Job Description

About this Job
This is a full-time position located at the Capitol Annex Building in Baton Rouge, LA.
Louisiana's 38 State Parks, Historic Sites and Preservation Area offer you and your family a uniquely rewarding experience of our state's natural beauty and historical riches. Our Louisiana state parks feature first class facilities including cabins and activities such as canoe trails, fishing, hiking, biking and more. Louisiana's historic sites transport visitors to a community dating 1,500 years before the arrival of European settlers and explorers of the Louisiana Purchase all the way through the turn of the 20th century.
The purpose of this position is to direct and administer the FHWA Recreational Trails Program (RTP) for Louisiana for the Louisiana Office of State Parks to include grant administration, funding, and development. The Recreational Trails Program is a federally funded grant program to provide monies for the development and maintenance of recreational trails throughout Louisiana.
A preferred candidate should possess the following competencies:
Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.
Managing Resources: The ability to ensure resources such as time, money, and people are utilized appropriately to result in maximum business value.
Thinking Critically: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion.
Minimum Qualifications
Five years of experience in administrative services; OR
Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus two years of experience in administrative services; OR
A bachelor's degree plus two years of experience in administrative services; OR
An advanced degree plus one year of experience in administrative services.
EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.
Job Specification
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found .
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:

• Administers the Recreational Trails Program (RTP) throughout Louisiana.
• Directs the preparation, monitoring, and disbursement of federal and state matching grant funds.
• Formulates, reviews, and directs compliance and on-site inspections of funded policies, codes, regulations, and law.
• Coordinates grants preparation with agency managers and other personnel in the development of recreational trails throughout Louisiana.
• Provides the communication link with local, state, and federal officials and contacts in coordination of the RTP.
• Provides technical assistance to federal, state, and local agencies and entities relevant to the funding, management, planning, and development of recreational trails.
• Meets with officials of federal, state, and local agencies and entities, legislators, professional organizations, and interested groups on RTP matters.
• Directs the preparation of special federal and state reports relating to the RTP.
• Serves as Chairman of the FHWA Recreational Trails Program for the Louisiana Advisory Committee.
• Conducts meetings of the FHWA Recreational Trails Program for the Louisiana Advisory Committee in full accordance with Federal requirements associated with the RTP.
• Coordinates planning of the development and maintenance of recreational trails.
• Determines and conducts grants research for the FHWA Recreational Trails Program for the Louisiana Advisory Committee and of the Office of State Parks.
• Directs and assists in the preparation of special program data requested by the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism (DCRT) agency, the legislature, and other organizations.
• Identifies and works with local, state, federal, non-profit, and other entities to develop recreational trails throughout Louisiana.
• Represents the Office of State Parks at various national, state, regional, and local conferences related to the RTP.
• Provides consulting and technical assistance to interagency colleagues, elected officials, federal representatives, and other entities, in all areas of recreational trail development.

Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type: This is a probational appointment.
Work Schedule: This is a full-time position that reports in-office; this position may be required to work overtime, evenings, weekends, holidays, and/or travel.
How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

• Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism are participants in the E-Verify system for identification and employment eligibility purposes.
Louisiana as a State, is a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Katelyn Wale
Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism
1051 N. 3rd Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: 225-342-9998
kwale
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at
Parental Leave - Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at
Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement - State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (

). LASERS has provided this to give you more detailed information about their system * Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (
), * Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (
), among others

Skills Required