State Director

The State Director is located in the Bureau of Land Management at the Department of the Interior (Department) and reports to the Deputy Director of State Operations. BLM is responsible for managing approximately 245 million acres of public land, more than any other Federal agency. Known as the National System of Public Lands, this land is primarily located in 12 Western States, including Alaska. The BLM, with a budget of about $1.5 billion, also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the Nation. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use of enjoyment of present and future generations.

Specific Duties

The incumbent carries out the following specific responsibilities:

1. Administers a broad and complex program of conservation, recreation, and commercial uses, on both the surface and the subsurface estate. In addition, the State Director has the mineral leasing and locatable mineral management responsibilities for those lands where the surface is managed by other Federal agencies, and the responsibility for all cadastral survey work in the state(s) administered.

2. Establishes statewide program goals and priorities designed to meet the economic and social demands placed on natural resources consistent with prudent conservation and protection.

3. Provides executive leadership and direction for all Bureau actions within the state(s) in compliance with policy; such as multiple use of resources; appropriate balance between resource protection and development; dealing effectively with economic and other interest organizations and groups, renewable energy companies, and oil and utility companies; and working effectively with other stakeholders and Federal agencies.

4. Serves as the focal point for the Bureau at the State Office level including engaging in meaningful tribal consultation and meeting tribal consultation statutory obligations; assuring public awareness of Bureau programs; and coordinating with key officials in affected Federal agencies and involved individuals

5. Coordinates, correlates, and reconciles the various functional programs for the public lands under their jurisdiction with state, local, and private industry resource management interests to achieve an optimum balance between resource capacity and economic and social demands for services and resources.

Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs)- *Required Documentation*

MTQs are designed to assess an applicants experience relevant to the specific position requirements. Each MTQ narrative response must 1.) not exceed two pages per narrative statement; 2.) include specific examples of your experience, education, and/or accomplishments; and 3.) address specific challenges, contexts, actions, and results.

1. Knowledge of and ability to implement the laws, regulations, Executive Orders, Secretarial Orders, etc., governing public land/natural and cultural resources management.
2. Knowledge of public land/natural and cultural resource program development, policy formulation, program and budget accomplishment, as well as how top-level government procedures and decision making are handled.
3. Knowledge of and ability to apply the best available science, promoting adaptation and restoration efforts to reduce the impacts of climate change and other threats on public lands, and addressing the disproportionate and cumulative harm from air pollution, water pollution, and toxic sites on communities of color, low-income families, and rural and indigenous communities.
4. Ability to present, discuss, and defend major program objectives before Congress; national and international organizations; scientific and professional organizations; Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments; interagency groups; private industry; special interest groups; and public meetings which often involve dealing with highly controversial and sensitive issues.

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