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Pheasants ForeverConservation

Wildlife Management Specialist

Location

Monroe, Iowa, United States

Work type

Onsite

Employment

Full Time

Experience

0-2 years

Compensation

Compensation not disclosed

Posted

10h ago

Summary and responsibilities

Role overview

Summary

This role offers foundational experience in wildlife habitat management, maintenance, and technical skills, including wildlife surveys. The specialist will perform general wildlife management activities on state and federally owned wildlife areas, requiring initiative, commitment, and occasional overnight travel.

About The Position

This role is designed to provide foundational experience in habitat management, maintenance and technical skills, and wildlife surveys. The PF Wildlife Management Specialist will work with other wildlife unit personnel and be under the general direction of the Natural Resource Biologist. The job duties of this position include general wildlife management activities on state and federally owned wildlife areas within the assigned unit counties. The employee is expected to efficiently display a high level of initiative and commitment towards completing assignments. Overnight travel will occasionally be required on special projects outside of the assigned unit counties.


Requirements

  • Degree in wildlife biology, animal ecology, or another closely related natural resource field.

  • Passion for conservation and outdoor fieldwork.

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team, demonstrating responsible behavior, attention to detail, and the capacity to work with minimal supervision.

  • Display professionalism, integrity, and accountability, with strong initiative, effort, and commitment to completing assignments efficiently.

  • Able to travel on overnight duties and work on weekends, holidays, nights, and evenings as required.

  • Must have a valid motor vehicle operator’s license.

  • Able to follow policy and cooperate with supervisors and co-workers.

Nice To Haves

  • Must possess or be able to acquire a pesticide applicator’s license and S130-190 basic firefighter training certification, special requirements shall be met within 90 days of hire if not currently possessed.

  • Successful applicant will also be encouraged to obtain a Iowa DNR chainsaw safety certification and complete first aid & bloodborne pathogen training.

Responsibilities

  • Perform wildlife habitat management activities including: Wetland management, prairie management, native prairie seeding, food plot development, edge feathering, tree/brush removal, spraying, disking, mowing, etc. using large farm machinery, chainsaws, and other hand tools.

  • Prescribed fire implementation for ecological purposes. This duty will require fire-line construction, fire-line holding, and mop-up activities. Performance of these tasks will require the employee to periodically work under physically stressful and adverse conditions. Proficiency in the use of basic wildland firefighting equipment will be needed.

  • Wildlife Surveys & Monitoring including: Waterfowl banding, deer spotlight routes, august roadside surveys, chronic wasting disease sampling, etc. Collecting of biological data occasionally will require early or late in the day work scheduling.

  • General area maintenance involving mowing, sign posting, fence building, fence removal, tree/brush control, noxious weed control etc. These activities require the ability to use simple power equipment; drills, saws, hand tools, chain saws, trimmers, small mowers etc.

  • Special assignments may require some overnight travel as part of a crew, to accomplish large scale fence removal, fence building or tree removal projects outside of the assigned unit counties. These assignments will require the ability to work well with others, work out of doors under all types of weather conditions, and to withstand physically demanding work, i.e., lifting, bending and hauling.

Benefits

  • Proven pathway to full-time careers — this position has a strong track record of placement into full-time permanent roles with DNR, Pheasants Forever, and other conservation organizations.

  • Build valuable, hands-on technical skills while working alongside experienced DNR professionals.

  • Grow your professional network and form lasting connections across the conservation field.

  • Gain real-world, outdoor experience doing meaningful, on-the-ground conservation work.

  • Experience a unique dual-agency role, with opportunities to engage in trainings, collaboration, and annual staff meetings with both DNR and Pheasants Forever.

  • Competitive benefits package.

Updated 10h ago

Candidate fit

Skills and qualifications

Additional skills

Habitat Management • 1+ yrs
Wildlife Surveys • 1+ yrs
Prescribed Fire Implementation • 1+ yrs
Chainsaw Operation • 1+ yrs
Large Farm Machinery Operation • 1+ yrs
Conservation • 1+ yrs
Teamwork • 1+ yrs
Working Independently • 1+ yrs

Experience

0-2 years

Certifications

Valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s License • Required
Pesticide Applicator’s License • Required
S130-190 Basic Firefighter Training Certification • Required

How this role is positioned

Role classification

Job domains

Other

Industries

Wildlife & Conservation

Employment

Full Time

Contract duration

Permanent

Hiring type

Direct

Global hiring

Location specific

Offer details

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

Compensation not disclosed

VisibilityShared on listing
CurrencyUSD
PeriodYearly

Location, schedule, and role shape

Work setup

Work conditions

Primary locationMonroe, Iowa, United States
Work typeOnsite
Global hiringNo

Bandwidth profile

peopleMedium6/10
physicalHigh9/10
cognitiveMedium6/10
executionHigh8/10
creativityLow4/10
uncertaintyMedium5/10
communicationMedium5/10

Context on the employer

Company snapshot

Company

Pheasants Forever

Team size

Growing team

Location

Monroe, Iowa, United States

Pheasants Forever is a conservation organization dedicated to wildlife habitat management, maintenance, and surveys, often collaborating on state and federally owned wildlife areas.

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Wildlife Management Specialist

Monroe, Iowa, United StatesFull Time