LOCATION: 6180 Hay Point Landing Rd, Smyrna, DE 19977 SALARY RANGE: $44,755 - $50,350/year + Benefits START DATE: February 3, 2019 WORK SCHEDULE: 37.5 hours/week M-F (occasional nights and/or weekends)
JOB DESCRIPTION: The Co-Environmental Review Coordinator and Conservation Database Manager positions are directly responsible for providing guidance and recommendations for landscape and development projects that have the potential to impact land, water and soil resources, waterbodies, wetlands, watershed buffers, and associated fish and wildlife species and their habitats, including rare species populations. These postions work with staff in other divisions, regulatory agencies, public and private land management agencies, and landowners and their consultants involved in landscape and development projects to identify, mitigate and minimize impacts to Delaware's land, water, soil, fish and wildlife resources. One position will focus on reviewing state transportation projects and manage databases tracking environmental reviews and rare species. The other position will focus on other projects including, but not limited to, state and federal wetland projects, land-use projects, National Environmental Protection Act permits, and site investigation and remediation projects. JOB DUTIES: Specific responsibilities include the following: • Provide site-specific recommendations for avoiding, minimizing, or mitigating impacts to Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) or enhancing SGCN habitat in consultation with Division staff and coordination with Departmental regulatory staff. • Provide Section 7 reviews ensuring federal Endangered Species act compliance for Division projects. • Prepare for and participate in monthly land-use Planners Technical Advisory Committee meetings, Joint Permit Processing Meetings, and Regulatory Advisory Committee Meetings. • Coordinate with federal, other state, and local government agencies on project reviews and on comprehensive land-use plans, codes, ordinances, and regulations. • Participate In lnteragency field reviews and meetings to assess potential Impacts of a project and to obtain information to guide site-specific recommendations. • Manage internal environmental review Microsoft Access and spatial databases. • Oversee contracts. • Supervise seasonal and/or contractual staff. • Develop and administer grants. • Conduct field surveys of project sites to determine presence of SGCN or suitable habitat to guide site-specific recommendations. • Provide technical assistance by performing site evaluations or assisting other staff biologists to assess habitat or SGCN status • Provide guidance on SGCN for habitat restoration and management projects on private and public lands, and assist with setting land-protection priorities for conservation partners and for state agencies. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Possession of a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Life, Physical, or Applied Science or related field. 2. Six months experience in environmental or natural resources project management which includes planning, developing, implementing, managing and evaluating environmental or natural resources projects to ensure objectives are met. 3. Three years experience in analyzing and evaluating scientific data. 4. Three years experience in interpreting environmental laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies and procedures. 5. Six months experience in using an automated information system to enter, update, modify, delete, retrieve/inquire and report on data. 6. Six months experience in technical report writing. TO APPLY: To apply please follow instructions at: https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=87f65d2e94dea0c8&from=tp-serp&tk=1cu0066es0ggb003
