Salary: $23.38 - $31.17 Hourly
Location : Grand Rapids, MN
Job Type: Regular, Full-time
Job Number: 2024-000101-EXT
Department: Land
Opening Date: 11/14/2024
Closing Date: Continuous
POSITION SUMMARY Department: Land
Classification: Grade 8 (Local 1626)
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
Position Description: Responsible for assisting with county land management, forestry and timber programs. Provides technical and professional assistance to the district foresters, staff forester and other land department staff.
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Current Vacancy: 1 Regular, F/T position
Open Job Opportunity: Open to the public.
WORK HOURS, WORK LOCATIONWork Hours: The normal hours of work shall be 40 hours per week, overtime as necessary and approved. Office hours are Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm,
Work Location: Itasca County Land Department, 1177 LaPrairie Ave, Grand Rapids, MN and County-wide on field projects.
Itasca County offers a robust and comprehensive range of benefit programs for employees and their eligible dependents. These include health, dental, and life insurance, MN PERA pension, eligibility for student-loan forgiveness, as well as a variety of voluntary benefits.
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As a minimum qualification, which of the following do you have? (Work experience is the equivalent of full time, paid experience.)
- Bachelor's Degree in Forestry or Forest Management or related field (must attach transcript)
- Associate Degree in Forestry or Forest Management or related field (must attach transcript) and 1 year forestry work experience to include any combination of the following: timber sale preparation, timber sale administration or forest inventory
- None of the above
02
In response to the question above, tell me which educational institution(s) and/or employer(s) listed on your application I can refer to verify this education and/or work experience. If none, state N/A.
03
As a minimum qualification, do you have 1 year of education (must attach transcript) and/or work experience with geographic information system (GIS) ? (Work experience is the equivalent of full time, paid experience.)
04
If you answered Yes to the question above, tell me which educational institution(s) and/or employer(s) listed on your application I can refer to verify this education and/or work experience. If No, state N/A.
05
As a minimum qualification, do you have 1 year of education (must attach transcript) and/or work experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) ? (Work experience is the equivalent of full time, paid experience.)
06
If you answered Yes to the question above, tell me which educational institution(s) and/or employer(s) listed on your application I can refer to verify this education and/or work experience. If No, state N/A.
07
As a minimum qualification, do you have a valid driver's license and reliable means of transportation?
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As a preference qualification, how many months additional work experience, beyond the minimum qualifications listed above, do you have? Work experience to include any combination of the following: timber sale preparation, timber sale administration, forest inventory. (Work experience is the equivalent of full time, paid experience.)
- None
- Less than 12 months
- 12 months - less than 18 months
- 18 months - less than 24 months
- 24 months +
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In response to the question above, tell me which employer(s) listed on your application I can refer to verify this work experience. If none, state N/A.
10
As a preference qualification, how many months of work experience, do you have in geographic information systems (GIS)? (Work experience is the equivalent of full time, paid experience.)
- None
- Less than 12 months
- 12 months - less than 18 months
- 18 months - less than 24 months
- 24+ months
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In response to the question above, tell me which employer(s) listed on your application I can refer to verify this work experience. If none, state N/A.
12
As a preference qualification, are you a graduate with a bachelor's or higher degree in forestry, forest management or a forestry-related field?
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In response to the question above, tell me which educational institution(s) and/or employer(s) listed on your application I can refer to verify this education and/or work experience. If none, state N/A.
14
As a preference qualification, have you graduated from a Society of American Forester's (SAF) accredited forestry degree program?
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My responses to the above Supplemental Questions are clearly documented in my application submitted for this job posting. (If I failed to document or misrepresented relevant education or paid work experience, this may result in the removal of my application from further consideration.)
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