Salary: $63,308.16 - $94,335.84 per year
Link to Position Description: https://neats.state.nv.us/NEATS/Recruiting/ViewAnnouncement.aep?recruitmentId=45693
This position is based
in Carson City which is surrounded by the beautiful Sierra Mountains. The state capital is located twenty-five
minutes from stunning Lake Tahoe which offers world class skiing as well as
hiking, biking, and various other outdoor activities and cultural events. Northern Nevada averages over 320 days of
sunshine each year.
If you are motivated
and interested in a position that will advance historic preservation in Nevada,
this is the job for you.
About the position: This
position is in Carson City and will serve as the Nevada State Historic
Preservation Office's (SHPO) Review and Compliance Program Supervisor. The
incumbent will supervise archaeologists and architectural historians in the
program (four employees total) by assigning and reviewing work and setting
priorities. The incumbent will manage the Review and Compliance Program on
behalf of the Administrator which includes: negotiation, preparation, and
revision of legally binding agreements with federal agencies; preparation of
documents for National Park Service audits; assignment of governmental and
applicant submissions to the appropriate staff reviewer; concurrence with
federal agency determinations of significance and project related effects;
coordination with staff, the public, Native American tribes and other
governmental agencies to ensure prompt and efficient reviews of proposed
projects under federal regulations and state statutes; and review and
preparation of technical papers for professional conferences and the education
of the public on preservation and compliance issues. The incumbent will assist
the Administrator to prepare elements of the State's preservation plan including
incorporating new data on historic and archaeological sites into the plan.
About us:
The SHPO’s mission includes the
encouragement of the preservation, documentation, and use of cultural
resources. The SHPO educates the public about the importance of Nevada’s
cultural heritage so that Nevada’s historic and archaeological properties are preserved,
interpreted, and reused for their economic, education, and intrinsic values and
for future generations to appreciate. The Nevada SHPO was established in 1977
and has been housed since 2011 within the Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources. The NSHPO is affiliated with three state boards
/commissions: the Board of Museums and History, the Commission for Cultural
Centers and Historic Preservation (CCCHP), and the Comstock Historic District
Commission (CHDC).
The SHPO has thirteen employees in three
offices around the state. The Review and
Compliance program is in Carson City. With a small number of employees, staff have the opportunity to explore
a variety of program areas and are encouraged to pursue additional educational
opportunities or professional development when balanced with existing
duties.
About Nevada:
Nevada sits at the center of a unique
geography, split between the Great Basin in the north and the Colorado River
basin in the south. The Great Basin is a large ecological and topographic area
spanning most of Utah, Nevada, and portions of Idaho, Oregon, and California.
It is most commonly defined by the fact that its rivers do not outlet to the
sea. Water, primarily from mountain snowmelt, has been one of the critical
factors in defining human settlement in the state's pre-contact and historic
periods. The northern two-thirds of Nevada are defined by steep mountains
intermixed with sloping valleys and (usually) dry lakebeds. The southern third
of the state takes on the geography of the Mojave Desert. The biotic
environment of the state is equally varied, ranging from alpine forests along
the Sierra Nevada near Reno, to rock scree and tundra in the Snake Mountains
and Great Basin National Park, to the Joshua trees and creosote bushes of the
Mojave Desert outside Las Vegas. Nevada is also the country’s third most
seismically active state behind California and Alaska.
Seismic activity and aridity are common
to all areas of the state, with drought and fire increasing as climate change
trends continue. As of 2017, Nevada boasted nearly three million people, over
two million of whom were concentrated in Clark County. Three-quarters of the
state’s other 800,000 residents are clustered in the Reno-Tahoe area and
benefit from the water supply and outdoor recreation opportunities afforded by
the Sierra Nevada Mountains. With few exceptions (e.g., Elko) the remaining
200,000 Nevadans are spread across numerous rural communities of 10,000 people
or less.
The concentration of state residents in
two urban centers has created an administrative and political divide between
Las Vegas, Reno-Tahoe, and the rest of Nevada. This is further reinforced by
the fact that over eighty percent of the state’s landmass is managed by the
federal government, most of which is overseen by the Bureau of Land Management.
Some counties have over ninety percent of their land mass in federal
management, making relationships between state and local governments and
federal administrators critical to success. Nevada’s economic base relies
significantly on mining and tourism, although agriculture remains a critical
sector in many communities. Since the Second World War, a growing array of
defense bases and industries, energy development, and light manufacturing have
spurred growth in new areas as well as redevelopment in old areas. This has led
to some economic diversification but has also brought land disputes as
competing interests (mining, ranching, tourism, and ecology) place pressure on
federal land managers to balance needs. Tourism saw its first serious
development in 1931, with the legalization of gambling. Today, tourism accounts
for approximately $63.7 billion (2017) and employs about 460,000.5 Due to a
reliance on the somewhat volatile industries of tourism and mining, Nevada
often suffers from longer and deeper economic swings than states with more
diversified economies. For example, after the financial crisis of 2008, the
nation as a whole saw unemployment peak at 10% in late 2009; and dropping to
3.7% in by late 2018. In contrast, Nevada’s unemployment rate peaked in late
2010 at 13.7% and was still higher than the national rate in late 2018 at 4.5%.
An equally important economic factor is Nevada’s low tax environment, which is
generally good for business but challenging for local governments seeking to
provide public services. Compounding these dynamics is the predominance of
untaxable federal land in all jurisdictions. Due in part to this economic
volatility, Nevada’s population and economic focus has shifted significantly
over time.
Its native people have remained
connected to their lands despite forced removal to reservations and are
represented by the Numu, Nuwuvi, Newe, Washoe, and Goshute. The non-native
population remained extremely small into the late1850s; however, large numbers
of overland travelers moved through Nevada following trails like the Old
Spanish, Oregon, and California Emigrant. After the first waves of
Euro-American settlement in the 1860s, the state retained a high percentage of
foreign-born residents compared to the nation, with just under half of Nevada’s
new residents being foreign-born during the 1860s and 1870s. Immigration in the
twentieth century brought new residents from Italy and Eastern Europe. In 1940,
Nevada was a relatively small, rural, post-mining state with 110,247 residents;
but with wartime investment and postwar development, that increased to 160,083
in 1950. This post-war era also saw increasing numbers of African Americans
moving to the southern part of the state for employment in the defense related
industries. Since the 1950s, immigration from other states and other nations
resulted in Nevada standing as the fastest growing state in the union, with the
population moving from 285,278 people in 1960 to 488,738 in 1970. This growth
has continued into the present, with the state’s population jumping from
1,201,833 in 1990 to its current population of nearly three million as of 2017.
Even in 2018, the Census Bureau announced that Nevada remained one of the
fastest growing states in the union. This has created significant development
pressure in the two urban centers, Reno and Las Vegas, with the later now the
30th most populous metropolitan area in the country. With this growth comes
increasing diversity. As of 2017, the state’s demographic makeup included a
population that was 49.1% white, 28.8% Latino, 9.8% African American, 9.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, and 1.7% Native American.
Salary Information:
State government positions typically start at the bottom of the salary range. However, due to the State's new hiring policies, SHPO has the ability to accelerate the starting salary to the top of the range based on experience and education.
Includes
Retirement, Health and Insurance Benefits. For more information about state employment, visit the following:
Division of Human Resource Management: http://hr.nv.gov
Public Employees Retirement System: http://www.nvpers.org
Public Employees Benefits Program: http://pebp.state.nv.us
More Benefits Information: http://nvjobs.nv.gov/Applicants/EB