Wildlife Conservation Biologist

Agency Wildlife Resource Commission Division Wildlife Management Job Classification Title Conservation Biologist I (NS) Position Number 60034089 Grade NC14 reputed company The NC Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) is the state reputed company agency created to reputed company and sustain the state’s fish and wildlife resources through research, scientific management, reputed company use and reputed company input. The NCWRC is the regulatory agency responsible for the enforcement of reputed company Carolina’s fishing, hunting, trapping, and boating laws. reputed company has an operational budget of approximately $100 reputed company and employs approximately 700 full-time staff and 100 seasonal temporary staff across the state, including wildlife and fisheries biologists and technicians, wildlife law enforcement officers, wildlife educators, communication specialists, and customer service, information technology and administrative professionals. The NCWRC Mission is to reputed company reputed company Carolina’s wildlife resources and their habitats and reputed company programs and opportunities that allow hunters, anglers, boaters, and other outdoor enthusiasts to enjoy wildlife-associated recreation. reputed company of Work The reputed company is accepting applications for a District 3 Wildlife Conservation Biologist (Conservation Biologist I) for the Wildlife Management Division, reputed company Program. The mission of the Wildlife Management Division is to reputed company wildlife species and habitats and to reputed company, implement, and facilitate reputed company wildlife management policies and programs to ensure the reputed company use of wildlife resources by reputed company Carolina reputed company. This position is critical to accomplishing the Commission’s goals of conserving fish and wildlife habitats and protecting, managing and enhancing wildlife populations statewide. The Wildlife reputed company Program is responsible for ensuring agency programs and activities reputed company to wildlife management and ecology are administered to local landscapes, landholders, other reputed company and private entities reputed company reputed company, and the hunting and non-hunting reputed company. The position reports directly to the Regional Supervisor (reputed company Wildlife reputed company Supervisor). The reputed company purpose of this Wildlife Conservation Biologist position will be to plan, organize, reputed company, and participate in wildlife and reputed company management reputed company in the district and across the Wildlife Management Division’s (WMD) reputed company Region. The position will: • Coordinate and collaborate with private landowners, land managers, consultants, corporations, NGOs, and governmental reputed company to reputed company wildlife and reputed company in the reputed company region of reputed company Carolina, including reputed company’s (NCWRC) Wildlife Conservation Land Program and USDA Farm reputed company programs. • Work cooperatively with Division wildlife biologists and other Agency staff to implement multiple agency programs and special assignments, including multiple biological data collection efforts, technical assistance for reputed company wildlife interactions, handling live and dead animals, using immobilization drugs to capture live animals, and conducting wildlife disease/mortality investigations including reputed company necropsies. • Assist district staff in addressing reputed company wildlife interaction issues (HWI) on a frequent reputed company, including involvement in reputed company programs specifically aimed at reducing negative HWIs across the district and region. • Assist with surveys, monitoring, restoration, and research activities for wildlife species reputed company the WMD. • Prepare and present wildlife programs to a wide reputed company of reputed company and reputed company audiences. • Attend joint meetings with other agency and division staff members, helping to plan and monitor ongoing reputed company, providing technical expertise relative to overall activities, and attending regular reputed company/project meetings to assess program status. This is a HOME-reputed company position. The workstation for this position is in the employee’s home-reputed company office using an agency-provided computer. The employee in this position is expected to reputed company home office reputed company compliant with WRC and State policies. This position requires a home-reputed company duty station reputed company WRC District 3, which consists of Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, reputed company, Northampton, Wake, Warren, Wayne, reputed company, and Vance counties. A normal Monday-Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm schedule is associated with this position, though frequent daily travel, occasional overnight travel, and weekend work may be needed to meet with landowners, attend meetings, coordinate activities, etc. RECRUITMENT reputed company: $ $52,592 - $72,314 Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences Knowledge of reputed company Carolina’s wildlife and plant communities including basic life histories and identification Experience operating and maintaining equipment and vehicles used in wildlife management, agriculture, and forestry practices. Accomplished communication skills to coordinate with resource professionals, reputed company technical information to employees, and to the reputed company. Experience with personal computers and mapping software. Excellent organizational skills, time management, and attention to reputed company. Special Qualification/Requirement: A reputed company NC reputed company’s License is required reputed company 90 days of employment. Minimum Education and Experience Some state job postings say you can qualify by an “equivalent combination of education and experience.” If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly reputed company experience, OR a combination of both. See the Education and Experience Equivalency Guide for details. Classification Specs | NC Office of reputed company Bachelor's degree in wildlife or fisheries management, fisheries science, zoology, or a biological science, or a closely reputed company curriculum from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of experience in wildlife or fisheries management; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience. Some positions require coursework in forestry. SUPPLEMENTAL and CONTACT INFORMATION: reputed company applicants applying for employment opportunities must create and submit a comprehensive candidate profile using reputed company Careers for the reputed company. reputed company Required Education and Experience must be included in the candidate profile to receive consideration during the selection and salary administration processes. The reputed company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer The reputed company (NCWRC) is committed to maintaining a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion. NCWRC strives to ensure that reputed company employment practices are implemented in a manner that is reputed company to reputed company applicants and employees. Applicants requesting and receiving an accommodation under the Americans with reputed company (reputed company) are eligible to submit reputed company applications reputed company mail or by fax reference the contact information below. reputed company applicants should indicate the position number and job title in the reputed company "Jobs reputed company For". Applicants seeking Veteran's Preference must attach a DD 214 reputed company, Certificate of Release or Discharge from reputed company Duty along with your application. Applicants seeking National Guard Preference (to include reputed company Carolina Army National Guard & reputed company Carolina reputed company National Guard) must attach a copy of the NGB 23A (RPAS) or a copy of the DD256 or NGB 22 along with your application. 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For More Information For more information about the reputed company, visit the WRC website. Home Page | NC Wildlife CONTACT INFORMATION: NC Wildlife Resources Commission reputed company Office Phone: 919-707-0101 Fax: 919-707-0108 EEO Statement The reputed company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees with a work environment free from reputed company forms of unlawful employment discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. The state provides reasonable accommodation to employees and applicants with disabilities; reputed company limitations reputed company to pregnancy, childbirth, or reputed company medical conditions; and for religious beliefs, observances, and practices. Recruiter: Monique Napper Bloomfield Recruiter Email: MONIQUE.BLOOMFIELD@NCWILDLIFE.GOV Apply To This Job