Wildlife Habitat Group Manager

at  Commonwealth of PA

THE POSITION

Are you looking for a challenging yet rewarding career in which you can contribute to the promising mission and vision of the Pennsylvania Game Commission? We are eager to welcome an experienced and dependable Wildlife Habitat Group Manager to plan, develop, and oversee wildlife habitat management projects within our beautiful state game lands. Don’t miss this excellent opportunity to make a difference, apply today!

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

As a Wildlife Habitat Group Manager, you will be responsible for planning and overseeing habitat projects, game lands maintenance, infrastructure construction and maintenance, equipment acquisition, and other projects and programs within the habitat management group. Excellent leadership skills are vital, as you will also perform a full range of supervisory functions to include performance reviews, conducting interviews and candidate selection, tending to leave requests, disciplinary actions, and more.
This position conducts a wide variety of duties including investigating work-related accidents or incidents, establishing workload priorities, preparing and submitting grant applications for supplemental funding for projects, and administering the budget for the group. You will also initiate and recommend acquisition of new game lands or additions to existing game lands which involves researching property owners and deeds, as well as contacting landowners for potential acquisition of properties and negotiating conditions.
Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:

• Two years of professional natural resource management experience; and a bachelor’s degree in natural resource management, parks and recreation, biology, forestry, ecology, geosciences, environmental sciences, wildlife management, or a closely related field; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• You must possess an active motor vehicle operator’s license.
• You must obtain a Pennsylvania Pesticide Applicator certification within the employee probationary period.
• You must successfully complete Wildland Type 2 Firefighter (FFT2) training, including successfully completing a Moderate (or Arduous) level Work Capacity Test (WCT) within the employee probationary period.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• You must reside and maintain a home office or be willing to relocate within 10 miles of the Group 5 (Blair and Huntingdon Counties) boundary line as measured by the shortest regularly traveled route.
• You must possess wildland or prescribed fire experience.
• You must have the ability to traverse all types of terrains for long distances in all types of weather conditions day or night.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (NOT REQUIRED):

• Experience planning and implementing wildlife habitat projects.
• Experience with maintenance and construction of roadways, culverts, and other construction experience.
• Experience utilizing herbicides.
• Possession of certificate(s) related to the use of herbicides.
• Additional certifications or licenses that may assist in this position.
• Professional experience writing natural resource management plans.
• Experience utilizing Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, ArcMap.
• Experience managing employees.

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS:

• This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law.
• Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.

Please refer the Job description for details