regulated entities and write reports at those sites or employee’s home. Employee reports to the agency’s office for occasional meetings or events. Number and timing of work hours may vary daily or weekly to accommodate operational needs and staffing concerns at the client’s or customer’s worksite, minimize expenditures for repeated visits to complete the work, and allocate resources to complete assigned work effectively.

The job profile is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

This position is exempt from overtime compensation for additional work hours which may be required to complete essential functions or other assigned work. Exempt employees may work more than 75 hours in a pay period without additional compensation and must report a minimum of 75 hours per pay period of work hours and/or paid leave taken to receive their base biweekly salary.

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