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Natural Resource Specialist 2

  2026-04-06     State of Alaska     Juneau,AK  
Description:

Salary: $30.62 Hourly
Location : Anchorage, AK
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 53361
Department: Natural Resources
Division: Mining, Land & Water
Opening Date: 03/31/2026
Closing Date: 4/13/2026 5:00 PM Alaska
Position Open To: Alaska Residents Only
Bargaining Unit: General Government
Range: 16

Job Description
The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land & Water, is recruiting for a Natural Resource Specialist in Anchorage.
This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please check our to determine if you qualify.
What You Will Be Doing:

Theduties of this Natural Resource 2 position within the Division of Mining, Land and Water (DMLW), Land Conveyance Section (LCS) include:

  • Collaborating with a team in a dynamic and diverse office setting.
  • Identifying, preparing, and coordinating future land disposal projects.
  • Conducting extensive land status, regulatory, and legal research.
  • Generating innovative and creative solutions to land management problems.
  • Producing defensible decisions while also maintaining land management records.
If you would like to make a difference inour state by accepting these duties, our supportive and motivated team is looking for you!
Mission and Values/Culture:

The DMLW mission is to "To provide for the appropriate use and management of Alaska's state-owned land and water, aiming toward maximum use consistentwith the public interest." The LCS mission is "To provide opportunities for land entitlement, preference right, and competitive sale, directly or indirectly benefiting the residents and nonresidents of Alaska, encouraging private land ownership and settlement." LCS contributes to these missions by fulfilling constitutional and legislative mandates to encourage the settlement of State lands and by creating opportunities for land ownership in the public's interest. This position is on the Competitive Land Conveyance Unit, also known as the Project Development Team, whose purpose is to provide opportunities for private land ownership through various land sale programs. This position helps drive the State's economy through a variety of unique land sale programs and creates opportunities to get Alaska's Lands into Alaskans' Hands.
Benefits of Joining Our Team:

Benefits of joining our team in the Land Conveyance Section include:
  • Working with a team of new and tenured subject matter experts.
  • Meaningful work that has a noticeable impact on the people of Alaska.
  • Opportunities for training, telework, and a flexible schedule.
  • Positive and supportive environment that encourages professional development.
  • Opportunity for advancement.
The Working Environment You Can Expect:

The position is located on the sixth floor of the Robert B. Atwood building, which offers free surface or covered parking and provides easy access to all that downtown Anchorage has to offer. Core office hours are 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., with a 7.5-hour daily work schedule, Monday through Friday. The daily routine for this position includes collaborating on projects, participating in policy discussions, guiding other staff, and communicating effectively with the rest of the team. Though this position is primarily office-based, we offer hybrid telework opportunities and flexible schedules for all our staff. Occasional travel for fieldwork is required. Travel to rural locations may require travel in small aircraft, boats, or off-road vehicles.
We are looking for a candidate who possesses the following position-specific competencies.
  • Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one's knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
  • Oral Communication: Makes clear and convincing oral presentations. Listens effectively; clarifies information as needed.
  • Writing: Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material, that is appropriate for the intended audience.
  • Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
  • Legal, Government, and Jurisprudence: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, legal practices and documents, Government regulations, Executive orders, agency rules, Government organization and functions, and the democratic political process.
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Minimum Qualifications
Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions
This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency DescriptionThe competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations instead of specific tasks and are only used as parameters and guidelines. A competency's description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to meet the competency successfully, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options for how an applicant can meet the job expectation.
Minimum Qualifications
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
  • Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one's knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
  • Decision-Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
  • Legal, Government, and Jurisprudence: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, legal practices and documents, Government regulations, Executive orders, agency rules, Government organization and functions, and the democratic political process.
  • Oral Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
  • Writing: Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material, that is appropriate for the intended audience.
equivalent to those typically gained by:

Education in a natural resource field (such as forestry, geology, agronomy, and hydrology), public administration, planning, economics, cartography, or a closely related field and/or professional level experience in natural resource management.
Definitions:

