Naturalist

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Job ID: 30424
Agency: Game Fish & Parks
Location: Rapid City, SD – Outdoor Campus
Salary: $22.69-$28.36 Hourly, depending on qualifications
Pay Grade: H
Closing Date: 02/18/2025

This is a Full-Time 40 Hour Weekly position with the Game Fish & Parks. For more information on the Game Fish & Parks, please visit https://gfp.sd.gov/.

This position requires a majority of the time in volunteer coordination as well as intern processing, scheduling, and training. This position works with numerous volunteers of all ages and skills. This position is a comprehensive volunteer program leader, requiring the person to schedule a large number of people on a daily basis, recruit volunteers when needed, train volunteers in all aspects of their jobs, find ways to retain and reward volunteers and support all functions of the Outdoor Campus with a volunteer staff. Continuing to build and maintain a strong mentorship program throughout the Campus is an important role for this position. This position will oversee all social media platforms for the Outdoor Campus. This candidate will oversee intern onboarding, training, and scheduling of the Campus interns. The candidate will assist with outdoor recreation, hunting, and angling programs, including teaching. This position will work with computer programs MS Word, Access, Excel, Publisher, Canva, Volistics, social media platforms, and the internet on a regular basis. Must have excellent oral communication skills, like working with people of all ages, as well as have good managerial skills. Hours will vary slightly from week to week due to meetings and events. Regular hours are Monday-Friday with rotating weekends, 8 a.m-5 p.m.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

A B.S. or B.A. in education, communication, counseling, biology, business, consumer affairs, natural resource/conservation management, environmental science, or similar degree is preferred.

The ideal candidate will have strong public speaking skills, ability to lead hunting, fishing, and outdoor education programming, and experience managing volunteers and interns.

Knowledge of:

• volunteer R3, rewards, and tracking systems;
• hunting, angling, and outdoor recreation activities.

Skill to:

• trouble shoot ways to keep a volunteer workforce preforming effectively, efficiently, and competently;
• coach volunteers and interns who are not performing at the expected level;
• be highly organized and efficient overseeing continuing education and training for all volunteers and interns;
• skills in hunting, fishing, shooting sports or outdoor skills such as camping, hiking, or backpacking highly suggested.

Ability to:

• value the diversity of unique backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and talents within our community;
• work together as a team-player within campus staff.

Additional Requirements: To be considered, please attach your resume.

This position is eligible for Veterans’ Preference per ARSD 55:10:02:08.

NCRC: If you possess a National Career Readiness Certificate, please submit the certificate with your application. For more information on how to acquire a National Career Readiness Certificate contact a South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation Job Service Office. A certificate is not necessary to be considered.

The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.

The State of South Dakota offers $0 premium employee health insurance option plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information at https://bhr.sd.gov/job-seekers/work-for-state-government/. This position is a member of Class A retirement under SDRS.

Must apply online: https://gen-stateofsouthdako-trn.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key=149
You must apply online, emailed resumes or submissions will not be accepted.
South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources
Telephone: 605.773.3148 Email: careers@state.sd.us
http://bhr.sd.gov/workforus
"An Equal Opportunity Employer"

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