Regional Lands Specialist II
for sections present: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (or Qualifications), Benefits, Pay, Schedule, Skills? The posting includes Qualifications, Responsibilities, Benefits/Pay (combined). Also mentions travel, schedule, etc. We need to include sections only if real specific content.
We have content: About the role (first paragraph describing role). Responsibilities (list). Qualifications (list). Benefits/Pay: includes salary commensurate with experience & education (that's vague, not specific numbers). Also benefits listed: comprehensive group medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance, spouse and dependent coverage; three weeks paid vacation, paid sick leave, ten paid holidays; 401(k) plan (including partial employer match); tuition reimbursement. That's specific benefits. Pay: "Average salary will be commensurate with experience & education." That's not specific; we should not create Pay section if content is just "commensurate with experience". The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Benefits we have specific content, so we can include Benefits section. Pay we have only vague statement, so we should not create Pay section. Schedule: mentions "Candidate will be able to set their own schedule, but travel may require infrequent daily trips with some overnight." That's some schedule info but not specific hours. It's somewhat specific: ability to set own schedule, travel may require infrequent daily trips with some overnight. That's schedule-related content. Should we include Schedule section? The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state schedule info (ability to set own schedule, travel may require infrequent daily trips with some overnight). That's specific enough? It's not just "varies" or "TBD". It gives some detail. So we can include Schedule section with that content.
Skills: not explicitly listed as a separate section; qualifications include skills like communication, project management, etc. Could combine into Qualifications or Skills. But we have Qualifications section already. We could also have Skills section if we want to pull out skills. However instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we can keep Qualifications covering skills.
Thus sections: About the role (h3), Responsibilities (h3), Qualifications (h3), Benefits (h3), Schedule (h3). Possibly also "Location"? Not required.
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We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc. Also remove "To Apply:" etc. Also remove EEO statements.
We must preserve all substantive information. Ensure we keep details about location preferences, reporting, etc.
Let's extract About the role content:
"The full-time Regional Lands Specialist will be part of the Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Office of Ducks Unlimited, Inc (DU) and preferably based in its Big Rivers Initiative (BRI) field office in O’Fallon, Illinois, or in our Great Lakes Atlantic Regional Office, Dexter MI. The Specialist will primary support the on the ground land protection program in the Missouri Confluence (St. Louis Metro), Missouri and Mississippi River corridor, Southern Illinois, Western Kentucky and the Missouri Bootheel conservation priority areas. Additional support may be required in OH and MI. The Specialist will be part of a highly motivated team of biologists, engineers, lands, GIS Technicians, and other professionals working with state and local agencies, private landowners, and agricultural partners to identify and advance land protection efforts through fee-title acquisitions and conservation easements. This position will report directly to the Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Lands Manager with additional oversight."
We'll put that in
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Responsibilities bullet list: Let's extract each responsibility sentence.
From responsibilities paragraph:
"This position manages part of the regional GLAR lands portfolio and responsibilities by assisting with tracking and facilitating all components of fee land acquisition and disposition and conservation easement acquisition. This position is responsible for project support and coordination including but not limited to tracking and assisting with tax and lease payments, assisting with and approving stewardship obligations on easement properties, and handling the process of disposition/conveyance of fee property to the intended long-term holder. Additional responsibilities also include:
- Assists with coordination of transactional and contractual obligations with regional and national lands staff and other partners.
- Assist with reporting and coordinating capital expenditures and recoveries associated with conservation easements and fee title properties.
- Navigating conservation easements stewardship, enforcement responsibilities and requests with regional and national lands program staff.
- Help with managing a regional lands program database.
- Work with development (fundraising) staff to obtain funding assistance for land transactional costs and easement endowment contributions.
- Assist development staff, as needed, in identifying and stewarding potential major donors from existing and new easement landowners.
- Providing forward thinking and vision toward growing a sustainable lands program that integrates water quality, agricultural, climate resiliency, carbon sequestration, and ecosystem service objectives and applies a diversity of land protection tools and resource opportunities.
- Promotion of DU land conservation efforts via engagement, outreach, and education, including:
* Screen and distribute new opportunistic land protection leads.
