Wildlife Biologist -P11 - Muskegon

This position assists with and performs a wide variety of professional wildlife management activities including planning, implementation, monitoring, and analyzing wildlife habitat projects on public and private lands and helps protect, develop, and maintain State Game and Wildlife Areas in the assigned area (Muskegon, Ottawa, Kent Counties). Other activities include making wildlife regulation recommendations including hunting and trapping regulations, inspection of privately owned cervid facilities, assisting other agencies (e.g. USFS), and organizations (e.g. NWTF youth hunt), implementing endangered species mgmt.

plans (e.g. KBB in Muskegon County) and learning about and participating in statewide work groups.

Possession of a bachelor's degree in natural resource science or biological science with at least 8 semester (12 term) credits in wildlife biology and 16 semester (24 term) credits in one or a combination of the following: botany, ecology, ecosystem management, entomology, natural resources GIS applications, mammalogy, ornithology, wildlife management, zoology, conservation biology, human dimensions of fish and wildlife management, evolutionary biology, forest resources, environmental science, or natural resources law and policy.

• Wildlife Biologist 9:
  No specific type or amount is required.
• Wildlife Biologist 10:
  One year of professional experience carrying out wildlife biology assignments equivalent to a Wildlife Biologist 9.
• Wildlife Biologist P11:
  Two years of professional experience carrying out wildlife biology assignments equivalent to a Wildlife Biologist, including one year equivalent to a Wildlife Biologist 10.

Please attach a cover letter, resume, official college transcripts, and three professional references to your application. Information provided in your application, resume, cover letter, transcripts, writing assignment, and any other documentation provided will be used to verify responses to the supplemental questions. Unsupported responses may not be considered further. For those candidates selected for an interview, we plan to score the cover letter and the resume for grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, format, and content.

If applicable, you must attach an electronic and/or scanned copy of your official college/university transcripts. For our purposes, “Official Transcripts” must contain the college/university name and address, the degree conferred and date granted, coursework completed (especially if no degree granted), and the Registrar's signature and/or seal. Your application for any position does not guarantee that you will be contacted by the Department/Agency for further consideration.

Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the results.

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