Responsibilities

• Manages bureau programs affecting communication, outreach, and marketing throughout the department.
• Ensures integration of bureau's programs to efficiently and effectively deliver high priority deliverables and outcomes.
• Provides oversight to information and communication strategies for department or commission public information.
• Understands, develops and manages the bureau budget.
• Provides leadership in the development of strategy to educate and advance customer engagement and promote department products and services to increase revenue.
• Coordinates closely with department leadership in the development and implementation of mission-centric educational components.

Requirements

• Some knowledge of fish and wildlife management practices.
• Some knowledge of communication and public information methods, including statutory expectations.
• Experience partnering across teams and navigating review/approval processes.
• Experience handling sensitive, confidential, or high-risk communications
• Good knowledge of management and demonstrated leadership skills.
• Experience producing written and edited materials to convey complex topics to diverse audiences.
• Experience developing and recommending programs in a natural resource environment to inform, educate, and promote products, services, and opportunities.

Preferred

• Strong background in the natural resource arena providing leadership to various programs in public information, outreach, education, and marketing.
• Some knowledge of marketing principles including use of diverse medium; advertising, research, and evaluation methods.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate programs and collaborate across functions to deliver high quality outcomes.
• Personal experience that demonstrates an understanding and appreciation of hunting, fishing, and trapping as well as the value of professionally managed fish and wildlife resources.
• Some understanding and application of 3R (recruitment, retention, reactivation) principles and practices for fish and wildlife agencies.
• Experience supervising professional staff.
• Ability to evaluate complex alternatives, prioritize projects, and deliver customer focused results.
• Strong managerial, organizational, and communication skills.
• Experience with project management, budgeting, and staff training.