Fish and Wildlife Technician ( PCN

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.
Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

for a Fish and Wildlife Technician 3 located in Haines, Alaska!

Under the supervision of a Fishery Biologist 3, this position will participate in several stock assessment projects in the Chilkat River drainage throughout the field season including the spring Chinook and coho salmon smolt coded‑wire tag project, the adult Chinook mark‑recapture project, and the fall juvenile Chinook salmon coded‑wire tag project. All of these stock assessment projects include capturing, handling, and marking adult and juvenile salmon, and collecting corresponding biological data.

This position will also serve as crew leader during the fall coded‑wire tag project.

The Division of Commercial Fisheries strives for a diverse and inclusive workforce where safety and well‑being are paramount, and employees at all levels promote a culture where everyone is valued, treated equitably, and treated respectfully. ADF&G Commercial Fisheries Division conducts stock assessments of Chinook and coho salmon to assist management biologists with accurate abundance estimates and forecasts to manage Alaska fisheries under the sustainable yield principal.

This position is vital to the data collection and overall success of the projects, which produces estimates of spawning abundance, harvest, smolt abundance, and marine survival.

The ADF&G Commercial Fisheries Division stock assessment team in Haines is an experienced group of project leaders and technicians that perform a wide variety of projects throughout the field season, which typically runs from early April until late October. Multiple skills and knowledge trainings will be available throughout the field season to build experience and knowhow which will greatly help job performance.

This position involves field camp stays in remote locations, irregular hours, and travel by open air jet‑outboard skiffs.

As a permanent seasonal employee of the State of Alaska, this Fish and Wildlife Technician position qualifies for the benefits listed below during the employment season:

• Health benefit package, which includes employer contribution toward medical/vision/dental.
• Employer paid Basic Life insurance with additional coverage available.
• Optional long and short‑term disability plans.
• Optional dependent and health care flexible spending accounts.
• Retirement programs with a wide variety of investment options.
• Personal leave with an accrual rate increase based on time served.
• Paid holidays.
• 37.5 hour work week.

This position is based at the ADF&G office in Haines, and operates in the field within the Chilkat River drainage. Extended stays in remote field camps are required for some projects, and other projects require travel to and from the ADF&G Haines office to locations accessed by vehicle and foot in the Chilkat River drainage.

Requires travel via open‑air jet‑drive skiff, hiking/walking on uneven terrain including river crossings on foot and small inflatable crafts, and periodic extended field camp stays. Also requires proper live fish handling of juvenile and adult Chilkat River Pacific salmon, collection of biological data, and prompt reporting of data to project leaders.

• Interpersonally Effective:
  Creates and sustains positive working relationships with fellow team members.
• Dedication to project objectives:
  Demonstrates willingness to withstand logistical and operational challenges to accomplish project goals.
• Leadership:
  Takes responsibility and ownership for a problem, project, or issue, including supervision and training of lower level technicians.

• Field and Biological
  
  Experience:
  
  The ideal candidate will have experience conducting salmon field research projects on live subjects, and will have the ability to train less experienced staff in fish handling and data…