Natural Resources Management Specialist Ii - Temporary - Lihue, Kauai

Recruitment Number 26-0020

The current vacancy is a temporary full‑time position with the Department of Land & Natural Resources, Forestry & Wildlife Division. THIS JOB POSTING WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 30 APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED. PLEASE APPLY IMMEDIATELY AS THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME. Salary: $4,590 per month (SR-18, Step

D).

Note:

Employees appointed to temporary positions may also gain membership in the civil service upon satisfactory completion of an initial probation period of at least six months. Once you become a member of the civil service, you become eligible to apply for promotion and transfer opportunities to permanent as well as other temporary positions. You may also enjoy other rights and benefits afforded to an employee in a permanent position with the exception of return rights and placement rights associated with a reduction‑in‑force.

The objective of the State's Natural Area Reserves Management program is to preserve the State's unique natural ecosystems and geologic formations. Natural Area Reserves, Forest Reserves, and Wildlife Sanctuaries encompass diverse ecosystems including forests, wetlands, offshore islands, bogs, grasslands, marine coastal areas, lava flows, coastal dunes and snowy alpine terrain. They support many highly specialized plant and animal species unique to Hawaii.

The Natural Resources Management Specialists (NRMS) are responsible for the development and implementation of operational management plans for natural area reserves and other natural areas that involve a variety of activities to prevent disruption of pristine areas or the degradation of sites, and to recover critically imperiled areas and native ecosystems and species. Such activities include inventory of species and ecosystem conditions;

protection of areas; development and implementation of innovative management prescriptions; monitoring ecosystem and species trends; implementing adaptive management as needed; and designing and implementing educational and scientific projects, programs, and studies.

NRMS II positions are advanced trainees through which they advance as part of the progression to full performance as an independent worker. Assignments characteristically involve assisting in natural area management projects for which a higher‑level specialist is responsible. Assignments are screened to eliminate highly complex or unusual problems. Complex assignments are given and conducted under close guidance to progressively develop the position's incumbent to work at the next higher level.

To qualify, you must meet all of the following requirements:

• Legal Authorization To Work – The State of Hawaii requires all persons seeking employment with the government of the State shall be citizens, nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States.
• Education – Bachelor's degree from an accredited four‑year college or university with a major in a natural resources field, such as:
  • Natural resources management, forestry, wildlife management, or other related resource management majors;
  • Botany, zoology, wildlife biology, entomology, or other related natural resource science majors;
  • Environmental studies with an area of concentration related to natural resource management.
• Experience – Excess professional work experience or any other progressively responsible administrative, professional or other analytical work experience which provided knowledge, skills and abilities comparable to those acquired in four (4) years of successful study may be substituted for the required education; such experience must have been of such scope, level and quality as to assure possession of comparable knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Skills – The education or experience background must also demonstrate the ability to write clear and comprehensive reports, read and interpret complex written material, and solve complex problems logically and systematically.
• Special Requirement – Lautenberg – These vacancies require handling of firearms and ammunition. Applicants must meet all Federal and…