Natural Resource Manager 3: Water Section Chief (PCN 10-1315)

JOB
The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land & Water, is recruiting for a Natural Resource Specialist – Water Section Chief in Anchorage.This position is open to Alaska Residents only. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.Ready to lead and shape the future of Alaska’s public waters?What You Will Be Doing: We’re seeking a dynamic, visionary leader to guide the Water Resources Section. As the Natural Resource Manager 3, you’ll oversee a team of water management professionals responsible for administering the activities of four units within the Section: Alaska Hydrologic Survey, Dam Safety and Construction, Water Reservations, and Water Management.In this pivotal role, you’ll: Help to drive economic development by authorizing the use of the state's water resources, as well as overseeing jurisdictional dam safety, and hydrologic issues.Deal with a variety of water topics ranging from appropriation for public needs, effects of appropriation, approving appropriations from state ownership, to litigation. Mentor and inspire a dedicated team of 20 professional staff.Serve as a member of the Division's leadership team. This is more than a job — it’s an opportunity to lead, innovate, and leave a lasting legacy. Your decisions will enhance the quality of life for Alaskans today and for generations to come. If you’re passionate about public water management and thrive in collaborative environments, join us and make an impact that matters.Mission and Values/Culture: DMLW manages more than 105 million acres of state-owned uplands, and 65 million acres of tidelands, shorelands, and submerged lands, including about 34,000 miles of coastline—an area larger than many U.S. states. Your leadership will help oversee all of the State's water resources, which amount to about 40% of the nation's total fresh water, for resource development. The decisions made by this section influence how Alaska grows, develops, and stewards its water resources for future generations.As Section Chief, you will oversee four statewide programs: Alaska Hydrologic Survey, Dam Safety and Construction, Water Reservations, Water Management. Benefits of Joining Our Team: This position offers a meaningful leadership role that can positively impact the water, people, and economic development. The Water Resources Section is a team of 20 dedicated professionals whose work directly benefits Alaskans by managing a public resource belonging to the people of the state, for the maximum benefit of the public. All surface and subsurface waters on all lands in Alaska are reserved to the people for common use and are subject to appropriation in accordance with the Alaska Water Use Act. The Water Resources Section adjudicates water rights, provides technical hydrologic support, and assures dam safety.The Working Environment You Can Expect: This position is based in Anchorage, on the 10th floor of the Atwood building, in a workplace known for its collaborative, team-oriented environment. The work here is fast-paced, challenging, and solution-focused, offering opportunities to tackle complex issues and make impactful decisions every day. The Anchorage office offers a stunning view of the Chugach Mountain Range. It is conveniently located near a variety of services, the scenic Park Strip, and the Coastal Trail system, providing easy access to outdoor recreation and urban amenities.We are looking for a candidate who possesses the following position-specific competencies. Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.Leadership: Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.Creative Thinking: Uses imagination to develop new insights into situations and applies innovative solutions to problems; designs new methods where established methods and procedures are inapplicable or are unavailable.Click here to learn more about working for the Division of Mining, Land & Water.

EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class. Competency Description The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations instead of specific tasks and are only used as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to meet the competency successfully, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options for how an applicant can meet the job expectation.Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in: Administration and Management: Knowledge of planning, coordination, and execution of business functions, resource allocation, and production.Environmental Science: Knowledge of the interdisciplinary concepts, principles, theories, and methods of investigating the natural and physical environment, including examination of ecology, biology, physics, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geography, atmospheric, and other related sciences in the protection and improvement of the environment and its resources.Influencing/Negotiating: Persuades others; builds consensus through give and take; gains cooperation from others to obtain information and accomplish goals.Project Management: Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance.Vision: Understands where the organization is headed and how to make a contribution; takes a long- term view and recognizes opportunities to help the organization accomplish its objectives or move toward the vision.equivalent to those typically gained by: Education in a natural resource field, law, public administration, planning or economics and/or progressively responsible professional experience or managerial experience in natural resource management. Definitions: “Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation. “Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment. “Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility. “Qualified” means is assessed to credibly possess the competencies needed to learn the job in a reasonable period. “Training” and “education” in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs. “Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job. Special Note: For purposes of the minimum qualifications, natural resource management is defined as the management of the land, water, mineral, forest, oil, gas, agricultural, archaeological, natural and cultural history, park, and related surface and subsurface resources. Experience or education in natural resource management means involvement in the above resources exclusively. Those with experience or education in managing these resources may specialize in different management functions (for example, planning, regulation, research or title). All of this experience is applicable to the natural resource management definition. Some positions may require education in a particular area of natural resource management or specific technical knowledge and training gained through specialized education or progressively greater responsibilities at the lower levels of the series.

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