JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Director – Biological Services Division LOCATION: Odanah, Wisconsin
CLOSING DATE: July 1, 2016 CLASSIFICATION: Permanent, Full-Time SALARY: Starting Salary Range: $60,877 - $72,391 – Dependent on Qualifications, Education and Experience. Benefits include: health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance; 401K retirement plan; and cafeteria plan. Note: The position has been classified as 75% tax exempt for qualified tribal members under Internal Revenue Code §7873 – Tax Exemption for Income Derived from Treaty Fishing Rights-Related Activities. GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission’s (GLIFWC) Biological Services Director serves as the head of GLIFWC’s Biological Services Division. The Director administers a comprehensive natural resource and environmental management program for an agency of eleven federally-recognized Indian Tribes in relation to various treaties with the United States. GLIFWC’s mission and overall programs relate to the Tribes’ sovereignty over their hunting, fishing and gathering rights in treaty ceded territories located in portions of areas now known as the States of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Director is GLIFWC’s lead biologist responsible for the overall integrity and credibility of the Division’s programs, activities and work products, as well as for administering the Division’s budgets and personnel. The Director oversees the work of the Division’s four Sections – Environmental, Great Lakes Fisheries, Inland Fisheries, and Wildlife (which includes wild rice, plants and forest resources). The Director reports to GLIFWC’s Executive Administrator. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The Director performs various duties to implement GLIFWC’s mission, strategic plan, and tribal self-regulatory and comanagement systems. The Director oversees the administrative functioning of the Division and ensures timely, accurate data and analysis on biological, technical and scientific matters relating to Ojibwe treaty rights and natural resource comanagement in treaty ceded territories. Principal duties fall within the areas of: 1) design and implementation of management, assessment, monitoring and research projects based on tribal biological needs; 2) program planning and management, including budget development, personnel supervision, and administration of the Division’s activities to ensure compliance with applicable court orders and tribal enactments, overall GLIFWC policies, and the requirements of GLIFWC’s funding sources; 3) the exercise of authority delegated by GLIFWC’s Tribes in implementing their self-regulatory systems to ensure compliance with requirements of applicable court decrees, tribal enactments, and comanagement protocols; 4) primary biological and scientific co-management liaison activities with counterparts in other agencies and institutions; 5) serving as an expert for GLIFWC’s Tribes in court proceedings and co-management processes; and 6) with other GLIFWC Division Heads, serving on GLIFWC’s senior administrative management team that advises the Executive Administrator. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Within the Biological Services Director’s overall duties and responsibilities, essential functions include: - Ensuring a comprehensive information base regarding the Division’s programs, projects, activities and data; - Ensuring overall quality assurance and quality control of the Division’s projects, activities and outputs; - Reporting and making presentations on GLIFWC’s biological programs, projects and activities; - Monitoring Division program progress and effectiveness, measuring program results and impacts, and adjusting plans and activities as necessary; - Developing and administering Division budgets; - Directly supervising Section Leaders, including conducting personnel performance reviews, and providing overall guidance to Division personnel; - Monitoring and analyzing current events and evolving circumstances to identify issues, trends, opportunities and risks relevant to the Division’s responsibilities as well as to GLIFWC’s overall mission and programs; - Serving as biological and scientific liaison with counterparts at other natural resource management agencies, educational institutions, relevant non-governmental entities, and intergovernmental co-management processes; and - Fostering teamwork within the Biological Services Division and with GLIFWC’s other Divisions. QUALIFICATIONS: The Biological Services Director must be able to perform the duties, responsibilities, and essential functions outlined above and must possess: - An advanced degree (MS or above) in fisheries, wildlife, forestry or other relevant biological science. - Excellent writing, speaking, and overall communication skills that enable effective communication with diverse audiences, including GLIFWC’s governing bodies and other tribal representatives, tribal citizens exercising treaty rights, and other natural resource managers and scientists. - An understanding of Ojibwe treaty rights and the ability to incorporate Ojibwe perspectives into the Biological Services Division’s publications, projects and activities. - Demonstrated ability to comprehend and interpret biological, scientific and technical data and reports, as well as to communicate that interpretation in a variety of formats and media. - Demonstrated success in science-based program management, budget development, and employee supervision. - Demonstrated ability to lead teams and to effectively manage and implement multiple projects. - Demonstrated ability to exercise critical thinking, independent judgment, and initiative in performance of duties and completion of assignments. - A valid driver’s license, with a good driving record to meet GLIFWC’s insurance eligibility requirements. - The availability and willingness to travel regionally and nationally (including overnight) and to work irregular hours in a variety of conditions (including outdoors). - The ability to meet the physical demands associated with the position’s essential functions (reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions). Indian preference will be applied consistent with GLIFWC’s policies and the federal Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act (PL 93-638). APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Interested candidates may direct inquiries to, and, in order to be considered, must submit i) a GLIFWC Application for Employment (available on GLIFWC’s website – http://www.glifwc.org/Jobs/application.pdf), ii) a letter of interest, iii) a resume (including 3 references), and iv) a relevant writing sample to: Gerald DePerry Deputy Administrator Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission P.O. Box 9 72682 Maple Street Odanah, WI 54861 (715) 682-6619, ext. 2140 [email protected]
