Program Supervisor - Trust Lands Program Manager

Job Description - Program Supervisor - Trust Lands Program Manager

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Program Supervisor - Trust Lands Program Manager )

The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation's mission is to help ensure that Montana's land and water resources provide benefits for present and future generations.

The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation’s Forestry and Trust Land Division recognizes that building a collaborative, professional, and inclusive work environment is critical to fulfilling our mission of managing, protecting, and promoting stewardship of Montana’s forests and lands for the benefit of current and future generations and our trust beneficiaries. We hold ourselves to these high standards as we are accountable to the people of Montana.

• We value and respect each other.
• We create collaborative work environments.
• We build and maintain strong relationships.
• We celebrate our successes and take pride in our work.

The NWLO Trust Lands Management Program Manager is responsible for developing, coordinating, and integrating short- and long-range program goals, planning, and implementing procedures for trust land management within the NWLO. These responsibilities are focused on the primary program areas of forestry, real estate, minerals, agriculture/grazing, and their respective subprograms. The Trust Lands Program Manager supports Area and Unit implementation of programs through coordination and oversight, strategic development and direction, policy interpretation and guidance, fiscal support, and conflict resolution.

Program Planning and Development: The Trust Lands Program Manager identifies, develops, and pursues strategic opportunities to optimize immediate and long-term benefits to the trust beneficiaries accruing from the management of NWLO trust assets. This position represents trust land management programs with other state, federal, Tribal, local government and private resource managers in the coordination and development of statewide interagency policies and procedures, DNRC regulations, and state rules related to trust land management.

The position represents Department direction with DNRC personnel, other resource professionals, cooperators, the media, other state agency decision‑making personnel, and the public to develop mutual goals, objectives, strategies, and policies; coordinate activities; explain Department operations; and exchange information.

Program Oversight and Coordination: The Trust Lands Program Manager engages in problem solving, facilitation and conflict resolution at both the Area and Unit level, incorporating four separate but related programs with unique and occasionally divergent views, priorities, and/or objectives. The program manager provides program coordination and oversight, policy interpretation and guidance, training, contract review, technical and fiscal support, and operations support as needed to the Area and Units.

This position occasionally acts for and on behalf of the Area Manager when she/he is absent, and is authorized to make necessary decisions, implement policies, and monitor compliance.

Staff Supervision: The Trust Lands Program Manager supervises Area‑level program staff.

• Online State of Montana application
• Resume

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• Work/life balance
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• A vibrant Employee Assistance Program
• State of Montana employment may qualify you to receive student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Look here to learn more and understand whether or not you may qualify.

Additional benefit package information is available here.

This position requires education and experience equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in natural resource management, business or public administration, environmental or life science or a related field and 5 years progressively…