https://mtstatejobs.taleo.net/careersection/200/jobdetail.ftl?job=26142770&tz=GMT-07%3A00&tzname=America%2FDenver

Job Overview:   

The incumbent organizes, coordinates and implements a statewide wildlife management program for forested state trust lands, under general supervision.  Advises DNRC personnel, including three Area biologists, in matters related to management of federally listed Threatened and Endangered species, wildlife habitat, forest ecology, and forest management.  Recommends statewide policy, programs, habitat models and actions that develop, preserve, or maintain wildlife habitats and associated populations.  Represents the Department and Division on state and federal interagency committees and working groups such as the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem Grizzly Bear Subcommittee and Montana Natural Heritage Program Partners group.  Forms, coordinates, and serves on internal DNRC working groups formed to facilitate development of state forest management policy and procedures.  Selects from a variety of established scientific research methods and techniques appropriate to specific data collection, modeling, and analysis needs to perform a wide variety of tasks.  Coordinates project activities, analyzes data, integrates natural resource policy and research through scientific literature review, and provides recommendations through oral and written technical reports.  Considerable professional judgment, data management, and writing skills are needed to recognize, interpret, and correlate a diverse and ever-expanding body of information on many aspects of wildlife habitat management, conservation biology, forestry, and climate change.  The position is solely responsible for the technical accuracy of work.  

Essential Functions (Major Duties or Responsibilities):  These job functions are the essential duties of the position and are not all-inclusive of all the duties that may be assigned to the incumbent. 

• Drafts and implements wildlife-related management policy and ARMs for state forest land management.  Serves as terrestrial wildlife lead to facilitate implementation with DNRC Trust Lands staff to ensure compliance with the 50-year Forest Management HCP and other state and federal laws, regulations, and management plan commitments that apply statewide to forest management activities.
• Represents the Department with other state and federal agencies, industry and the public in coordinating wildlife research and management.
• Designs, conducts, and implements wildlife habitat analysis for land management activities proposed and implemented on state-owned land on four east side Land Offices.

Benefits Include:

• Generous paid leave (vacation, sick, holidays). Vacation leave increases with years of service.
• Health, dental, vision, life insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
• Access to free employee medical clinics and telehealth.
• Retirement plans (Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution plus an optional 457b Plan).
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness - may qualify you for student loan forgiveness.
• Longevity pay with continued state service.