Natural Resources and Working Lands Analyst

This position serves as a leadership role in the Department’s natural resources and working lands planning initiatives and programs by providing expert technical and policy assistance to local governments and partner agencies on land preservation, recreation planning, and vital watershed and Chesapeake Bay initiatives. As a Natural Resources and Working Lands Analyst, this position serves a pivotal role in ensuring environmental concerns are addressed in regional, state, and federal programs. This position evaluates program and project applications to ensure adherence to state regulations, encourage innovative planning, and accelerate progress towards Maryland’s Sustainable Growth Planning Principles.

As a project manager of complex interdivisional, interdepartmental, and interorganizational teams, this position is expected to enhance the Department’s assistance to and resource development for jurisdictions with natural resources and working lands. This requires developing scopes of work, implementing research and statistical methods, and monitoring any field work activities connected with Department planning projects. This position aids MDP leadership and staff in encouraging Maryland’s sustainable growth, resiliency, equity, and resource-protection initiatives, and by making decisions and recommending appropriate approaches for designing MDP programs and policies to meet the unique needs of Maryland’s diverse jurisdictions and regions. The Natural Resources and Working Lands Analyst, Regional Planner identifies and deploys methods for disseminating information about state initiatives to local governments, building local capacity, and maintaining communication and follow through. Duties include providing or coordinating state agencies’ assistance to local governments, giving presentations, and crafting guidance and assistance in preparing plans, studies, programs, and implementation measures to enhance and preserve Maryland’s natural resources and working lands. 

As a Regional Planner for Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore counties (Dorchester, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester) and their 28 municipalities, this position reviews and comments on a variety of local planning documents to help guide jurisdictions toward best practices and compliance with state law. This position also supports coordination and liaison activities with a variety of state, regional, and local stakeholders. This requires the crafting and implementing of protocols and criteria for plan review and interagency and interjurisdictional coordination and developing varied resources to support the enhancement of local, regional, and state planning efforts.  

A successful Natural Resources and Working Lands Analyst, Regional Planner will be expected to research and establish case studies of successful examples of sustainable growth and implementation within Maryland and throughout the country, and organize resources, partnerships, research, and Department policy into varied and dynamic educational offerings which local governments and other stakeholders can access to advance their own planning initiatives. By ensuring a coordinated response among all Department divisions and other state agencies, this position will serve a leadership role in implementing sustainable growth plans and actions, focusing on those most informed by and impacting Maryland’s natural resources and working lands.  

Education:   Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.

Experience: Six years of administrative staff or professional work. 

Notes:

1. Candidates may substitute 30 credit hours from an accredited college or university for each year up to four years of the required experience.

2. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and two years of experience in administrative staff or professional work for the required experience. 

3. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Master's degree from an accredited college or university for five years of the required experience.

4. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer involving staff work related to the administration of rules, regulations, policy, procedures and processes, or overseeing or coordinating unit operations or functioning as a staff assistant to a higher ranking commissioned officer on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

Please make sure that you provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment. All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. We will not consider information submitted after this date. Successful candidates will be ranked as Best Qualified, Better Qualified, or Qualified and placed on the eligible (employment) list for at least one year.

The assessment may consist of a rating of your education, training, and experience related to the requirements of the position. It is important that you provide complete and accurate information on your application. Please report all experience and education that is related to this position.

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS

Online applications are highly recommended. However, if you are unable to apply online, the paper application and supplemental questionnaire may be submitted to: Department of Budget and Management, Recruitment and Examination Division, 301 W. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21201. Paper application materials must be received in our office by the closing date for the recruitment. No postmarks will be accepted.

For questions regarding this recruitment, please contact the DBM Recruitment and Examination Division at Application.Help@maryland.gov or 410-767-4850, MD TTY Relay Service 1-800-735-2258.

We thank our Veterans for their service to our country.

People with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruitment, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State's diversity.