* Coordinate due diligence for land protection activities with the primary project manager, negotiate legal agreements, and review and formulate action steps to mitigate obstacles revealed in title searches, appraisals, surveys, environmental assessment and easement negotiation and recording activities.
* In coordination with DU legal staff, manage fee lands disposition process with takeout partner including preparation of agreements, review and completion of legal documentation and affidavits.
* Represent the region on the national lands team and other subcommittees to help inform and shape policy, organizational structure, and communications plans.
* Work with DU conservation and development teams including our ES, mitigation and Ag focus teams to develop instruments and programmatic offerings/efficiencies that both simplify and incentivize land protection to the broadest contingent of priority private landowners possible."
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Let's list them:
1. Assists with tracking and facilitating all components of fee land acquisition and disposition and conservation easement acquisition.
2. Responsible for project support and coordination including but not limited to tracking and assisting with tax and lease payments, assisting with and approving stewardship obligations on easement properties, and handling the process of disposition/conveyance of fee property to the intended long-term holder.
3. Assists with coordination of transactional and contractual obligations with regional and national lands staff and other partners.
4. Assist with reporting and coordinating capital expenditures and recoveries associated with conservation easements and fee title properties.
5. Navigating conservation easements stewardship, enforcement responsibilities and requests with regional and national lands program staff.
6. Help with managing a regional lands program database.
7. Work with development (fundraising) staff to obtain funding assistance for land transactional costs and easement endowment contributions.
8. Assist development staff, as needed, in identifying and stewarding potential major donors from existing and new easement landowners.
9. Providing forward thinking and vision toward growing a sustainable lands program that integrates water quality, agricultural, climate resiliency, carbon sequestration, and ecosystem service objectives and applies a diversity of land protection tools and resource opportunities.
10. Promotion of DU land conservation efforts via engagement, outreach, and education, including:
- Screen and distribute new opportunistic land protection leads.
- Coordinate due diligence for land protection activities with the primary project manager, negotiate legal agreements, and review and formulate action steps to mitigate obstacles revealed in title searches, appraisals, surveys, environmental assessment and easement negotiation and recording activities.
- In coordination with DU legal staff, manage fee lands disposition process with takeout partner including preparation of agreements, review and completion of legal documentation and affidavits.
- Represent the region on the national lands team and other subcommittees to help inform and shape policy, organizational structure, and communications plans.
- Work with DU conservation and development teams including our ES, mitigation and Ag focus teams to develop instruments and programmatic offerings/efficiencies that both simplify and incentivize land protection to the broadest contingent of priority private landowners possible.
We could keep the sub-bullets as separate
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Qualifications bullet list:
From qualifications paragraph:
"Candidate must understand real property acquisition and management and land trust alliance standards and practices with meaningful experience managing conservation focused land transactions. Desired candidate will have responsibilities in conservation planning, cultivating partnerships, reporting to internal boards, reporting to and cultivating external funders and stakeholders, as well as coordinating contactors and staff around organizational standards and practices, and contractual obligations. Typically, has at least 5 years of relevant experience. Advanced degree in a related field also preferred, but not required. Excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as inter-personal skills are required. Proven project management, and very strong organizational and administrative skills are desired. The ideal candidate should have a track record of successfully leading a landscape level land protection program with internal and external teams. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented task manager and out of the box thinker with a good working knowledge of regional conservation issues, a strong network of partners and experience managing large scale, complex conservation programs. Some grant writing may be required. Candidate must be able and willing to travel within the GLAR states."
We'll turn each sentence into
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- Understand real property acquisition and management and land trust alliance standards and practices with meaningful experience managing conservation focused land transactions.
- Have responsibilities in conservation planning, cultivating partnerships, reporting to internal boards, reporting to and cultivating external funders and stakeholders, as well as coordinating contractors and staff around organizational standards and practices, and contractual obligations.
- Typically has at least 5 years of relevant experience.
- Advanced degree in a related field preferred, but not required.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as interpersonal skills are required.
- Proven project management, and very strong organizational and administrative skills are desired.
- Ideal candidate should have a track record of successfully leading a landscape level land protection program with internal and external teams.
- Ideal candidate is a detail-oriented task manager and out of the box thinker with a good working knowledge of regional conservation issues, a strong network of partners and experience managing large scale, complex conservation programs.
- Some grant writing may be required.
