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Closing: Tue. 04/24/18 11:59 PM Central Time
Salary: $3,053.00/Month
Job Type: Full-Time
Location: Davidson County, Tennessee
Department: AGRICULTURE
LOCATION OF (1) POSITION TO BE FILLED : DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY DIVISION, DAVIDSON COUNTY THIS POSITION WILL WORK AS A FORESTRY INFORMATION PROGRAM SPECIALIST Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in forestry and experience equivalent to three years of professional forestry work.
Substitution of Education for Experience: Additional qualifying graduate course work in forestry may substitute for the required experience, on a year for year basis, to a maximum of one year (e.g., 36 graduate quarter hours in forestry may substitute for one year of the required experience).
Necessary Special Qualifications: A valid vehicle operator's license may be required for employment in some positions.
Examination Method: Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.
This is a two part application process additional instructions will be sent via email. The second part of the application must be completed by Closing Date/Time: Tue. 04/24/18 11:59 PM Central Time
Summary: Under general supervision, is responsible for coordination of district-wide forest protection activities to include planning, prevention, detection, suppression, monitoring, and logistics or for specialized, technical, professional forestry work of considerable difficulty and performs related work as required.
Distinguishing Features: An employee in this class uses considerable technical expertise in coordination of forest protection activities or specialized forestry work of a statewide forestry program or district-wide forestry program(s). This class differs from Forestry District Manager in that an incumbent of the latter is responsible for district budgets, personnel decisions, and administrative supervision of a staff performing forestry programs.
Competencies:
- Action Oriented
- Approachability
- Customer Focus
- Integrity and Trust
- Managerial Courage
- Presentation Skills
- Problem Solving
- Process Management
- Strategic Agility
- Written Communications
Knowledge:
- Administration and Management
- Computers and Electronics
- Geography
- Geology
- Mathematics
Skills:
- Active Learning
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Mathematics
- Reading Comprehension
- Science
- Speaking
- Writing
- Coordination
- Instructing
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Complex Problem Solving
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Management of Financial Resources
- Management of Material Resources
- Time Management
Abilities:
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Mathematical Reasoning
- Number Facility
- Oral Comprehension
- Problem Sensitivity
- Time Sharing
- Written Comprehension
- Written Expression
- Stamina
- Speech Clarity
- Speech Recognition
Pursuant to the State of Tennessee’s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State’s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person’s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $3,053.00 /month
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