The Travis County Transportation and Natural Resources department is looking for a well-organized and focused individual who can supervise Natural Resources Specialists and seasonal technicians conducting wildlife management, land management, and maintenance activities on the Balcones Canyonland Preserve (BCP) and other Travis County managed lands.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

This is a job classification within the Professional Support job family. Incumbents use judgment to resolve complex issues involved with research projects. This classification may require a flexible work schedule in order to meet the needs of the department.

Primary duties include:
• Supervising staff responsible for wildlife management activities
• Supervising and train seasonal technicians who support biological monitoring
• Maintaining preserve infrastructure including facilities, fences, roads, trails, and equipment.
• Conducting habitat enhancement projects.
• Coordinating and reviewing the work of contractors.
• Implementing nuisance species control
• Conducting rare species monitoring
• Reviewing issues that may negatively impact Travis County managed land and coordinating mitigation efforts.

The position supervises full-time and seasonal technicians who support land management, maintenance, and biological monitoring activities on the BCP.

This position has a hybrid work environment, combining office, teleworking, and various field locations.

Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in Natural Resources, Environmental Science, Ecology, Biology or a directly related field AND three (3) years experience in natural resources management, land management or field biology, including project management and program development, and one (1) year of supervisory or management experience.

OR,

Any combination of education and experience that has been achieved and is equivalent to the stated education and experience and required knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of this job.

Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements:
Valid Texas Driver's License.
Depending on assigned duties, may require International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Arborist Certification, International Erosion Control Association (IECA) Erosion Control Specialist Certification, or Pest Control License.

Preferred Qualifications:
S130/190 Wildland Firefighter Certification
Texas Pesticide Applicator License
ArcPro Experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Conducting investigations, including data collection, analyzing, interpreting and writing a report of results.
• Conducting sampling.
• Standard theory, principles, practices, and techniques of conservation- based land management.
• Federal, State, Local and County applicable environmental laws, rules, regulations and guidelines. Management and supervisory principles, practices and techniques.
• Local ecological systems and conditions.
• Fiscal policies, budget programming and budget tracking.
• Grant writing, project management, and environmental specifications.
• Computer equipment to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases, ArcView Geographic Information System (GIS) hardware and software, and related applications.
• Business letter writing, grammar and punctuation, and report preparation.

• Using ArcView Geographic Information System (GIS).
• Using biological monitoring and censusing, and wildlife control equipment.
• Supervisory principles, practices and techniques. Explaining complicated technical problems in simple non-technical language.
• Problem-solving and decision-making.
• Both verbal and written communication.

• Manage time well, perform and prioritize multiple tasks, organize diverse activities, and implement environmental research and projects.
• Meet deadlines and produce projects in a timely manner while working on several projects at once.
• Develop and implement new and innovative ideas for managing natural resources.
• Managing data in geo-databases.
• Manage, plan, assign, supervise, motivate, train, evaluate and supervise professional and administrative support staff. Provide management and team building.
• Work as a team member within a diverse organization.
• Exercise diplomacy and avoid bias in handling controversial issues.
• Research, compile, analyze, interpret and prepare a variety of memorandums or reports.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with County employees and officials, representatives of outside agencies, and the general public.

Physical requirements the ability to lift/carry up to 20-50 pounds occasionally, visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer and office equipment. Subject to driving a 4-wheel drive vehicle, standing, walking/hiking (some rough terrain), carrying, sitting, repetitive motion, reaching, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pushing, pulling, balancing, client/customer contact, squatting to perform the essential functions. May work in extreme temperature/weather change/conditions, and smoke on prescribed or wild fires. Maybe subject to contact with dangerous machinery, fumes, communicable/infectious disease, and hazardous chemicals.

Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.

This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.

Work Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm

Department: TNR (Transportation & Natural Resources)

Location: 9512 N FM 620, Austin, TX 78726, USA

Criminal, Driving, Education, and Employment Background Checks Required.

For updates or questions about this posting, contact: TNR-Human-Resources@traviscountytx.gov