"Competencies" means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.
"Professional experience" means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.
"Qualified" means is assessed to credibly possess the competencies needed to learn the job in a reasonable period.
"Training" and "education" in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.
"Typically gained by" means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

Special Note:

For purposes of the minimum qualifications, natural resource management is defined as the management of the land, water, mineral, forest, oil, gas, agricultural, archaeological, natural and cultural history, park, and related surface and subsurface resources. Experience or education in natural resource management means involvement in the above resources exclusively. Those with experience or education in managing these resources may specialize in different management functions (for example, planning, regulation, research or title). All of this experience is applicable to the natural resource management definition. Some positions may require education in a particular area of natural resource management or specific technical knowledge and training gained through specialized education or progressively greater responsibilities at the lower levels of the series.

Additional Required Information
** Please read the information below carefully. **
At the time of the interview, please ensure that you provide the following materials. Failure to do so may result in loss of consideration. Required documents include:
  • Writing sample - see instructions below.
  • A copy of your last two performance appraisals or two letters of reference if performance evaluations are not available.
  • Three professional references with current contact information, one of which must be a former or current supervisor.
  • Valid driver's license.
  • A resume with a complete job history.
SPECIAL NOTICES
  • A Public Notary Commission is preferred but not required in advance (this may be obtained after hire).
  • Requires occasional travel within the State (typically 1 - 3 trips of up to 4 days in length per year), occasionally to remote locations via small aircraft, boats, or off-road vehicles.
Application Notice

You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or by submitting a paper application. Instructions for applying are available on the Workplace Alaska webpage. Your application must be received by 5:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on the closing date.
Writing Sample

If invited to an interview, you will be required to provide a professional writing sample for which you were the author or a major contributing author. The professional writing sample should illustrate your ability to explain detailed or complex information in a clear and concise manner. The writing sample may be an excerpt of a larger document or multiple smaller documents.
Supplemental Questions

For your application to be evaluated, you must answer the Supplemental Questions. The State of Alaska (SOA) uses four proficiency levels to measure and describe an applicant's competence in applying specific behaviors, knowledge, skills, and abilities to accomplish a specific task. The four proficiency levels are Mastery, Fluency, Literacy, and Discovery. You must rate your proficiency level for each competency listed in the supplemental questions.
Education

If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill out the Education section of the application. If you have not yet obtained a degree, please indicate the units you have completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position.
Special Instructions for Foreign Education

Education completed at foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. If using this education to meet minimum qualification requirements, you must demonstrate that the credentials have been submitted to a private organization specializing in interpreting foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in standard U.S. education programs. Alternatively, an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution must report that the other institution's transcript is given full value or that full value is recognized in relevant subject areas aligned with the post-secondary institution's curricula. It is your responsibility to provide this evidence when applying.
Work Experience

If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer's name, job title, employment dates, and whether full or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine whether the responses are supported and whether the minimum qualifications are met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the recruitment interview and selection phase.
Note: Attaching a resume does not substitute for completing the application in full. Noting, "see resume" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.
Bargaining Unit

If you are a current state employee, please indicate the union to which you belong at the time of application. Do not complete this question if you are not a current state employee.
Driver's License Requirement

Applicants must possess a valid driver's license. Proof of licensure will be required prior to reporting to duty.
Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.
EEO STATEMENT
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodation, auxiliary aids or services, or alternative communication formats should call 1-800-###-#### or (907) ###-#### in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-###-#### or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.

Contact Information
If you choose to be contacted by email, please ensure that your email address is correct on your application and that your spam filter will permit emails from the governmentjobs.com domain.
Workplace Alaska Application Questions & Assistance

Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 1-800-###-#### (toll-free) or (907) ###-#### if you are in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to
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For specific information about this position, please get in touch with the hiring manager at the following:
Denise Wiltse

Natural Resource Manager 1

Phone: 907-###-####

Email: ...@alaska.gov
Careers with the State of Alaska offer MANY benefits

The following information describes typical benefits available to employees of the State of Alaska. Actual benefits received may differ by bargaining unit or branch of government, position type, or be prorated for other than full time work.

For a quick breakdown of the insurance, health, and retirement benefits available for State Employees you can view an (Please note this video is specifically designed for new State Employees.)

