Responsibilities:

• Provides tactical oversight of statewide field operations related to Forest Practices
• Implementation coordination with peers (Assistant Region Managers) in DNR’s Regions and statewide coordination with agencies with overlapping and complementary regulatory responsibilities.
• Providing expert advice/guidance to regional program staff concerning operations, unstable landforms/slopes, and hydraulic project engineering.
• Facilitating informal dispute resolution with landowners and other interested parties.
• Staffing legal appeals of program regulatory decisions and enforcement actions.
• Developing and verifying consistent implementation of program rule implementation guidance.
• Monitoring actual compliance with Rules; and
• Developing and providing appropriate training to program staff, landowners/operators, and other interested parties to help ensure understanding and field-based compliance with Rules.
• Provides excellent employee supervision and serves on the Forest Regulation Division Management Team Responsible for supervising assigned staff including establishing and maintaining clear performance expectations and priorities, supporting employee growth and development, providing coaching and mentoring, providing performance feedback, and effectively taking or recommending corrective action when appropriate to do so.
• Helps develop budget requests for assigned program areas, makes effective and efficient use of approved budgets to accomplish specified priorities and deliverables, monitors expenditures, and anticipates and makes recommendations for budget adjustments.
• Provides operations-related staff support to the Forest Practices Board.

Required Qualifications: 

• A Bachelor’s degree in a pertinent natural resources field or discipline.
• Significant successful supervisory experience, including responsibility for three or more direct reports.
• Advanced knowledge of forest harvesting, road construction/maintenance, pesticide application, and other forest practices as currently applied in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, and British Columbia.
• Successful budgetary oversight responsibility for> $0.5 million/year.
• Exemplary oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational, time-management, and decision-making skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to think strategically and act assertively while maintaining positive, productive professional relationships.
• Ability to analyze and think critically and creatively to recommend or create solutions.
• Position Specific Core Competencies:
  • A high degree of resiliency.
  • Ability to function well under stress.
  • Strong partnering and relationship-building skills and aptitudes.
  • Ability to lead others through periods of uncertainty and change.
  • Strong accountability.
  • Highly productive.
• DNR Core Competencies:
  • Personal Accountability
  • Value Others
  • Compassionate Communication
  • Inspire Others
  • Commitment to Excellence

• Office setting (Natural Resources Building in Olympia, WA). The building environment consists of a cubicle workstation with a computer in an open area that is subject to noise from nearby conversations, telephones, and ventilation.
• Occasional travel to Regions and other locations for meetings and field tours (typically, less than 20% of the time over a year).

• An advanced degree in a pertinent natural resources field or discipline.
• At least three years (36 months) of successful experience implementing Washington State forest practices laws, rules, and Board Manual guidance.
• Knowledge of Washington’s forest practices Adaptive Management Program framework.
• Successful responsibility as a second-line supervisor or higher.
• Experience working in a natural resources program organized with a centralized headquarters policy/budget organization and program implementation carried out through geographically dispersed
  work units.
• Practical experience working in a cooperative, consensus-based committee or work group.
• Experience developing, allocating, and managing complex, large operating budgets.
• An understanding of, and experience with, the legislative process, particularly with respect to developing legislative funding or policy proposals and creating or evaluating bill analyses.

Application Requirements:

• Apply online: at www.careers.wa.gov (Click on the APPLY button above).
• Letter of interest: describing your specific qualifications to the position and position required, desired, and special requirements.
• Resume: that details your experience and qualifications.
• References: at least three professional references with current telephone numbers– you may attach a document, use the References text field in the online application, or include it with your resume.
• Copy of your college degree certificate or an unofficial copy of your transcripts. If you have questions regarding attaching this document please contact dnrrecruiting@dnr.wa.gov. If you do not attach your college degree certificate or an unofficial copy of your transcript your application will not move forward in the application process. 
• Important: Do not attach any documents that include photos or private information (social security number, year of birth, etc.).
• Complete all supplemental questions.
• Candidates who move forward in the recruitment process may be contacted via email at info@governmentjobs.com with interview information/scheduling instructions. Please monitor the email listed in your application materials and check your junk email folder to ensure you receive those communications.

• Safety and Well-Being —Our top priority is the safety of the public and our employees.
• Public Service —We value and respect the public we serve, and we value and respect the people of the Department of Natural Resources who step up to serve.
• Innovation and Creative Problem-Solving — We solve our state’s most pressing challenges through innovative thinking, dedication, and bold and creative vision.
• Leadership and Teamwork —We are committed to building leaders at all levels and building teams for success.

• Commitment to organizational health and wellness
• Work/life balance
• DNR Employee Resource Groups (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council, Women’s Employee Resource Group, Veterans Employee Resource Group, etc.)
• Statewide Employee Business Resource Groups, visit here to learn more
• Leadership that empowers and supports employees
• Professional development opportunities
• Educational and career development aid
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Eligibility
• Opportunities to participate in wildland fire suppression assignments
• A comprehensive benefits package that includes employer contributions toward health insurance, paid holidays, retirement plans, sick leave, and vacation days. Visit http://careers.wa.gov/benefits.html for more information.