Natural Resources Program Coordinator - Conservation Lands & Resources

Job Description Summary

Department - Conservation Lands and Resources

OPEN TO CURRENT PIMA COUNTY EMPLOYEES ONLY

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 5550 - Natural Resources Program Coordinator

Salary Grade: 11

Pay Range: Hiring Range: $54,891 - $65,873 Annually
Pay Range: $54,891 - $76,856 Annually

Range Explanation

• Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.
• Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.

Pima County’s Conservation Lands Department is seeking highly motivated and hard-working individual to fill a position as Natural Resources Program Coordinator. In this position, you will work within the Parks and Trails Division of Conservation Lands & Resources supporting the operations of Gilbert Ray Campground in Tucson Mountain Park. This role manages the operations of the campground including customer service, reservations, volunteer camp hosts and visitor center clerks, staff schedules, site improvements and way finding.

The position is field-oriented, often in remote areas, with exposure to extreme summer temperatures and cold winter temperatures and requires the candidate to be in excellent physical condition. The campground reservation system is web-based and requires excellent computer skills. Creating a positive work environment at the campground is essential as volunteer camp hosts live on site and RV campers arrive in high volume during winter and spring seasons.

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Assists in development of program goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and plans;
• Performs a variety of program-related administrative functions including supervision, training, and evaluation of staff and/or volunteers;
• Assists with development and administration of program budgets, grant applications and administrative activities including budget tracking, purchasing, and preparing written reports;
• Coordinates hiring and directing activities of contractors;
• Monitors and provides recommendations on contractor performance;
• Coordinates implementation of community outreach activities and serves as a representative of the program, making program-related presentations, assisting with the preparation of news releases and other media materials, and participating in the development of community awareness programs and other efforts to promote public understanding of program activities, services, and requirements;
• Performs on-the-ground field work that supports program goals and objectives, including but not limited to invasive species surveys, treatments, and treatment monitoring, and other natural resources conservation and management duties as assigned;
• Maintains specialized databases contain program-specific information;
• Collects and trains others in the use of geospatial data;
• Analyzes data, reviewing and providing quality-control checks on program-specific data collected by others;
• Evaluates program effectiveness and provides recommendations to the program manager;
• Develops and/or provides input to written reports as needed;
• Coordinates with internal and external partners to advance and implement program goals and objectives.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in management, public or business administration, natural resources, conservation biology, botany, wildlife management, rangeland management, environmental science or a field closely related to Natural Resource/Parks and Recreation as defined by the department head at the time of recruitment AND one year of experience coordinating, monitoring, and/or…