Insurance Benefits
  • Health insurance, which includes employer contributions toward medical/vision/dental
    • The following employee groups are under AlaskaCare Benefits administered by the State: See for additional information.
      • AVTEC
      • Confidential
      • Correctional Officers
      • Marine Engineers
      • Mt. Edgecumbe Teachers
      • Supervisory
      • Unlicensed Vessel Personnel/Inland Boatman's Union
      • Exempt employees (not covered by collective bargaining)
    • The following employee groups are covered by Union health trusts. Contact the appropriate Union for additional information.
      • General Government
      • Labor, Trades and Crafts
      • Public Safety Employees Association
      • Masters, Mates & Pilots
  • Employer paid Basic Life insurance with additional coverage available (amount depends on Bargaining Unit)

Optional Insurance Benefits
  • Group-based insurance premiums for
    • Term life (employee, spouse or qualified same sex partner, and dependents)
    • Long-term and short-term disability
    • Accidental Death and Dismemberment
    • Long-term care (self and eligible family members)
    • Supplemental Survivor Benefits
  • Employee-funded flexible spending accounts for tax savings on eligible health care or dependent care expenses

Retirement Benefits
  • Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Teachers' Retirement System (TRS)
  • Matching employer contribution into a defined contribution program (new employees)
  • Employer contribution into a defined benefit or defined contribution program (current employees)
  • Contributions to the Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan in lieu of contributions to Social Security
  • Option to enroll in the Alaska Deferred Compensation Program
  • Note: The Defined Contribution Plan, Supplemental Annuity Plan and Deferred Compensation Program offer a variety of investment options

See for additional information

Paid Leave & Other Benefits
  • Personal leave with an accrual rate increase based on time served
  • Twelve (12) paid holidays a year

01

Please rate your level of proficiency in Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one's knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
  • Mastery: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.
  • Fluency: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.
  • Literacy: Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have limited application or practice.
  • Discovery: Awareness of basic/fundamental concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area.
  • None of the above.

02

Please rate your level of proficiency in Oral Communication: Makes clear and convincing oral presentations. Listens effectively; clarifies information as needed.
  • Mastery: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.
  • Fluency: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.
  • Literacy: Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have limited application or practice.
  • Discovery: Awareness of basic/fundamental concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area.
  • None of the above.

03

Please rate your level of proficiency in Writing: Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material, that is appropriate for the intended audience.
  • Mastery: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.
  • Fluency: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.
  • Literacy: Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have limited application or practice.
  • Discovery: Awareness of basic/fundamental concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area.
  • None of the above.

04

Please rate your level of proficiency in Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
  • Mastery: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.
  • Fluency: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.
  • Literacy: Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have limited application or practice.
  • Discovery: Awareness of basic/fundamental concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area.
  • None of the above.

05

Please rate your level of proficiency in Legal, Government, and Jurisprudence: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, legal practices and documents, Government regulations, Executive orders, agency rules, Government organization and functions, and the democratic political process.
  • Mastery: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.
  • Fluency: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.
  • Literacy: Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have limited application or practice.
  • Discovery: Awareness of basic/fundamental concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area.
  • None of the above.

06

Please rate your level of proficiency in Adaptability: Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
  • Mastery: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.
  • Fluency: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.
  • Literacy: Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have limited application or practice.
  • Discovery: Awareness of basic/fundamental concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area.
  • None of the above.

07

Please rate your level of proficiency in Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
  • Mastery: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.
  • Fluency: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.
  • Literacy: Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have limited application or practice.
  • Discovery: Awareness of basic/fundamental concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area.
  • None of the above.

08

Please rate your level of proficiency in Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
  • Mastery: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices and facilitate knowledge transfer to others.
  • Fluency: Able to successfully apply all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have successfully performed the concepts, procedures, and practices independently.
  • Literacy: Ability to communicate all relevant concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area. I have limited application or practice.
  • Discovery: Awareness of basic/fundamental concepts, procedures, and practices of the subject area.
  • None of the above.

09

Do you have a valid driver's license?
  • Yes
  • No

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