Forester

Opening Date Closing Date Type of Recruitment Salary Salary  Plan Pay Grade Shift Hours

Employment Type

Employment Term Agency Location (s)
Contact Name Contact Phone

9/17/2025 12:00:00 AM

9/30/2025 11:59:00 PM

Open Competitive

Yearly: $52,544.00

M37

13

8:00am – 4:30pm

Actual Vacancy

Regular

Blackbird State Forest:
(502 Blackbird Forest Rd, Smyrna, DE, 19977)

The Delaware Forest Service is seeking an Urban Forester. This position provides technical, financial, and educational assistance to community forestry programs that contribute to the health and well-being of Delaware cities and communities. This Urban Forester position reports directly to the Senior Forester and assists with the administration of Delaware Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Programs including: grant applications and programs, recognition programs such as Tree City USA and Tree Friendly.

The Urban Forester provides outreach to municipalities, homeowner groups, arborists, and tree professionals.

Essential functions are fundamental, core functions common to all positions in the class series and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties for any one position in the class.

Since class specifications are descriptive and not restrictive, incumbents can complete job duties of similar kind not specifically listed here.

• Provides expert consulting services on wildlife management, urban tree programs, economic aspects of woodland ownership and watershed management.
• Inventories forest resources, identifies trees, predicts growth and marks trees for cutting.
• Assists in the sale of timber, provides landowners with contractor bid lists, writes proposed contracts and oversees the work of successful contractors.
• Identifies types of insect infestations, tree diseases and recommends treatments.
• Identifies causes of poor soil, tree malnutrition and recommends treatments.
• Presents lectures, workshops, exhibits and slide shows to schools, civic and other organizations.
• Assists in fighting forest fires and operates specialty fire fighting equipment.
• Writes technical reports and articles.

JOB REQUIREMENTS for Forester Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:

• Possession of a Bachelors degree or higher in Forestry, Natural Resources or related field.
• Six months experience in forest management including dendrology, forest fire behavior and control, forest mensuration, timber harvesting, forest management plans, and using tools and equipment such as prisms, clinometers and increment borers.
• Six months experience in narrative report writing.
• Knowledge of preventing, controlling and diagnosing tree insects and diseases.
• Possession of a valid Driver’s License (not suspended, revoked or cancelled, or disqualified from driving).

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The State of Delaware Executive Branch participates in the Federal E-Verify system where the State will provide the federal government with each new hires Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information refer to our job seeker resources.

Functional Capability Evaluation:
Upon a conditional offer, you must take a Functional Capability Evaluation to assess your strength and agility to meet the physical requirements of the position.

All applicants must read the detailed physical requirements for this position which is located at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and the file is named (Regional Forester; Senior Forester; Forester – Agriculture
- Division of Forest Service).

The application and supplemental questionnaire are evaluated based upon a rating of your education,…