Fish & Game Program Technician; PCN

Job Description

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

Fish and Game Program Technician located in Yakutat, Alaska.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries is recruiting for a Fish and Game Program Technician.

The primary duties of this position include answering public inquiries about Commercial and Sport fisheries and wildlife, Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission forms, issuing permits/logbooks and sealing wildlife such as bears and furbearers. In addition to serving the public the position provides administrative, programmatic, logistical and field support such as purchasing, inventory, personnel/payroll, office management, and data entry for Commercial Fisheries, Sportfish and Wildlife Conservation.

The incumbent will also participate in field projects such as assisting with operation of Situk River weir, sampling the troll fishery and commercial fishery when needed and assisting with any other ongoing projects.

The Alaska Department of Fish & Game 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.

The Yakutat office is small with only three biologists and six technicians who work together to manage Yakutat resources jointly. This environment provides a unique opportunity to work with several ADF&G divisions at once to gain valuable experience of Alaska’s fisheries and wildlife.

This position is staffed in the ADF&G office in Yakutate, Alaska. Yakutate is a small community with a diverse population that has a high influx of visitors each summer. The daily work environment consists of working at a desk and assisting in other tasks as necessary. Regular work tasks include answering phones, collecting, editing and entering fish tickets and logbook information, handing personnel/payroll documents, purchasing tasks and assisting the biologist by sealing bears, wolves and other furbearers while collecting biological data and helping with sampling fish for ongoing fisheries.

• Requires working with the public in a community of 600 or less people.
• Requires sharing bunkhouse space with other individuals or living in close quarters with other individuals.
• Requires working with State of Alaska programs and ability to collect data and record data on electronic or paper forms.

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Ability to interact with the public and maintain courteous manner in challenging situations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to comprehend regulations or policies and procedures and communicate them to the public.
• Ability to successfully work with multiple priorities while maintaining a high degree of accuracy to detail.
• Ability to work independently while adhering to and meeting time frames that at times may be pressing.
• Ability to enter/edit information into databases.

Two years of office clerical experience or technical experience related to fish, wildlife or habitat resources; OR one year of experience providing advanced clerical services based on established procedures, precedents, and policies in administrative, informative, and/or programmatic functions. This experience includes work such as an Office Assistant 2 with the State of Alaska, or the equivalent elsewhere.

Postsecondary education from an accredited college may substitute for the required experience (3 semester or 4 quarter hours equal one month of experience).

If selected, please provide the following at the time of the interview:

• Transcripts if using education to meet minimum qualifications, (unofficial copies are acceptable).

A cover letter is NOT required for this position. Your complete application, including supplemental questions, will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process.

This position requires the use or possession of a firearm or ammunition. In accordance with the federal Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 (PL 104-208), if you have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, you may not hold this position. A "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" is an offense that is (1) a misdemeanor under Federal or state law;

and (2) has, as an element, the use or attempted use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, committed by a current or former spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim as a spouse, parent, or guardian, or by a…