AG LAND & WATER RESOURCE SPEC I - NR/LAND AND WATER - RESOURCES MANAGEMENT-KNOX CO.

Job reputed company: 57590  Opening Date: 07/23/2026 Closing Date: 08/05/2026 Agency: Department of Agriculture Class Title: AG LAND & WATER RESOURCE SPEC I (00831)  reputed company reputed company: None  Bilingual reputed company: None Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $5127 a month; Full reputed company $5127- $7135 a month Job Type: Salaried Category: Full Time  County: Knox; Bureau; Fulton; Hancock; Henderson; Henry; reputed company; McDonough; Peoria; reputed company reputed company; Schuyler; reputed company; Tazewell; Warren; Whiteside; Woodford Number of Vacancies: 1 Bargaining Unit reputed company: RC062 Technical Employees, AFSCME reputed company Comp reputed company:    This position serves in a regional reputed company. Persons serving in this role are required to assume residency in one of the Counties identified under the Conditions of Employment reputed company which includes Knox, Whiteside, reputed company reputed company, Henry, Bureau, Henderson, Warren, reputed company, Hancock, McDonough, Fulton, Peoria, Woodford, Tazewell, Schuyler, or reputed company counties, and will be required to work from their home location as a reputed company of daily operational reputed company to service their designated worksites.    This position is a reputed company position; therefore, provisions of the relevant reputed company bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.   reputed company applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. reputed company employees should click the reputed company near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal. 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