PARK MANAGER 2 - 81601

Executive Service

PARK MANAGER 2

Environment and Conservation

Buffalo River State Park

Linden, TN

Annual Salary: $79,320.00 - $102,468.00

Closing Date: 10/18/2026

For more information, visit the link below:
https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/environment/job-announcements-/executive-service/01008531_tsp_park_mgr_2_brsp_tdec-job-opp_es_ua.pdf

Background Check:

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Who We Are and What We do:

The Department of Environment and Conservation exists to enhance the quality of life for citizens of Tennessee and to be stewards of our natural environment. Our Department is committed to providing a cleaner, safer environment that goes hand-in-hand with economic prosperity and increased quality of life in Tennessee. We deliver on our mission through managing regulatory programs that maintain standards for air, water and soil quality while providing assistance to businesses and communities in areas ranging from recreation to waste management. We manage the state park system and programs to inventory, interpret and protect Tennessee's rich natural, historical and archaeological heritage.

How You Make a Difference in this Role:

The selected candidate will have a unique opportunity to help establish and guide a new park through its formative years.

Minimum Qualifications:

Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree, with preference given to those with degrees in Natural Resource Management (Natural Resources, Forestry, Wildlife Biology, etc.) or Park and Recreation Management and three years full-time professional park and conservation experience, of which one year must be supervisory. Preference may be given to candidates with five or more years of natural resource or parks and recreation management experience. The candidate is required to be a state commissioned officer recognized by the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy or is willing to become commissioned.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.