The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) is seeking a full-time Lands Resource Supervisor – Timber Management. This position will be located at the Boise, SW Area.
Applications will be accepted through 11:59 PM MST on the posting end date.
Description
To supervise staff in resource management activities; perform related work. Generally, a Lands Resource Supervisor is assigned supervisor work related to Forest Management, Service & Regulatory Forestry, Fire Management or Lands & Waterways Management.
Examples of Duties
- Participates in the staff selection process by interviewing and making hiring decisions and recommendations. Authorized to approve all temporary hiring.
- Sets priorities and employee objectives, creates work plans and directs activities to ensure all necessary work is completed. Creates employee development plans to accomplish department and employee goals.
- Evaluates employee performance and guides them by providing feedback and coaching.
- Program Management and Planning Facilitates the planning, coordination and evaluation of program activities to meet department goals and resource concerns, identify land use opportunities and maximize resource manager efficiency.
- Establishes direction and sets priorities by reviewing the development and implementation of management plans such as forest improvement project plans, timber sale plans timber sale notices and other program plans.
- Ensures access to endowment lands by prioritizing needs and acquiring rights-of-way.
- Reviews and provides technical assistance and guidance to staff on land resource issues related to the timber program, such as silvicultural plans, statistical analyses to determine sales volumes, road engineering, logging engineering, contract and lease administration, hazard management plans, Forest Practices Act rule compliance, etc.
- Administration Responsibility for the budgeting of annual program operating expenses, temporary personnel costs, maintenance and various projects. Reviews the accuracy of program budget accounting and approves payments. Reviews and approves expenditures within authority and monitor program budget throughout the year
- Fieldwork is inspected and documents are reviewed for technical requirements, compliance with state and federal laws and fairness in lease/contract administration.
- Facilitate communications between area staff and bureaus.
- Public Relations Provides information in response to public, legislative and industry requests.
- Represents the Department on committees of concern.
- Works with private landowners, contractors, county government officials and the general public on a case-by-case basis as the specialty warrants.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience in:
- Preparing and administering contracts including implementation and evaluation of contracts as well as field inspection, compliance and reporting requirements.
- Interpreting public land surveys with legal descriptions, aerial imagery and topographic and property ownership maps.
- Using Geographic Information System (GIS) principles and data models.
- Managing projects including developing and evaluating projects, preparing reports and making recommendations.
- Making oral presentations and providing technical assistance and program information to management, clients or public groups.
- Performing financial analyses to determine cost/benefit of project proposals.
- Interpreting and applying state and federal laws, rules and regulations related to natural resource management activities.
- Writing technical reports.
Desired Qualifications
- Effective supervisory practices and conflict resolution methods.
- Forest management principles.
- Experience writing and reviewing forest management plans.
- Good knowledge of the Idaho Forest Practices Act and associated administrative rules.
- Good knowledge of forestry best management practices (BMPs) and forest management principles.
- Good knowledge of silviculture, dendrology, forest mensuration, forest engineering principles (road design and construction), soil science, and forest harvesting methods.
- Some knowledge of forest entomology, forest pathology and land survey techniques.
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 [email protected].
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.
