Wildlife Manager

Job Information

• Opening Date/Time: 01/06/2026 12:00AM Central Time
• Closing Date/Time: 01/26/2026 11:59PM Central Time
• Salary (Monthly): $7,188.00 - $11,162.00
• Salary (Annually): $86,256.00 - $
• Job Type: Full-Time
• City, State
  
  Location:
  
  Jackson, TN
• Department: Wildlife Resources

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY, MADISON COUNTY

Division: Fisheries

Working Title: Regional Rivers & Streams Lead

This is an on-site position

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in wildlife or fisheries management, wildlife biology or other related acceptable field and experience equivalent to three years of full-time increasingly responsible professional wildlife resources work.

Substitution of Education for

Experience:

Additional graduate coursework in wildlife management or other related acceptable field may be substituted for the required experience, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of one year.

Necessary Special

Qualifications:

Applicants for this class must:

Under general supervision, is responsible for professional wildlife management or wildlife biology work of considerable difficulty and supervisory work of average difficulty in the planning, supervision, and coordination of wildlife management practices in a large geographic area or the conducting of wildlife biological surveys on a statewide or regional basis; and performs related work as required. An employee in this class supervises and participates in a wide variety of activities associated with the management of wildlife, wildlife lands, and fish or for planning, participating in, and coordinating a statewide or regional program or project for fish and wildlife management.

Work involves the supervision of wildlife management staff and their activities, collection and analysis of research data, the planning, coordination, and evaluation of area wildlife programs, planning, conducting, and interpreting biological studies, developing, and coordinating statewide or regional program activities, and giving consultation to regional personnel on specialty areas, such as endangered species, fisheries, non-game and game animals, fur bearing animals, water fowl, and water resources and pollution.

This class differs from that of Wildlife Manager 2 in that an incumbent of the latter is responsible for one wildlife area or refuge or biological collection and analysis on a regional basis. This class differs from that of Wildlife Manager 4 in that an incumbent of the latter acts as an assistant to the regional program manager or staff specialist in wildlife planning, research, and environment planning.

Competencies:

• Plans and Aligns
• Cultivates Innovation
• Communicates Effectively
• Drives Results
• Being Resilient

• Biology
• Building and Construction
• Customer and Personal Service
• Clerical
• Administration and Management

• Active Learning and Listening
• Manual dexterity
• Near Vision
• Trunk Strength
• Multilimb Coordination

• Oral Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Stamina
• Deductive Reasoning
• Written Comprehension

• Boats
• Motor Vehicles
• Tractors & Farm Implements
• Computers and associated input and output devices
• ATVs

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