COASTAL RESOURCES SCIENTIST MANAGER

TS317 $70,138 - $126,256
Creation Date: 06/15/1993
Change Date: 01/01/2025

FUNCTION OF WORK:
To manage staff involved in performing regulatory and/or non-regulatory measures to create, restore, enhance, protect, and preserve the state's coastal wetlands, marshes, flood plains, and other natural resources vital to the state's economy and/or the safety of its citizens (private, public, institutional, industrial, and governmental), and to protect the citizens of Louisiana with hurricane flood protection measures.

LEVEL OF WORK:
Manager

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Usually direct from a Coastal Resources Administrator, but may receive supervision from higher level personnel.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Generally direct over Coastal Resources Scientist Supervisors, but other subordinates may be acceptable with DSCS approval.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from Coastal Resources Scientist Supervisor by the presence of management responsibilities.

Differs from a Coastal Resources Administrator by the absence of administrative responsibility.

CORE COMPETENCIES:
CORE COMPETENCIES HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED BY STATE CIVIL SERVICE FOR THIS JOB TITLE. MORE INFORMATION ON THE SCS COMPETENCY MODEL CAN BE FOUND HERE.

EXAMPLES OF WORK:
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Prepares section budget requests, fiscal impact statements, etc. and defends before the State Budget Office and the Legislative Fiscal Office.

Assists in the development and implementation of administrative and regulatory policy decisions; recommends policy and criteria for determining compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.

Initiates, negotiates, and manages contractual agreements with other local, state, and federal agencies, consulting firms, and educational institutions.

Maintains a high level of expertise and familiarity with existing and politically sensitive state and federal regulations or politically sensitive projects, and apprizes higher level personnel of potential problems.

Maintains continuous liaison and coordinates activities with other local, state, and federal agencies.

Assists in the development of Division comprehensive management plans, strategic plans, etc.

Supervises and directs the implementation of quality control and quality assurance procedures necessary to ensure that scientifically sound and reproducible data are provided.

Participates in the development of outreach efforts and provides technical guidance and support for these programs.

Reviews conflicts between proposed activities and existing laws, policies, and Memoranda of Understanding with other agencies and advises the Administrator of situations and possible solutions; may serve as mediator in negotiations.

Manages and directs a highly specialized environmental monitoring project or program involving strategic, comprehensive, and long-term environmental and/or ecosystem planning efforts.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A bachelor's degree in one of the following fields: biological sciences, physical sciences, earth sciences, environmental sciences, natural sciences, engineering or a related field plus four years of experience in coastal resource management, wetland resource management, environmental science, natural resource management, or biology; OR

A master's degree in biological sciences, physical sciences, earth sciences, environmental sciences, natural sciences, engineering or a related field plus three years of experience in coastal resource management, wetland resource management, environmental science, natural resource management, or biology; OR

A Ph.D. in biological sciences, physical sciences, earth sciences, environmental sciences, natural sciences, engineering or a related field plus two years of experience in coastal resource management, wetland resource management, environmental science, natural resource management, or biology.