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Pay Grade: 12Pay Range

Hiring Range: \$54,863 - \$65,836 Annually\ Full Range: \$54,863 - \$76,809 Annually\ \ Salary offers are based on the candidate\'s equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification.\ \ The Parks Manager I position in the Conservation Lands and Resources Department is part of a team of land management professionals that deliver stewardship of Pima Countys cultural and natural resources. As a Parks Manager I, you will be responsible for the management and maintenance of natural resource properties throughout Pima County. Common tasks are fence assessment, generating reports on the state of the conservation properties, incursion monitoring, contracting for vendor services, and maintaining natural resource integrity through monitoring of human impacts. This position also interacts with other units within the Conservation Lands and Resources Department such as invasive species specialists, the native plant nursery, biological monitors, and cultural resources professionals.

Duties/Responsibilities

(Work assignments may vary depending on the department\'s needs and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.)\ \ Manages and supervises the daily operations and maintenance of an assigned County Natural Resource Park(s), to include inspections, scheduling of maintenance and repairs and associated documentation of activities;\ \ Develops and administers annual budgets for park operations, maintenance and support;\ \ Implements plans and projects for the development, interpretation, preservation, protection and enhancement of natural, cultural and historical resources in the park;\ \ Assesses conditions of natural, cultural and historical resources in assigned areas, impact of users, and means to mitigate adverse impact on these resources;\ \ Assists in the preparation of environmental assessments, impact statements and related reports relative to the park to County, state and federal agencies;\ \ Coordinates within the department and other agencies the identification and protection of threatened and endangered natural and cultural resources and species;\ \ Supervises, trains, schedules and evaluates employees and volunteers;\ \ Responds to inquiries from the public and private/public organizations and local, state and federal agencies on parks and resource utilization, operations, interpretation, preservation and maintenance;\ \ Coordinates the public use of park grounds and facilities with appropriate Department and other agencies;\ \ Serves as Departmental/County liaison with Arizona State Game and Fish Department and like County, state and federal agencies for protection of park natural, cultural and historical resources;\ \ Represents the Department at meetings and on technical committees for natural resource management research;\ \ Researches and submits routine, recurring and special activity and project reports to management.\ \ KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:\ \ Knowledge of:

• natural resources of the Southwest region, and regulatory requirements for their management, preservation, interpretation and utilization;
• historical and cultural resources of the Southwest region, and regulatory requirements for their management, preservation, interpretation and utilization;
• principles and practices of parks administration;
• regulatory requirements for assessing and reporting environmental assessments, submission of impact statements and like materials for current and proposed activities within park areas;
• principles and techniques of employee and volunteer evaluation, training and supervision.

Skill in:

• managing and supervising the daily operations and main enance of a natural resource park;
• assessing natural, cultural and historical resources within a park and implementing any needed development, enhancement, interpretation and mitigation measures to protect these resources;
• assessing impact of proposed operations, public-use and maintenance activities and coordinating related activities;
• preparing, maintaining and submitting documentation of all park-related activities;
• developing and administering an annual park operations/maintenance budget;
• supervising, training and evaluating employees and volunteers;
• communicating effectively.

Minimum Qualifications

(1) A Bachelor\'s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in natural resource management, environmental science, wildlife & fisheries science, renewable natural resources, watershed management, range management, park administration, recreation, anthropology, archaeology, fine arts, industrial arts, education, landscape architecture, biology or a related degree as defined by the appointing authority at the time of recruitment