Rangeland Agrologist

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 53545
Ministry: Forestry and Parks
Location: Drayton Valley, Rocky Mountain House
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: 2 Temporary Positions - 24 Months & 12 Months
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: Februray 16, 2024
Classification: Opted Out and Excluded Agrologist Level 2 (522AGA)

**Salary**: $ 2,594.83 to $3,558.35 Bi-weekly ($67,725- $92,872 / year)

Forestry and Parks - Responsible for growing our manufactured wood products and forestry sector, preserving, and managing our public lands and protected areas. Protected areas are essential to the quality of life that Albertans enjoy. They conserve our natural landscapes and wildlife habitat and offer a broad range of nature-based outdoor recreational opportunities. Alberta’s protected areas inspire people to discover, value, protect, and enjoy the natural world and the benefits it provides for current and future generations.

**Role Responsibilities**:
Reporting to the Rangeland Approvals Team Lead, and working as part of a team of Agrologists, the Rangeland Agrologist is responsible for delivering the Rangeland Approvals Program. This position provides professional expertise, extensive knowledge and decision making on agricultural crown land.

This position administers crown land agriculture dispositions while ensuring compliance under multiple legislations and policies and provides professional expertise with respect to range management practices to disposition holders, the public and other professionals in government and industry. This is a regulatory, land management role that makes integrated, multi-faceted decisions to manage the ecological integrity of agricultural crown lands while facilitating responsible economic development, multiple-use opportunities, and land allocation through consultation.

**Note**: This position requires extensive fieldwork, operating off highway and ATV vehicles, driving on gravel roads (and highways), and working alone around livestock in remote areas where wildlife may be present.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Assessing and auditing crown land agricultural dispositions within the current regulatory structure
- Issuing approvals and authorizations within the current regulatory structure
- Managing and administering Alberta’s vacant public lands and participating in integrated land management decisions to promote responsible development and protect ecological integrity
- Providing support in the administration and management of the Allotments within the Forest Reserve.
- Evaluating the highest and best agricultural sustainable use of public lands to meet the needs of development, conservation, and stewardship
- Providing input into land management and operational policy, as well as program development, within Environment and Protected Areas and Forestry and Parks to represent district and regional interest
- Supporting the Ministry by providing professional services to the people of Alberta while upholding Alberta Public Services values of respect, accountability, integrity, and excellence

**APS Competencies**:
Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
**Agility**: Ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, maintain resilience and work effectively in changing environments.

**Creative Problem-Solving**: Ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions.

**Systems Thinking**: Work done is part of a larger integrated and inner-related environment. Allows us to keep broader impacts and connections in mind.

**Develop Networks**: Proactively building networks, connecting, and building trust in relationships with stakeholders.

**Drive for Results**: Knowing what outcomes are important and maximizing resources to achieve results aligned with the organization's goals while maintaining accountability

**Qualifications**:
**Requirements**:
- A University Degree in Agriculture, Environmental Sciences, or a related field.
- Plus 3 years of related experience.
- Professional Agrologist status or eligible for in-training status with (AIT) from the Alberta Institute of Agrologists (AIA)
- A valid Class 5 Driver’s License (or equivalent) with a clean driving record.
- Standard First Aid and Basic CPR

**Assets include**:
- Experience with range and riparian management and health assessments.
- Experience with plant identification, plant community classification, soil classification.
- Experience working with applicable regulatory legislation: Public Lands Act, WAERNAHRA (Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves, Natural Areas and Heritage Rangelands Act, ), and applicable regulatio