- Candidate must be able and willing to travel within the GLAR states.
Benefits list:
"DU offers an exceptional benefit package, including comprehensive group medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance, including spouse and dependent coverage; three weeks paid vacation, paid sick leave, and ten paid holidays; 401(k) plan (including partial employer match); and tuition reimbursement."
We'll make
- items:
- Comprehensive group medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance, including spouse and dependent coverage.
- Three weeks paid vacation.
- Paid sick leave.
- Ten paid holidays.
- 401(k) plan (including partial employer match).
- Tuition reimbursement.
Schedule section:
"Candidate will be able to set their own schedule, but travel may require infrequent daily trips with some overnight. This position will require occasional outside work, possibly in inclement weather."
We'll put that in
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. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc. Also remove "To Apply:" etc. Also remove EEO statements. We must preserve all substantive information. Ensure we keep details about location preferences, reporting, etc. Let's extract About the role content: "The full-time Regional Lands Specialist will be part of the Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Office of Ducks Unlimited, Inc (DU) and preferably based in its Big Rivers Initiative (BRI) field office in O’Fallon, Illinois, or in our Great Lakes Atlantic Regional Office, Dexter MI. The Specialist will primary support the on the ground land protection program in the Missouri Confluence (St. Louis Metro), Missouri and Mississippi River corridor, Southern Illinois, Western Kentucky and the Missouri Bootheel conservation priority areas. Additional support may be required in OH and MI. The Specialist will be part of a highly motivated team of biologists, engineers, lands, GIS Technicians, and other professionals working with state and local agencies, private landowners, and agricultural partners to identify and advance land protection efforts through fee-title acquisitions and conservation easements. This position will report directly to the Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Lands Manager with additional oversight." We'll put that in
. Responsibilities bullet list: Let's extract each responsibility sentence. From responsibilities paragraph: "This position manages part of the regional GLAR lands portfolio and responsibilities by assisting with tracking and facilitating all components of fee land acquisition and disposition and conservation easement acquisition. This position is responsible for project support and coordination including but not limited to tracking and assisting with tax and lease payments, assisting with and approving stewardship obligations on easement properties, and handling the process of disposition/conveyance of fee property to the intended long-term holder. Additional responsibilities also include: - Assists with coordination of transactional and contractual obligations with regional and national lands staff and other partners. - Assist with reporting and coordinating capital expenditures and recoveries associated with conservation easements and fee title properties. - Navigating conservation easements stewardship, enforcement responsibilities and requests with regional and national lands program staff. - Help with managing a regional lands program database. - Work with development (fundraising) staff to obtain funding assistance for land transactional costs and easement endowment contributions. - Assist development staff, as needed, in identifying and stewarding potential major donors from existing and new easement landowners. - Providing forward thinking and vision toward growing a sustainable lands program that integrates water quality, agricultural, climate resiliency, carbon sequestration, and ecosystem service objectives and applies a diversity of land protection tools and resource opportunities. - Promotion of DU land conservation efforts via engagement, outreach, and education, including: * Screen and distribute new opportunistic land protection leads. * Coordinate due diligence for land protection activities with the primary project manager, negotiate legal agreements, and review and formulate action steps to mitigate obstacles revealed in title searches, appraisals, surveys, environmental assessment and easement negotiation and recording activities. * In coordination with DU legal staff, manage fee lands disposition process with takeout partner including preparation of agreements, review and completion of legal documentation and affidavits. * Represent the region on the national lands team and other subcommittees to help inform and shape policy, organizational structure, and communications plans. * Work with DU conservation and development teams including our ES, mitigation and Ag focus teams to develop instruments and programmatic offerings/efficiencies that both simplify and incentivize land protection to the broadest contingent of priority private landowners possible." We need to turn each bullet into
- . For nested bullets (under Promotion...), we could keep as separate
- items; nesting not required but could keep as
- inside
- ? Simpler: flatten all items as separate
