What are the responsibilities and job description for the Recreation Planner position at State of Nebraska?
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Hiring Agency:
Game & Parks Commission - Agency 33
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Job Description:
In this role, you will:
- Lead statewide planning efforts with the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP), bringing together research, collaboration, and creativity.
- Design the future of recreation and conservation by developing innovative plans that connect people with natural resources and outdoor recreation.
- Analyze and apply data to understand recreation trends, protect natural spaces, and create meaningful opportunities for outdoor adventure.
- Engage communities and partners through interactive public participation processes, ensuring every voice helps guide the vision.
- Support key funding programs like the Land and Water Conservation Fund and Recreational Trails Program, making transformative projects possible.
Under direction of the assistant division administrator, this is your chance to blend data, planning, and passion for the outdoors into work that makes a real difference. Every day, your work will help create vibrant parks, accessible trails, and lasting memories for generations to come.
We can offer you:
- Abundant opportunities for professional development and training
- Flexible work schedule
- A varied workload with time in the field and office
- Take part in agency outreach to learn more about what we offer on the landscape
- Access to the state's comprehensive benefits package
- 156% match for the first 4.8% contribution to retirement plan
- 13 paid holidays
- Vacation and sick leave that begin accruing immediately
- Employer-paid $20,000 term life insurance.
- Student loan forgiveness or tuition reimbursement
JOB DUTIES:
Compiles and maintains State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) planning and data analysis.
Assists or leads planning processes for park planning endeavors such as state park master plans, park development plans, park tactical plans, trail plans, and recreation resource planning.
Assists or leads natural resource planning endeavors such as species plans, species recovery plans, lake management planning, and rivers and streams planning.
Assists in agency-wide planning endeavors such as strategic planning, division tactical planning, and recruitment/retention/reactivation planning.
Designs and supervises surveys, other data gathering, and analysis effo1ts needed to provide administrators with adequate information to assist in decision-making process.
Serves as agency representative on a variety of inter-agency planning and coordinating committees and provides agency input to recreation and resource related management and planning efforts.
Facilitates public participation processes for agency-wide efforts.
Coordinates review functions on outdoor recreation, fish and wildlife po1tions of local, county, regional or state agency comprehensive or special purpose plan.
Participates in writing of division reports, agency review comments and input to inter-agency planning. Other duties as assigned.
Requirements / Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in resource management, economics, social science, ecology, outdoor recreation or planning plus four years experience in outdoor recreation or planning or Master's degree plus two years experience in outdoor recreation or planning.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES: Knowledge of planning principles, public participation principles, consensus building, organization and analysis of special studies, projects, and survey results. Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing; work effectively with other agency staff; set articulate clear goals and objectives, evaluate and analyze research, make critical and constructive reviews, maintain working relationships with federal, state and local officials, other agency personnel and the public. Ability to utilize online or digital survey and public participation tools.
Persons new to Nebraska state government will, in most cases, be hired at the starting pay level. Pay rates current Nebraska state government employees that are promoted/transferred to this position will be determined by the appropriate labor contract or Classified System Personnel Rules.
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.
Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer! Benefit eligibility may vary by position, agency and employment status. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits
Equal Opportunity Statement
The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.
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Salary : $20,000
