DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR - FORESTRY AND FIRE - State of Idaho

Description

The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) has one (1) opening for a Division Administrator, Forestry and Fire. This is a non-classified position. This position is a full-time, benefited position located at our Staff Office in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

SPECIAL NOTIFICATION:  This position is exempt from classified state service and the rules of the Division of Human Resources and the Idaho Personnel Commission. Additional information can be found at: State Employee Compensation | Division of Human Resources (idaho.gov)

Salary Range is $58.00/hour +DOE and includes a competitive benefits package.

This position is a non-classified Division Administrator within the Department of Lands (IDL) reporting to the Deputy Director – Resource Management. IDL seeks talented people committed to delivering our land management, regulatory, and assistance missions and preparing IDL for future natural resource challenges.

This position is expected to serve as the Idaho State Forester as delegated by the Director. As a member of IDL’s executive leadership team, this position assists the Director, Deputy Director, and other Division Administrators with strategic planning, budgeting, and overall program planning, priorities, and direction. This position represents the Department through regular contact with the public, other state and federal agencies, stakeholders, and elected officials.

The Division Administrator may supervise 1-2 Deputy Division Administrators and up to four Bureau Chiefs responsible for statewide programs including Forestry Assistance, Fire Management, Good Neighbor Authority, and Shared Stewardship. This position directs the development, implementation, and maintenance of forestry and wildland fire programs on state, private and federal lands and, ensures the agency meets all financial responsibilities in these programs. The incumbent is responsible for directing, committing, coordinating, and acquiring resources to achieve performance measurements critical to the State Board of Land Commissioners.

You must possess all the minimum qualifications below. Please make sure your resume and work history support this. Failure to do so may disqualify you from being considered for this position.

Minimum Qualifications:

Graduation from a full four (4) year college course of study with a bachelor's degree, with a major in forestry, plus five (5) years of technical experience in the forestry-land management field; OR, ten (10) years of successful and progressive technical experience in forestry and land management activities of such a nature as to enable the applicant to perform these duties successfully at the professional level.

Experience: managing professional staff; analyzing management and program problems, identifying alternatives and recommending and implementing solutions; preparing and making presentations to groups.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• Experience managing a professional staff in cooperative forest management and fire management; setting goals and objectives for natural resource programs and projects, and evaluating results; budgeting for natural resource or land management programs; preparing forest management documents and reports; performing liaison activities and dealing effectively with local, state and federal entities, elected officials, business and community leaders, the media and general public to develop understanding, acceptance and support for a program; communicating effectively orally and in writing, and making public presentations.
• Considerable knowledge of forest management and fire management principles; state and federal laws and regulations governing forest practices and wildland fire suppression; private sector business practices; financial analysis methods; federal, state and local government operation.
• Good knowledge of customer service; developing and implementing public policy relating to land management; financial and accounting principles and practices; interpreting financial reports and data.
• Knowledge of a wide variety of natural resource programs sufficient to establish the credibility necessary for leadership of professional natural resource staff.
• Ability to establish a clear vision for programs within the position’s responsibility and guide staff towards efficient implementation.
• Proven experience with management practices, organizational development, and performance management.
• A track record of demonstrated leadership, vision and innovation for delivering results, building accountability for staff, and creating a positive work environment.

Special Requirement:

• Travel up to 30%.
• Occasional long shifts and weekend work.
• Valid Driver’s License.

Examples of Duties:

Administration:

• • Serves as the State Forester as delegated by the Director.
  • Develops division budgets, controls expenditures, and projects income.
  • Recommends, interprets, and applies regulations and policies and ensures consistency and compliance with governing laws and regulations.
  • Ensures compliance with statewide reporting requirements for the agency.
  • Directs preparation of reports on program progress.
  • Plans and coordinates a variety of special administrative projects and assignments.
  • Investigates, troubleshoots, and resolves or recommends solutions to complex or unusual inquiries, problems and issues.

