Manager, Forestry Operations

Government of Northwest Territories
CA - Northwest Territories - Villiage of Fort Simpson
January 5, 2025
Management

Department:
Environment and Climate Change

This Job Opening is limited to employees with the GNWT/WSCC in indeterminate and term positions.

Employees must apply through HRIS / Employee Self-Service. For instructions please see:

The mandate of the Department of Environment and Climate Change is to manage land, water, air, wildlife, and forests. This includes promoting, planning, and supporting the wise and sustainable use of natural resources, and protecting, restoring, and stewarding the environment for the social and economic benefit of all Northwest Territories residents.

Job Information

Under the direction of the Superintendent, Wildlife and Forest Management, the incumbent manages and directs the Regional forest management program. The position manages the region's pre-suppression and forest development budgets, assets, and inventory. The incumbent is responsible for high levels of spending of the suppression budget as regional duty officer or fire boss. The incumbent makes regular decisions relating to the delivery of departmental programs and services, ensuring all relevant Federal and Territorial Acts and regulations are enforced and managed. Enforcement activities include fire, forest, parks and tourism, wildlife, and environmental.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of forest fire weather, specifically surface and upper air patterns that produce significant fire operations problems and the effects of surface weather on forest fuels as determined by the codes and indexes of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI) System.
Knowledge of forest fire behavior in northern boreal forest fuel types, specifically rate of spread, frontal fire intensity, spot fire threshold values, depth of burn, and crown scorch height as determined by the outputs of the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Predictions (FBP) System.
Knowledge of the general guidelines relating to forest fire behaviors with suppression response as determined by studies done by Forestry Canada, from guidelines contained in the NWT Forest Fire Preparedness System, and from local knowledge.
Knowledge of land management objectives, values-at-risk, and the relative value of forest resources within the context of the NWT Forest Management Policy.
Knowledge of forest management activities including legislation, harvesting methods, inventory, scaling, and reforestation techniques.
Knowledge of Acts, regulations, policies, and operating procedures pertinent to Resource Management and specifically Forest Management Operations.
Knowledge of the administration of budgets, contracts, and operations plans and administrative services and procedures.
Knowledge of forest fire prevention, detection, pre-suppression, and suppression techniques and methodologies used in the prevention and control of wildfires.

Typically, the above qualifications would be attained by:

A Diploma in Renewable Resource Management with fire science and forest ecology components, five years of experience in applied forest fire science and land management planning at the operational level, and supervisory experience. Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.

GNWT Inquiries

Inquiries Only:

Dehcho HR Client Service Centre
Department of Finance
Government of the Northwest Territories
9602 100 STREET
BOX240
FORT SIMPSON, NT X0E 0N0
Tel ***
Fax ***
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Note:
If you do not receive electronic notification confirming receipt of your application, please follow up via telephone.

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