Stream Continuity Program Manager

Preferred Qualifications:

 

· A Graduate or Undergraduate degree in environmental science, ecology, natural resources, or a related field.

 

· Seven or more years of professional experience.

 

· Knowledge and understanding of river, stream and wetland ecology, and/or hydrology.

 

· Program development and management experience, including building internal and external capacity to meet identified program needs.

 

· Demonstrated ability to develop and manage a program budget, direct and coordinate work of project teams, and make management and budgetary decisions.

 

· Experience coordinating interagency activities and deliberations.

 

· Experience implementing proactive, partner-driven stream habitat and aquatic connectivity restoration projects with infrastructure components or constraints such as bridges, culverts, dams, roads, and utilities.

 

· Familiarity working with federal, state, and local agencies and non-governmental organizations on collaborative projects involving natural resource management or ecological restoration.

 

· Demonstrated awareness and experience with stream crossing replacement design methods that promote aquatic organism passage and resilience to storms, as well as social, economic, legal and technical trends in implementing aquatic habitat protection and restoration activities.

 

· Knowledge of environmental permitting at local, state, and federal levels.

 

· Experience in training, mentoring, overseeing or directing staff and/or contractors, including planning and assigning work according to the nature of the job to be completed; two years of experience preferred.

 

· Aptitude to work effectively in a collaborative team environment on multiple tasks with varying timelines.

 

· Propensity to work proactively and with self-initiative, and to exercise sound judgment and discretion.

 

· Must be a team player with strong people skills and a proven ability to motivate and engage others, effectively manage controversy, and forge and maintain partnerships.

 

· Adept at managing staff in a hybrid work environment, using both synchronous and asynchronous communication tools.

 

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

 

· Exceptional troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

 

· Excellent all-around computer experience including MS Office Suite and ArcGIS Online (AGOL) or ArcGIS Pro.

 

· Available to travel statewide and to participate in occasional evening and weekend site visits and meetings.

 

 

Qualifications

 

First consideration will be given to those applicants that apply within the first 14 days.

 

 

 

MINIMUM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must have at least (A) five years of full-time, or equivalent part-time technical or professional experience in urban or regional planning, environmental planning, transportation planning or land use planning, and (B) of which at least three years must have been in a professional capacity, and (C) of which at least one year must have been in a supervisory capacity, or (D) any equivalent combination of the required experience and the substitutions below.

 

 

 

Substitutions:

 

I. A Bachelor's degree with a major in urban or regional planning, environmental planning, urban studies, architecture, landscape architecture, civil, environmental, or transportation engineering or environmental sciences may be substituted for two years d the required (A) experience.*

 

 

II. A Graduate degree with a major in urban or regional planning, environmental planning, urban studies, architecture, landscape architecture, civil, environmental, or transportation engineering or environmental sciences may be substituted for three years of the required (A) experience and one year of the required (B) experience.

 

 

*Education toward such a degree will be prorated on the basis on the proportion of the requirements actually completed.

 

 

NOTE: Educational substitutions will only be permitted for a maximum of three years of the required experience. Substitutions will only be permitted for a maximum of one year of the required (B) experience. No substitution will be permitted for the required (C) experience.