Water Conservation Specialist

Minimum Qualifications (Education and Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree in natural resource management or the natural sciences.
• Three years of experience with water-resource management.
• Other combinations of education and experience may be substituted.

Preferred knowledge:

• Knowledge of Montana water law, relevant interstate and reserved water compacts, rules, policies, procedures, and government operations. 
• Knowledge of water resource-related management theories, principles, concepts and practices; field investigation methodologies; and negotiation, and conflict resolution techniques. 
• Knowledge of local water availability, water use practices, water measurement techniques and devices, irrigation methods and designs, public land ownership records, court decrees and orders.
• Knowledge of local, state, and federal governmental administrative processes.

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". The State of Montana does not sponsor VISA, or Green Cards.