Click here to view more details and apply.
Posting Closing Date: 02/28/2025
Salary: $2,307.69 biweekly + benefits
Working hours: 7:00 am to 4:00 pm CST, Monday through Friday, may require some night or weekend duty. Occasional overnight travel is required.
Physical Address: 3911 Highway 2321, Panama City FL 32409
Phone: 850-896-3027
Supervisor & Position number: Colleen Closius
List of any subordinates supervised: 3 Fisheries and Wildlife Biological Scientist IIIs
Residency requirement: Within the West District of the NW Region.
Description of duties:
This leadership position serves as the District Wildlife Biologist for Blackwater, Chipola River, Choctawhatchee River, Econfina Creek, Escambia River, Escribano Point, Garcon Point, Juniper Creek, Lafayette Creek, Perdido River, Pine Log, Point Washington, and Yellow River WMAs. The position will be officed within the Regional Office Annex in Panama City within the West District of the NW Region. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a talented team of dedicated staff and to positively impact wildlife conservation and habitat management throughout the District and Region.
Specific duties include project administration; providing leadership and mentoring to staff, including direct supervision of 3 Fisheries and Wildlife Biological Scientist III’s; collection, manipulation, analysis, and presentation of biological data; providing oversight and participating in habitat management activities including prescribed fire; development and management of public use programs, including public hunt operation and non-hunting uses; setting management objectives consistent with agency directives; plan development; budget development and management; and report and technical paper writing. The successful candidate will excel at communication and have a strong drive to succeed.
Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
This is not an entry level position. Strong interpersonal skills are required to lead, supervise, and mentor employees and to develop and leverage partnerships with other agencies. Strong land management skills are required to evaluate habitat conditions and prescribe and direct appropriate treatments. Applicant must have applied knowledge of wildlife population and habitat management techniques in Florida, particularly the application of prescribed fire and mechanical and chemical vegetation control. GIS and other technological skills are also requisite for this level of land management. Strong administrative, organizational, and budget management skills are required to manage multiple projects and their associated budgets. Job requirements therefore consist of the KSAs described above, or a solid foundation of habitat management in Florida, coupled with the motivation, initiative, and proclivity to develop and apply the KSAs listed above.
Level of Education: Preferred Bachelor’s degree in a life or physical science. Four years of direct experience may substitute for a bachelor’s degree in a life or physical science.
License Requirements: Minimum Class E Florida driver’s license