Paid Coordinator/Manager: Program Coordinator (AK)
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is hiring a coordinator to serve as the statewide Threatened, Endangered, and Diversity Program (TED Program) Leader, which consists of 10 professional staff working across the state of Alaska. Deadline to apply: April 23, 2024.
Agency/Organization: Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Location: Juneau, Anchorage or Fairbanks, Alaska
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Job Description: This position serves as the statewide Threatened, Endangered, and Diversity Program (TED Program) Leader, which consists of 10 professional staff working across the state of Alaska. The position helps guide the program’s research and conservation efforts on species of concern and coordinates the State of Alaska’s work on issues involving the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). A key goal of this position is to direct science and conservation needs for species of concern and address conservation challenges before species become highly imperiled. The position simultaneously juggles the relatively quick pace of ESA issues with the longer-term needs of research and conservation projects. The incumbent will create and maintain partnerships with other agencies, traditional region-based wildlife management programs, NGOs, universities, and other statewide, national, and international cooperators to achieve program goals. The position oversees the Division’s portion of the State Wildlife Grants program, which includes administering complex budgets that require matching funds from multiple, divergent sources. This position will have the opportunity to lead a small research or conservation project of their own, if desired (<15% of time).
The TED Program works proactively with state, federal, NGO, and private partners to conserve wildlife species (especially nongame species) before they become threatened or endangered and to recover species listed under the Endangered Species Act. The TED Program leads the implementation of Alaska’s State Wildlife Action Plan (in coordination with ADF&G’s Division of Sportfish) and represents Alaska’s nongame interests at the Pacific Flyway Council’s Nongame Technical Committee. TED Program staff are working to address a diverse range of projects, including research and conservation of olive-sided flycatchers, lesser yellowlegs, golden eagles, bank swallows, red knots, collared pikas, Alaska hares, bats, and gray-headed chickadees. Previous work has included seabirds such as Aleutian terns, Tufted puffins, Marbled and Kittlitz’s murrelets and there are opportunities to expand to other seabird species.
The TED Program also coordinates the State of Alaska’s staff work on ESA issues. TED Program staff work with experts across the State’s various natural resource departments to provide relevant information for ESA listing and other decisions, maintaining regular dialogue with federal agency and other partners, conducting research as needed, and helping lead conservation initiatives to recover listed species.
Qualifications: We are looking for a dynamic and motivated wildlife professional to lead the division’s Threatened, Endangered, and Diversity Program (TED Program).
The successful candidate will have some or all of the following desired strengths. To be considered for an interview, you must submit a cover letter that describes your work experience pertaining to each of the following numbered topics below. If you do not have experience with one or more of the topics listed below, simply say so. Your application should also include a resume.
- Experience as a wildlife biologist, including designing and performing field work or monitoring studies that informed conservation actions aimed at reversing species decline in a diversity of birds and mammals. Specifically identify work experience with non-hunted species, endangered species, hunted/game species, and wildlife research.
- Experience with the Endangered Species Act, especially research and management of species listed or being considered for listing and including making science-based recommendations for policy makers.
- Experience supervising and mentoring multiple staff, conducting performance evaluations and hiring for vacancies.
- Experience making science-based decisions or policy recommendations on complex and, at times, controversial issues.
- Experience managing grants and complex budgets. Desired experience includes work with Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) grants and federal funding that includes tracking match and other reporting obligations.
- Experience defining program priorities and project objectives as well as conducting research planning and review.
- Experience with interagency coordination, including building and maintaining effective partnerships with universities, agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and industry, especially in the conservation arena.
- Experience publishing research results; reviewing and editing scientific documents; and presenting scientific findings and briefings, including instances when the study was conducted by others.
Wage: $3,366.40 – $3,534.40 biweekly
To apply: For more information and to apply, click here.
Application Deadline: April 23, 2024
Start Date: July 1, 2024
Contact: Chris Krenz (chris.krenz@alaska.gov, 907-465-5157)
