Program Specialist - Community Preparedness and Fire Prevention Program Manager

Overview

Job Description - Program Specialist 2 - Community Preparedness and Fire Prevention Program Manager )

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Program Specialist 2 - Community Preparedness and Fire Prevention Program Manager - (  )

Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation's mission is to help ensure that Montana's land and water resources provide benefits for present and future generations.

The DNRC believes employees are their most important asset. The DNRC empowers employees to exercise professional judgment in carrying out their duties. Employees are provided with the training and tools necessary to achieve the mission. Both team effort and individual employee expertise are supported and sustained.

Core Values:

The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation’s Forestry and Trust Land Division recognizes that building a collaborative, professional, and inclusive work environment is critical to fulfilling our mission of managing, protecting, and promoting stewardship of Montana’s forests and lands for the benefit of current and future generations and our trust beneficiaries. We hold ourselves to these high standards as we are accountable to the people of Montana.

• We value and respect each other.
• We create collaborative work environments.
• We build and maintain strong relationships.
• We celebrate our successes and take pride in our work.

* This position is with the DNRC Fire Protection Bureau in Missoula which carries out a statewide fire protection mission and as such, the agency may consider alternate work locations within the State that support the operation and needs of the fire program.*

Work Unit Overview:

It is the mission of the DNRC Fire Protection Bureau to protect lives, property, and natural resources from wildfire by providing safe and effective services to Montana’s citizens as well as leadership, coordination, and resources to the State’s wildfire organizations. The DNRC Fire Protection Bureau requires a robust approach to craft the direction and delivery of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy and to coordinate the activities of all Forestry Division programs to achieve mutually beneficial goals while focusing on internal cohesion.

The Fire Protection Bureau incorporates, as critical components, community preparedness; homeowner risk reduction; fire prevention; public education/outreach and prescribed fire; as well as support hazardous fuels reduction. We deliberately engage Montana’s citizens to prepare themselves, their property, and their communities for wildfire. It is through the Community Preparedness and Wildfire Prevention Program that the Department’s aspirations in these areas become reality.

The Community Preparedness and Fire Prevention (CPFP) Program Manager serves as the state’s subject matter expert for the statewide Community Preparedness & Fire Prevention program. Areas of emphasis include fostering fire adapted communities and promoting community preparedness for wildfire, reducing human caused fires, providing fire information, and educating the public on wildfire risk at the statewide level. The CPFP Program Manager works under general supervision of the Bureau Chief.

The incumbent supervises the Fire Adapted Communities Specialist, Prescribed Fire Specialist, and Community Wildfire Resilience Specialist, as well as other interns and temporary workers. Work assignments are covered by established policies and general program objectives, and the incumbent is responsible for determining the methods and techniques necessary to carry out their assigned responsibilities.

The CPFP Program Manager serves both as an internal resource to DNRC personnel and to key partners in local, state, tribal, and federal government. The position works to build and maintain capacity related to fire adapted communities, both within the DNRC Fire Protection Program and amongst cooperating partners. The CPFP Program Manager serves as a key member of the FPB staff, as a principal advisor to the FPB Bureau Chief, and as a standing member of the Fire Advisory Council (FAC).

As such, the incumbent will contribute substantially to ongoing and sustained efforts…