Soil Conservationist

Job Duties

Provide technical assistance and guidance to carry out various types of natural resource conservation programs, ensuring conservation goals are effectively and efficiently achieved.

Assist landowners with the application of planned resource management systems in compliance with agency standards and specifications. Perform necessary follow up to ensure plans are being properly implemented.

Provide program support to field office personnel and technical service providers in carrying out programs, policies and procedures in resource conservation planning, contracting, and conservation management systems implementation.

Assist with field office operations including establishing goals, developing and implementing the team-wide plan of operations, determining workload, and the training of others.

Promote and assist in the development and implementation of long-range plans and annual plans of work.

Provide management, training and quality control for programs and other programs as they are technical and field related.

Represent the agency at conservation meetings and serve as an advisor to relatable participants with those groups in meetings, tours, and demonstration projects to explain resource conservation planning.