- . But we must preserve all info; flattening is okay as long as we keep the text. We'll produce a list of items. Let's list them: 1. Assists with tracking and facilitating all components of fee land acquisition and disposition and conservation easement acquisition. 2. Responsible for project support and coordination including but not limited to tracking and assisting with tax and lease payments, assisting with and approving stewardship obligations on easement properties, and handling the process of disposition/conveyance of fee property to the intended long-term holder. 3. Assists with coordination of transactional and contractual obligations with regional and national lands staff and other partners. 4. Assist with reporting and coordinating capital expenditures and recoveries associated with conservation easements and fee title properties. 5. Navigating conservation easements stewardship, enforcement responsibilities and requests with regional and national lands program staff. 6. Help with managing a regional lands program database. 7. Work with development (fundraising) staff to obtain funding assistance for land transactional costs and easement endowment contributions. 8. Assist development staff, as needed, in identifying and stewarding potential major donors from existing and new easement landowners. 9. Providing forward thinking and vision toward growing a sustainable lands program that integrates water quality, agricultural, climate resiliency, carbon sequestration, and ecosystem service objectives and applies a diversity of land protection tools and resource opportunities. 10. Promotion of DU land conservation efforts via engagement, outreach, and education, including: - Screen and distribute new opportunistic land protection leads. - Coordinate due diligence for land protection activities with the primary project manager, negotiate legal agreements, and review and formulate action steps to mitigate obstacles revealed in title searches, appraisals, surveys, environmental assessment and easement negotiation and recording activities. - In coordination with DU legal staff, manage fee lands disposition process with takeout partner including preparation of agreements, review and completion of legal documentation and affidavits. - Represent the region on the national lands team and other subcommittees to help inform and shape policy, organizational structure, and communications plans. - Work with DU conservation and development teams including our ES, mitigation and Ag focus teams to develop instruments and programmatic offerings/efficiencies that both simplify and incentivize land protection to the broadest contingent of priority private landowners possible. We could keep the sub-bullets as separate
- items under a parent? But we can just list them all as separate
- . That's fine. Qualifications bullet list: From qualifications paragraph: "Candidate must understand real property acquisition and management and land trust alliance standards and practices with meaningful experience managing conservation focused land transactions. Desired candidate will have responsibilities in conservation planning, cultivating partnerships, reporting to internal boards, reporting to and cultivating external funders and stakeholders, as well as coordinating contactors and staff around organizational standards and practices, and contractual obligations. Typically, has at least 5 years of relevant experience. Advanced degree in a related field also preferred, but not required. Excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as inter-personal skills are required. Proven project management, and very strong organizational and administrative skills are desired. The ideal candidate should have a track record of successfully leading a landscape level land protection program with internal and external teams. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented task manager and out of the box thinker with a good working knowledge of regional conservation issues, a strong network of partners and experience managing large scale, complex conservation programs. Some grant writing may be required. Candidate must be able and willing to travel within the GLAR states." We'll turn each sentence into
- . Let's list: - Understand real property acquisition and management and land trust alliance standards and practices with meaningful experience managing conservation focused land transactions. - Have responsibilities in conservation planning, cultivating partnerships, reporting to internal boards, reporting to and cultivating external funders and stakeholders, as well as coordinating contractors and staff around organizational standards and practices, and contractual obligations. - Typically has at least 5 years of relevant experience. - Advanced degree in a related field preferred, but not required. - Excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as interpersonal skills are required. - Proven project management, and very strong organizational and administrative skills are desired. - Ideal candidate should have a track record of successfully leading a landscape level land protection program with internal and external teams. - Ideal candidate is a detail-oriented task manager and out of the box thinker with a good working knowledge of regional conservation issues, a strong network of partners and experience managing large scale, complex conservation programs. - Some grant writing may be required. - Candidate must be able and willing to travel within the GLAR states. Benefits list: "DU offers an exceptional benefit package, including comprehensive group medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance, including spouse and dependent coverage; three weeks paid vacation, paid sick leave, and ten paid holidays; 401(k) plan (including partial employer match); and tuition reimbursement." We'll make
- items:
- Comprehensive group medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance, including spouse and dependent coverage.
- Three weeks paid vacation.
- Paid sick leave.
- Ten paid holidays.
- 401(k) plan (including partial employer match).
- Tuition reimbursement.
Schedule section:
"Candidate will be able to set their own schedule, but travel may require infrequent daily trips with some overnight. This position will require occasional outside work, possibly in inclement weather."
We'll put that in
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About the role
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Responsibilities
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Benefits: list of benefits. We'll make