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| Post Code: D702 |
| Announcement Number: LEFR9038 |
| Classification Number: X7004 |
| Open: 10/29/2009 |
| Revised: 11/19/2009 (extended close date) |
| Close: 12/7/2009 |
| Location: Salem |
| Availability: Full Time |
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE/MANAGER C |
(Meteorology Manager)
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$4,039 - $5,957 MONTHLY
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GENERAL INFORMATION
- This is a permanent, full-time position with the Oregon Department of Forestry located in Salem.
- This recruitment will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates for the current vacancy only.
- If you are hired, you will become part of the State’s management team.
- Specific questions regarding these positions should be referred to Steve Wilson, Fire Prevention Manager, in Salem at (503) 945-7440.
TO QUALIFY
Your PD100 application form will be reviewed to verify that you meet the qualifications stated in this section. The higher classification will be considered first and then, if necessary, the lower classification. To receive credit, your application must clearly show that you have:
- Five years of experience in supervision, staff-technical or professional-level work related to Meteorology or Atmospheric Sciences.
- This experience must have included at least one year of supervision and management of a program, section, or unit which included one or more of the following areas: a) development of program rules and policies, b) development of long- and short-range goals and plans, c) program evaluation, or d) budget preparation.
- A Bachelor's degree or equivalent course work (144 quarter or 96 semester hours) in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science or related field may be substituted for up to three years of the required experience but will not substitute for the one year of specialized experience.
In the "Work History" section on your application, you must clearly describe your experience in each of the a), b), c), d) areas listed above. Failure to provide this information may result in eliminating your application from further consideration.
NOTE: Experience as a weather forecaster in the Pacific Northwest is desirable.
H.I.R.E. system participants are encouraged to apply. You must follow the instructions in the TO APPLY section of this announcement.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The purpose of this position is to manage technical staff, including meteorologists in activities related to weather and smoke management forecasting and monitoring, operation of the Oregon Smoke Management Plan, issuance of debris flow warnings, utilization of forest biomass, and other related activities. Major duties for this position include:
Program Coordination and Administration
- Supervise between two and four employees. Hire, train, evaluate performance, initiate disciplinary action, and assign and review work. Assist in achieving the department's Affirmative Action Goal in recruitment and selection by giving adequate consideration to equal employment opportunities and the department's affirmative action program.
- Coordinate activities with the National Weather Service and other agencies to ensure forecast, data collection and communications needs are met.
- Analyze state and federal laws, rules and regulations that apply to air quality and make written and oral reports on how they impact program activities. Evaluate program compliance and make written recommendations for changes in procedure and policy when necessary. Draft administrative rules to implement and clarify Oregon statutes. Develop agency operational directives.
- Direct a fee program. Coordinate the development and administration of fee-based activities with personnel in state and federal field offices. Coordinate development and maintenance of program record, accounting and billing systems.
- Issue written and verbal guidance to state and federal field office personnel to resolve emerging issues. Provide background information and recommendations to program and executive staff for changes in agency policy, rules and legislative matters as well as meteorological service and system requirements.
- Oversee the Oregon Smoke Management Program. Ensure compliance with applicable statutes, administrative rules, policy and established procedures. Monitor the program budget. Evaluate program performance and develop recommendations for changes which may be directed or needed to the budget, statutes, administrative rules, policy or procedures.
Technical Assistance
- Develop and maintain computer programs. Work with fuels information to create, apply and maintain emission inventories for prescribed burning on forestland in Oregon. Develop and implement meteorological and other mathematical models and procedures to improve program operations and efficiency by working with scientists in the field of meteorology, air quality and forestry.
- Serve as a meteorological and air quality technical resource for internal and external agency staff.
- Assist with the development and distribution of daily smoke management forecasts and instructions.
- Analyze and apply air quality computer dispersion models and other independent analytical techniques to assess forest burning impacts on air quality. Identify geographic information system (GIS) needs and work with GIS staff and other program personnel to develop applications and implement their use to meet program needs.
- Represent the agency on technical and advisory committees such as: the PNWCG Weather Working Team, the State Drought Council, the Water Availability Committee and the Information Services Advisory Committee.
- Participate in state, regional and national workgroups working on meteorological, prescribed fire and biomass issues.
The Department's highest priority work is responding to forest fire emergencies. Therefore, this position may be utilized during those emergencies to provide assistance in a variety of ways. This assistance may be in direct support of the emergency effort in the field, providing back-up support for another position that is being used in direct aid to the emergency, or performing any other essential function in any area within the agency.
WORKING CONDITIONS
There may be contact with angry or hostile people, either industry or the general public, who are being impacted by burning decisions. Contact may occur any time of the year. Exposure to flying and smoke may occur approximately 3-5 times per year.
TO APPLY
To apply, you must submit:
- A State of Oregon Employment application (form PD100).
- A cover letter, no more than two pages, that describes your experience or training in:
a) Meteorology, Atmospheric Science and Air Quality;
b) Supervision of groups and staff including conflict resolution; and
c) Working collaboratively with staff, stakeholders, landowners and business partners to achieve common goals.
Copies of applications, supplements and job announcements can be obtained from:
- the State of Oregon Job Page at: www.oregonjobs.org
- local Oregon Employment Department field offices, or
- most state agency human resource offices, including the Department of Forestry, Human Resource Office, Building C, 2600 State St., Salem OR 97310.
If you have a disability and need an alternative format in order to complete the employment process, you may call (503) 945-7290 or TTY (503) 945-7213 or (800) 437-4490 for the hearing impaired. Please be prepared to leave a message describing the alternate format needed.
SEND completed application materials to Department of Forestry, Human Resource Office, Building C, 2600 State Street, Salem, OR 97310. You may FAX, if necessary, to (503) 945-7404. They must be received by midnight of the close date and must be complete and legible.
You may E-MAIL your application materials to us at odfjobs@odf.state.or.us. By electronically submitting your application, you agree to the conditions stated in the certification and signature section of the application, which is enforceable as if you had signed. You will receive automated confirmation of receipt only if you submit via e-mail.
AFTER your application materials have been reviewed, you will be sent a notice by mail advising: a) if your application was accepted or b) if your application was not accepted. If you don't agree with the results, you may request a review. Review requests must be submitted in writing and must be received within 10 days from the date of the notice. Additional information cannot be accepted. However, if your application was not accepted and if the recruitment is still open, you may submit a new application as long as it is received in our office by the close date.
SUBMIT only the required materials. Reference letters or work examples should be kept for interviews. In addition, any application materials previously submitted for other positions (transcripts, driving records, responses to test questions, etc.) will not be matched to this application by the Oregon Department of Forestry. It is the applicant’s responsibility to submit all required documents every time.
KEEP a copy of all application materials for job interviews. COPIES ARE NOT PROVIDED.
PLEASE NOTE: The Oregon Department of Forestry does not offer visa sponsorships. Within three days of hire, all applicants will be required to complete U.S. Department of Justice form I-9, confirming authorization to work in the United States.
The pay on all announcements may change without notice.
CURRENT JOB OPENINGS are available online at www.oregon.gov/ODF or www.oregonjobs.org.
ODF IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER COMMITTED TO A DIVERSE WORK FORCE.
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