Job Description

What You Will Be Doing

The Division of Forestry (DOF) provides wildland fire protection for over 150 million acres of state, private and municipal lands throughout Alaska. The Division’s Fire & Aviation program seeks a motivated, high-energy team member to lead our Division aviation section, including oversight of pilots, aircraft mechanics, managers, fixed wing, and helicopter. Duties include the readiness and safety of the division's aviation section. This position interacts with the State of Alaska and interagency fire management and aviation staff to ensure readiness and is the key point of contact for the Division’s aviation section.

Mission and Culture

The Division of Forestry fosters a mission-driven culture with the responsibility for the protection of Alaska’s values including life and property from wildland fire. Risk-based decision making and strategic planning are the foundation of the Division’s fire preparedness and response effort. The Division of Forestry works closely with federal, state, and local emergency response agencies to provide wildland fire management and protection for the State of Alaska. The Aviation Manager position is integral to building, developing, supporting and maintaining those relationships.

Benefits of Joining Our Team

The Division of Forestry & Fire Protection values being a leader in wildland fire management and being part of the national wildland fire response that prepares our state and the country for the complexities and rapidly changing wildland fire environment. Our team works with dynamic, public service-oriented people and agencies from across Alaska and at the national level. This position offers opportunities to guide wildland fire management in Alaska to protect our communities and critical values. Based on National Interagency Incident Management System qualifications, the incumbent may accept assignments and serve as a team member that responds to wildland and all-risk incidents in Alaska and nationally.

The Working Environment You Can Expect

Although this position is primarily office-based, daily physical fitness is encouraged, and a work schedule can be made to accommodate. There are opportunities for field site visits to projects, fire tours, and staff rides. If visiting one of our remote duty stations, rustic living in a fast-paced, mission-driven emergency response setting can be expected.

Opportunities exist to represent the State of Alaska, Western State Fire Managers, and the National Association of State Foresters on national committees and working groups, developing aviation policy and best fire suppression and management practices. International training and resource-sharing opportunities exist through our Northwest Compact agreement with Canada.

The Aviation Program Manager is the organization's chief pilot and instructor and exercises substantial scope and latitude or responsibility to direct and manage an aviation/maintenance program and aircraft fleet whose planning and operations are statewide in scope. The incumbent is a licensed commercial pilot, often with significant responsibilities to serve as a pilot in command; the predominant responsibilities are administrative in nature.

Who We Are Looking For

We are seeking a motivated, advanced-level professional with a strong background in aviation management, program safety, and project management. Competencies specific to being successful in the position include:

• Teamwork: Ability to work independently and collectively as a leader and member of a group or team while focusing successfully and effectively on meeting defined goals, objectives, and deadlines.
• Leadership: Influences and motivates. Adapts leadership style to a variety of situations and personalities.
• Communication skills: Excellent verbal and written communication providing for interagency outreach, presentations, developing reports and replying to legislative inquiries.
• Strategic Thinking: Formulates objectives and priorities; implements plans consistent with the long-term interests of the organization in an interagency environment.
• Analytical thinking: Uses a logical approach to solve problems and manage situations by drawing on experience, researching reference materials and calling on subject matter experts.
• Financial Management: Understands the organization's financial processes and use of the pre suppression and suppression budgets. Monitors expenditures and uses a cost/benefit thinking to set priorities.
• Project Management: Knowledge of tools and methods for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources including monitoring costs, work, and performance.
• Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.

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Minimum Qualifications

Current FAA Licensure and class of Medical Certification as an Airline Transport Pilot;
AND
Applicable hours as PIC of appropriate category and class of aircraft predominantly flown by the position that includes sufficient Alaskan flying time to operate and coordinate the safe and effective operations of aircraft in the geography, topography, and weather conditions equivalent to those predominantly encountered in the position's Alaskan areas of operation.



Substitution:
Possession of a current FAA commercial pilot license with multi-engine, fixed-wing, and/or helicopter instrument rating, rating as either a Certified Flight Instructor – Instruments (CFII) or Multi Engine Instructor – Instrument (MEII), Class I or II Medical Certificate, and an additional 500 hours of commercial Alaskan flying experience as PIC may substitute for specific licensure as an Airline Transport Pilot, when considered in conjunction with other commercial flight and/or operations experience on a case-by-case basis.

