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Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation's mission is to help ensure that Montana's land and water resources provide benefits for present and future generations. The DNRC believes employees are their most important asset. The DNRC empowers employees to exercise professional judgment in carrying out their duties. Employees are provided with the training and tools necessary to achieve the mission. Both team effort and individual employee expertise are supported and sustained. *Core Values:* The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation’s Forestry and Trust Land Division recognizes that building a collaborative, professional, and inclusive work environment is critical to fulfilling our mission of managing, protecting, and promoting stewardship of Montana’s forests and lands for the benefit of current and future generations and our trust beneficiaries. We hold ourselves to these high standards as we are accountable to the people of Montana. * We value and respect each other. * We create collaborative work environments. * We build and maintain strong relationships. * We practice accountability. * We celebrate our successes and take pride in our work. *Work Unit Overview: * TheForestry Divisionof theDepartment of Natural Resources and Conservation(DNRC) ensures the sustainability of Montana forests, rural lands, and communities through cooperative wildland fire protection and sound forest management practices; protects the state's natural resources from wildfire, insect pests, and disease; sustains or improves the natural resources of private forestland for the good of all Montanans; promotes and supports conservation practices on all lands in Montana; enforces the State's forest practices laws in a manner that is both fair and consistent to all parties and that complies with the intent of the legislation; and encourages the maintenance, planting, and management of trees and shrubs in Montana communities. The Division consists of the Fire Protection Bureau, the Forestry Assistance Bureau, the Forestry Division Business Office, and six area offices located throughout the state. The DNRC Fire Protection mission requires a robust approach to community preparedness and fire prevention enabling wildland fire protection activities across the state of Montana and actualizing a commitment to achieving a well-rounded fire protection program that, to the extent we can while redeeming our statutory mandates, embraces the three tenets of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy: effective wildfire response, fire adapted communities, and resilient landscapes. Our Fire Protection Program incorporates, as critical components, community preparedness, homeowner risk reduction, and fire prevention, as well as prescribed fire and hazardous fuels reduction. We deliberately engage Montana’s citizens to prepare themselves, their property and their communities for wildfire. It is through the Community Preparedness and Wildfire Prevention Program that the Department’s aspirations in these areas become reality. The Central Land Office, one of six DNRC land offices in the State, encompasses all or part of fourteen counties across central Montana: Lewis and Clark, Meager, Broadwater, Jefferson, Madison, Beaverhead, Park, Gallatin, Cascade, Teton, Pondera, Glacier, Toole, and Liberty. Within those counties, CLO manages approximately 1.2 million acres of State trust lands. The CLO has headquarters in Helena, and includes four Units located in Conrad, Helena, Bozeman and Dillon. Through both direct protection and the County Cooperative Fire Management Program, the CLO provides fire protection across all 14 counties. Within that, the CLO provides initial and extended attack fire management on approximately 1.6 million acres of direct fire protection, including areas of complex and high value Wildland Urban Interface (WUI). The Central Land Office includes the larger municipalities of Helena, Great Falls, Bozeman, Belgrade, Big Sky, Three Forks, Livingston, Ennis, and Dillon. The CLO overlaps with the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Custer-Gallatin National Forest, and parts of the Lolo and Flathead National Forests. The Central Land Office provides fire protection, thru offset agreements, with the Western Montana District of the Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation and the US Forest Service. *Position Overview:* This position primarily focuses on leading the development and implementation, with Unit personnel, of a land office-wide comprehensive program for community preparedness, fire prevention, fire information, public outreach, and forestry assistance supporting both the current operational needs and the strategic initiatives of the Fire Protection Program and the Forestry Division within the Central Land Office operating area. The incumbent serves both as an internal resource to DNRC personnel and to key DNRC partners in local, state, tribal, and federal government. The CPFP Specialist serves as a key member of the CLO Area Fire Management staff *Essential Functions (Major Duties or Responsibilities): *These job functions are the essential duties of the position and are not all-inclusive of all the duties that may be assigned to the incumbent. * *_Lead and Manage the Community Preparedness Program_* * **_Lead and Manage the Prevention Program_** * ***_Fire Public Information_*** * ****_Program budget, Grant Administration, and Contract Management_**** *APPLICATION MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION ARE: * * Online State of Montana application * Resume * Cover Letter *HELPFUL HINT: *You must check the “relevant document” box to ensure your attachments are uploading correctly to the specific application. *Benefits:* * Paid Vacation, Sick Leave and Holidays * Health, Dental, Prescription, and Vision Coverage * Retirement Plans * Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) – Employment with the State of Montana may qualify you to receive student loan forgiveness under the PSLF.  Look here, https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service to learn more and see if you may qualify! *If you are interested in a complete job description, please contact HR at [email protected]. *Supervision:* This position may supervision the following positions: Seasonal and temporary employees, contracted or grant funded positions, and Emergency Fire Fighters (EFF) as needed for Community Preparedness, Wildfire Prevention, and Public Information. *Minimum Qualifications (Education and Experience):* The ideal knowledge, skills and abilities are typically acquired through a combination of education and experience equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in forestry, natural resources, journalism, communications, English, public administration, or related field and four years of progressively responsible experience, including communications, education, fire suppression, fire prevention, community preparedness, training, and program management. The incumbent must be able to attain and maintain National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) qualification/certification as a Public Information Officer 3 (PIO3). *Knowledge, skills, and abilities:* * Program Management * Professional and Technical writing * Written and verbal communication * Public Education and Outreach * - Budget Monitoring *SPECIAL INFORMATION:* Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States. A valid driver's license is required with less than 12 conviction points in the most recent, completed 36 months. *ELIGIBILITY TO WORK:* In accordance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act, the person selected must produce within three days of hire documents that show authorization to work in the United States. Examples of such documentation include a birth certificate or Social Security card along with a driver’s license or other picture I.D., or a U.S. passport, or a "green card" **Title:** *Program Specialist 1- Area Community Preparedness & Wildfire Prevention Specialist * **Location:** *Helena* **Requisition ID:** *25140843* **Other Locations:** *Dillon, Bozeman, Conrad*