STWD Research Coordinator

Employment Benefits

Immediate comprehensive medical, mental, dental, vision, and additional coverage

Sick & Vacation leave

Work-Life Balance programs: parental leave, military leave, jury leave, funeral leave

Paid State Holidays (designated by the Governor annually)

Fitness Centers in select locations

Employee discounts with the

Retirement and deferred compensation programs

Position Summary & Responsibilities

Position Summary: This full-time unclassified position is located in the Fisheries and Wildlife Division of the Emporia Research & Survey Office, and is supervised by Rich Schultheis, Wildlife Division Assistant Director.

Job Responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following: The incumbent will serve as the principal coordinator responsible for the statewide oversight of prairie chickens and turkeys in the small game program. This includes coordinating the design, delivery, analysis, reporting, and dissemination of population monitoring surveys, harvest and hunter activity surveys and stakeholder surveys as needed for small game species. They will also; assist in the development of strategies, permitting, and policies to address management needs, including efforts to enhance (i.e. habitat management) and control (nuisance and/or animal damage issues) the species as needed, coordinate and develop the orderly formulation and review of proposed regulations, policies, management plans and guidelines upon which the department will administer activities dealing with optimal harvest and other uses for the appropriate management of the state’s wildlife resources, particularly as they relate to small game species, identify, develop, facilitate, coordinate and conduct appropriate research projects conducted internally and via contractual work with appropriate researchers that may require grant development and management, represent the agency and its programs at appropriate technical and non-technical meetings and committees both in-state and out-of-state; serve as a point-of-contact for technical information regarding small game, for both agency personnel and the public through routine email, phone calls and office visits, maintain communication with appropriate non-government constituency/conservation groups and organizations, and coordinate, facilitate, and provide input as needed to both department and external habitat initiatives and programs that are relevant to small game.

Qualifications

Education : Bachelor’s degree in environmental, agricultural or natural sciences/resources required. Other degrees or additional work experience may be substituted for education requirements at agency discretion.

Licensing & Certification : The successful candidate must pass a background check and possess and maintain a valid driver’s license.

Minimum Qualifications : Bachelor’s degree in environmental, agricultural or natural sciences/resources required AND one year of experience in a field of environmental sciences/agricultural sciences or natural sciences/resources. Other degrees or additional work experience may be substituted for education requirements at agency discretion.

Preferred Qualifications : Master’s degree in wildlife biology/management, biological, environmental or other natural resource science is strongly preferred.

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