Job Type: Full time, on-site
Location: Pheasants Forever - Monroe, Iowa
Pay: $17/hour
Application Deadline: Open until filled
Description:
Launch your career in wildlife conservation with hands-on field experience through a partnership with Pheasants Forever (PF) and Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). This position offers recent graduates and emerging natural resource professionals with an opportunity to build technical skills, work directly with landowners and wildlife professionals, and gain real-world experience that has proven to lead to permanent careers in conservation!
This role is designed to provide foundational experience in habitat management, maintenance and technical skills, and wildlife surveys. The PF Wildlife Management Specialist will work with other wildlife unit personnel and be under the general direction of the Natural Resource Biologist. The job duties of this position include general wildlife management activities on state and federally owned wildlife areas within the assigned unit counties. The employee is expected to efficiently display a high level of initiative and commitment towards completing assignments. Overnight travel will occasionally be required on special projects outside of the assigned unit counties. Watch this video to see a day in the role of a Wildlife Management Specialist.
Work Location:
Iowa DNR Red Rock Wildlife Unit (Marion County)
656 Carpenter St., Monroe, IA 50170
Application deadline: Open until filled
Salary: $17.00 per hour
Typical Hours: 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – 40 hours per week
Anticipated Start Date: 2-4 weeks post successful job offer
End Date: One year from start date
Examples of typical job duties may include:
Perform wildlife habitat management activities including: Wetland management, prairie management, native prairie seeding, food plot development, edge feathering, tree/brush removal, spraying, disking, mowing, etc. using large farm machinery, chainsaws, and other hand tools.
Prescribed fire implementation for ecological purposes. This duty will require fire-line construction, fire-line holding, and mop-up activities. Performance of these tasks will require the employee to periodically work under physically stressful and adverse conditions. Proficiency in the use of basic wildland firefighting equipment will be needed.
Wildlife Surveys & Monitoring including: Waterfowl banding, deer spotlight routes, august roadside surveys, chronic wasting disease sampling, etc. Collecting of biological data occasionally will require early or late in the day work scheduling.
General area maintenance involving mowing, sign posting, fence building, fence removal, tree/brush control, noxious weed control etc. These activities require the ability to use simple power equipment; drills, saws, hand tools, chain saws, trimmers, small mowers etc.
Special assignments may require some overnight travel as part of a crew, to accomplish large scale fence removal, fence building or tree removal projects outside of the assigned unit counties. These assignments will require the ability to work well with others, work out of doors under all types of weather conditions, and to withstand physically demanding work, i.e., lifting, bending and hauling.
Minimum Qualifications:
Degree in wildlife biology, animal ecology, or another closely related natural resource field.
Passion for conservation and outdoor fieldwork.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team, demonstrating responsible behavior, attention to detail, and the capacity to work with minimal supervision.
Display professionalism, integrity, and accountability, with strong initiative, effort, and commitment to completing assignments efficiently.
Able to travel on overnight duties and work on weekends, holidays, nights, and evenings as required.
Must have a valid motor vehicle operator’s license.
Able to follow policy and cooperate with supervisors and co-workers.
To Apply:
Please combine your cover letter, resume and 3 references into a single Word document or PDF file before uploading as part of your application on the recruitment website at www.pheasantsforever.org/jobs.
