BIOLOGICAL ADMINISTRATOR I-SES

Requisition No: 807310

Agency: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Working Title: BIOLOGICAL ADMINISTRATOR I-SES - 77000921

Position Number: 77000921

Salary: $2,185.32 bi-weekly benefits

Posting Closing Date: 08/10/2023

Position Number: 77000921

Position Location: TBD, Alachua, Bay, Columbia, Leon, Marion, Okeechobee, Palm Beach or Polk counties

Supervisor: Brooke L. Talley, Ph.D. 850-617-9595 (office) Email: Brooke.Talley@MyFWC.com

Employment contigent upon sucessful completion of a background check

General Description: The incumbent serves as the Assistant Alligator Management Program Coordinator and is responsible for assisting the Alligator Management Program Coordinator with implementation of the Program. The Alligator Management Program (AMP) is a high-profile program that requires proactive, innovative, and strategic management. The Program is responsible for statewide management of the American alligator and American crocodile through the following program elements:

• Statewide nuisance alligator program (SNAP)
• Statewide alligator harvest program
• Private lands alligator management program
• Alligator egg collection program
• Alligator hatchling collection program
• Alligator farming program
• Nuisance crocodile response program

The incumbent is responsible for assisting the Alligator Management Program Coordinator with implementation of the statewide Alligator Management Program to achieve objectives in the program's operational plans and to achieve goals, policies, strategies, and objectives in the Agency Strategic Plan, particularly as they relate to alligators and crocodiles and their habitats.

The incumbent is expected to work closely with the Coordinator on products that include but are not limited to preparing budget requests, annual program documents, and annual progress reports. Additionally, the incumbent should be able to independently evaluate program budgetary needs, plan expenditures, purchase items necessary for administration and operation. As an important leadership position within the Program, the incumbent is expected to use modern adaptive management skills to motivate staff and partners. Finally, the incumbent must be able to use complex reasoning skills and data evaluation to formulate and recommend alligator population management strategies, habitat management strategies, and potential regulatory changes.

Job Duties:

Job duties are focused on successful coordination and communication with internal and external stakeholders. This position will take the primary role in overseeing the implementation of the statewide private lands alligator management, public water egg and hatchling programs, and the implementation of other alligator management program elements as directed by the Coordinator. Additionally, based upon the interest and skillset of the successful applicant, the incumbent may serve as the alligator bite coordinator; this job duty requires level-headedness, quick-thinking, good coordination with other Divisions and leadership, and sensitivity toward individuals involved in bite incidents.

Additional duties include developing plans, approaches, and procedures for achieving program objectives; ensuring effective coordination of annual nesting and night-light survey data collection for establishing harvest quotas and monitoring population trends and the impacts of harvests; ensuring effective coordination and planning of alligator egg collection activities with participating farmers; and monitoring and keeping the Coordinator informed of the effectiveness of implementation of all other program operations.

Broadband Code: 11-9121-02

Class Code: 5074

Class Title: Biological Administrator I - SES

Pay rate: $2,185.32 biweekly)

Region: Statewide

County: Statewide

Working Hours: 8:00am – 5:00pm

List of Direct Reports: one FTE Biological Scientist II, one FTE Biological Scientist III; OPS as assigned

Residency Requirement: None

Minimum Qualifications: One of the following:

• A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in one of the biological sciences, and at least five years of professional experience, OR
• A Master's degree from an accredited college or university in one of the biological sciences with at least two years of professional experience, OR
• A Ph.D. from an accredited college or university in one of the biological sciences with applicable research or professional experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of the following:

• scientific methods, study designs, principals of statistical inference and analysis, and application of computer-based data analysis packages
• wildlife management principles
• effective leadership practices
• budget oversight and planning

Skilled in the following:

• effective technical writing and reviewing
• adaptive leadership, critical thinking, and deductive reasoning
• prioritize competing priorities and job duties
• work and make appropriate decisions, independently
• analyze complex issues and problems and develop innovative, effective solutions
• use of computer word-processing, spreadsheest, and GIS

Ability to perform the following:

• establish and maintain effective work relationships to achieve common goals while leading by example
• create and implement wildlife management plans
• maintain equiment in working order, including evaluating cost-effective plans for repairs, and prioritizing vehicle and vessel repair needs
• plan, implement, administer, and coordinate elements of an alligator management program
• formulate coherent, effective policies and procedures and to incorporate biological, administrative, ethical, social, and political considerations in formulation of those policies and procedures
• determine work priorities, elicit cooperation as necessary to achieve objectives, and ensure proper completion of work assignments and program activities
• understand, comply with, and apply rules, policies, and procedures applicable to the conduct of a Commission employee and to the implementation and administration of alligator management program elements

The incumbent supervises two Biological Scientist FTE positions (Statewide Alligator and Crocodile Biologist (BS II), and Crocodile Response Coordinator (BS III)) and OPS positions as assigned. Supervisory duties include reviewing work priorities, evaluating work performance, and ensuring that staff perform all appropriate work activities safely, and consistent with operational plans and Commission policy.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.