Additional Required Information

**NOTE: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY**

If selected for an interview , the applicant must provide the following:

• All FAA pilot, instructor, maintenance, and current medical certificates.
• Driver’s license.

SPECIAL NOTICES

• This position will travel during the fire season for up to 14-21 days at a time, 1-5 times annually, within Alaska and nationally to attend fire leadership meetings or training.
• May work towards qualification for other positions utilized in the Incident Command System.
• Will be required to work or be available, evenings and/or weekends, depending on the need during fire season.

Application Notice

You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or a hardcopy application. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska “How to Apply" page. Your application must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on the closing date.

Education

If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill out the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the post-secondary institution. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

Work Experience

If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer’s name, job title, employment dates, and whether full or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine whether the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the recruitment interview and selection phase.

Note: Attaching a resume is not an alternative to filling out the application entirely. Noting, "see resume" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

Bargaining Unit

If you are a current state employee , please mark the union you are a member of at the time of application. Do not complete this question if you are not a current state employee.

Driver’s License Requirement

Applicants must possess a valid driver's license. Proof of licensure will be required prior to reporting to duty.

Firearms

This position requires the use or possession of a firearm or ammunition. In accordance with the federal Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 (PL 104-208), if you have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, you may not hold this position.

A "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" is an offense that is (1) a misdemeanor under Federal or state law and (2) has, as an element, the use or attempted use of physical force or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, committed by a current or former spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim as a spouse, parent, or guardian, or by a person similarly situated to a spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim.

If you have ever been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, do NOT apply for this position.

EEO Statement

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or 465-4095 in Juneau or (907) 465-3412 (TTY) or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at P. O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.

Contact Information

Workplace Alaska Application Questions & Assistance

Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 1-800-587-0430 (toll-free) or (907) 465-4095 if you are in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to recruitment.services@alaska.gov.

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For specific information about this position, please get in touch with the hiring manager at the following:

Ed Sanford

Fire Protection Chief of Operations

Phone: 907-378-1321

Email: edward.sanford@alaska.gov

Careers with the State of Alaska offer MANY benefits

The following information describes typical benefits available to employees of the State of Alaska. Actual benefits received may differ by bargaining unit or branch of government, position type, or be prorated for other than full time work.


For a quick breakdown of the insurance, health, and retirement benefits available for State Employees you can view an orientation video from Division of Retirement and Benefits. (Please note this video is specifically designed for new State Employees.)



Insurance Benefits

• Health insurance, which includes employer contributions toward medical/vision/dental
  • The following employee groups are under AlaskaCare Benefits administered by the State: See for additional information.
    • AVTEC
    • Confidential
    • Correctional Officers
    • Marine Engineers
    • Mt. Edgecumbe Teachers
    • Supervisory
    • Unlicensed Vessel Personnel/Inland Boatman's Union
    • Exempt employees (not covered by collective bargaining)
  • The following employee groups are covered by Union health trusts. Contact the appropriate Union for additional information.
    • General Government
    • Labor, Trades and Crafts
    • Public Safety Employees Association
    • Masters, Mates & Pilots
• Employer paid Basic Life insurance with additional coverage available (amount depends on Bargaining Unit)

Optional Insurance Benefits

• Group-based insurance premiums for
  • Term life (employee, spouse or qualified same sex partner, and dependents)
  • Long-term and short-term disability
  • Accidental Death and Dismemberment
  • Long-term care (self and eligible family members)
  • Supplemental Survivor Benefits
• Employee-funded flexible spending accounts for tax savings on eligible health care or dependent care expenses

Retirement Benefits

• Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Teachers' Retirement System (TRS)
• Matching employer contribution into a defined contribution program (new employees)
• Employer contribution into a defined benefit or defined contribution program (current employees)
• Contributions to the Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan in lieu of contributions to Social Security
• Option to enroll in the Alaska Deferred Compensation Program
• Note: The Defined Contribution Plan, Supplemental Annuity Plan and Deferred Compensation Program offer a variety of investment options

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Paid Leave & Other Benefits

• Personal leave with an accrual rate increase based on time served
• Twelve (12) paid holidays a year

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