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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Bold","sans-serif"">Forest Health Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">Location: Nashville, TN Salary: $3,053 - $4,883 monthly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Bold","sans-serif"">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">The Forest Health Specialist resides within the Forest Health and Sustainability Unit and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">serves as the division technical experts for forest insects, disease, and invasive plants<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">statewide. They are responsible with securing grant funding and coordinating all forest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">health programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Bold","sans-serif"">Specific Job Duties:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Bold","sans-serif"">PLANNING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">1. Conducts annual planning exercises to prepare for forest health program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">operations such as gypsy moth trapping, aerial surveillance, hemlock woolly adelgid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">treatments, southern pine beetle trapping and monitoring and general forest health<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">outreach, education and training.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">2. Seeks and secures grant revenue to fund each forest health program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">3. Seeks opportunities and partnerships to improve and grow forest health programs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">with sister state agencies, federal partners, non-government organizations and the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">public.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">4. Works as a part of a dynamic team of other program specialists, regional foresters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">and seasonal employees to develop and execute holistic forest management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Bold","sans-serif"">PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">1. Conducts forest health surveys and monitoring activities statewide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">2. Provides training and outreach to TDF personnel, landowners, and partners on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">forest health management practices.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">3. Develops and maintains cooperative partnerships with federal and state agencies,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">industry and other non-government organizations to promote forest health<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif"">objectives in the state.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif";color:black">4. Serves as the forest health liaison with the U.S Forest Service and Southern Group of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif";color:black">State Foresters to promote regional objectives, partnerships, and grant funding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif";color:black">5. Serves as the Division’s subject matter expert on forest insects, disease, and invasive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif";color:black">plants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Bold","sans-serif";color:black">SUPERVISION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif";color:black">1. Supervises crew leader who oversees the activities and operations of the seasonal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif";color:black">hemlock woolly adelgid strike team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Bold","sans-serif";color:black">Application link can be found on the Tennessee Division of Forestry’s Careers page:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Bold","sans-serif";color:blue">https://www.tn.gov/agriculture/forests/employment-opportunities.html<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif";color:black">For more information, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Bold","sans-serif";color:black">NATHAN HOOOVER |
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif";color:black">Forest Health and Sustainability Unit Leader<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif";color:black">Department of Agriculture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif";color:black">Ellington Agricultural Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif";color:black">P.O. Box 40627 Melrose Station, Nashville, TN 37204<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif";color:black">o. 615-837-5552, c. 615-289-7373, f. 615-837-5003<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif";color:blue">nathan.hoover@tn.gov<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"OpenSans","sans-serif";color:blue">www.tn.gov/agriculture</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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