Soil Conservationist - State Resource Conservationist
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- Provides state leadership for the development, improvement, and maintenance of technical data, standards, guides, and manuals related to resource conservation planning, biology, recreation, plant technology, and resource development.
- Provides guidance and direction for the use of automated programs such as: Customer Service Toolkit, nutrient management planning, erosion prediction, grazing lands spatial analysis took, energy tools, and soil tillage intensity rating.
- Serves as a consultant and adviser to the State Conservationist and staff in developing state policy concerning resource conservation planning, management practice implementation and vegetative phases of conservation programs.
- Provides supervision to staff, which may include Rangeland Management Specialists, Agronomists, Foresters, Biologists and Soil Conservationist.
- Provide overall leadership of program activities, making work assignments, evaluating performance, interviewing candidates and making selections; determines training needs for direct reports and provides training to NRCS personnel.
- Serve as Chair of the State Technical Guide Committee. Represents NRCS on state and federal committees that set data standards and warehouse data.
- Develops and maintains close working relations with resource conservation planning, plant sciences, environment-related agencies and other natural resource related agencies and organizations in the state.
- Helps keep conservation district officials informed of NRCS programs in resource conservation planning and serves as primary POC with groups such as colleges and universities and other organizations to address their technical issues.
Starting at $103,409 Per Year (GS 13)
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