   

  Leadership:

• Assist in setting expectations for performance standards; coach and mentor staff in their leadership and management roles.
• Sets and evaluates effectiveness of division priorities and goals to ensure strategic objectives are achieved.
• Evaluates effectiveness of programs and recommends/implements changes to improve performance.
• Provides technical assistance to staff in program development.
• Creates a team environment, providing leadership, direction and motivation for employees to accomplish the numerous goals and targets of multiple programs and projects.
• Represents Idaho on regional and national state forestry organizations such as the Western Forestry Leadership Coalition, Council of Western State Foresters, and National Association of State Foresters.

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  Management:

  • Participates in recruiting, interviewing and making hiring recommendations.
  • Provides for adequate resources and staffing levels in the division. Specifically, hires and trains staff, assigns work, and evaluates performance.
  • Coordinates work assignments and ensures effective communication among forestry & fire division staff and staff from other divisions.
  • Sets expectations for performance standards, provides coaching and feedback, identifies necessary training and evaluates performance to ensure productivity, quality of work and customer service.
  • Recognizes and resolves both internal and external personnel issues; mediates and implements appropriate corrective action as needed.

  Public Relations:

  • Directs, reviews, prepares and presents information and testimony to legislative and Congressional committees.
  • Analyzes impact of legislation on division programs; prepares issue analyses and/or audit responses.
  • Makes presentations to the State Board of Land Commissioners.
  • Provides liaison between staff and other state and federal agencies.
  • Advocates department programs and legislation to the state legislature and federal agencies.
  • Represents the Department on various federal, state and national boards and commissions.
  • Works with public information staff to provide information and promote Department services to the media, various officials, special interest groups and the public.
  • Responds to complaints concerning Department services and activities.

  Thank you for your interest in employment with the Idaho Department of Lands!

  Benefits:

  The State of Idaho offers a robust total compensation package, including medical, vision, and dental insurance; PERSI retirement benefits; paid sick, vacation, and parental leave; and 11 paid holidays per year. For additional information related to benefits and/or State programs, please visit https://dhr.idaho.gov/StateEmployees/Benefits.html.*

  EEO/ADA/Veteran:

  The State of Idaho is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, political affiliation or belief, sex, national origin, genetics, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.

  The State of Idaho is committed to access and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, auxiliary aids and services are available upon request. If you require an accommodation at any step in our recruitment process, you are encouraged to contact (208) 334-2263 (TTY/TTD: 711), or email ada.coordinator@dhr.idaho.gov.

  Preference may be given to veterans who qualify under state and federal laws and regulations.

  About the Idaho Department of Lands:

  Become part of an organization where you will work with dedicated people who are committed and skilled in managing and protecting Idaho's natural resources.
  The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) believes in its employees and values stewardship, service, accountability and cohesiveness. Our goals emphasize our people and processes, financial stewardship, and customer focus. We strive for a culture in which leadership equips, entrusts and expects employees to make decisions in fulfillment of our mission. View our Strategic Plan here.
  
  Under the direction of the Idaho State Board of Land Commissioners, IDL manages more than 2.5 million acres of state endowment trust land under a constitutional mandate to produce maximum long-term financial returns for public schools and several other State of Idaho institutions. Leases and other contracts are used to authorize revenue generating activities such as timber harvest, grazing, farming, mining, commercial use, residential use, and conservation in a prudent and sustainable manner.
  Managing endowment trust lands is only part of our story. We also protect public resources such as water quality, fish, wildlife habitat, and recreation on navigable waterways, and ensure the protection of water quality and other resources by overseeing forestry and mining practices across all ownerships in the state. We also work to reclaim abandoned mines in Idaho. One of our most important resource protection responsibilities is fire prevention and suppression. We also aid landowners in managing their forest lands, work with communities to plant trees in urban settings, help keep working forests working through the Forest Legacy Program, and work with many partners to promote healthy forests on a landscape level. IDL also is the administrative arm of the Idaho Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.