Texas Parks and Wildlife Department full time positions, internships

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) invites applicants for all our open positions, including the Coastal Fisheries position and internships below.

Please note: These are two kinds of positions: full-time; and internships – please read carefully as positions and qualifications for them differ.

Interested folks are welcome to contact hiring managers with any questions. Please find their contact information in hyperlinked job titles below:

• Coastal Fisheries Ecosystem Technician – Upper Laguna Madre Ecosystem – Corpus Christi, TX (listed on TPWD jobs website as “Fish and Wildlife Technician I-II”). Closing date for this position, TPWD Job Posting #15-00244, is Monday, January 5, 2014, 11:59PM CST.
• Click here for information on TPWD Coastal Fisheries.
• Click here for information on TPWD’s Fisheries Management.  
• Please note the “Experience,” “Licensure” and “Working Conditions” for this position.
• Please note the “Knowledge, Skills and Abilities,” “Preferred Qualifications” as well as “Acceptable Substitutions”.
• For information on helpful skills, abilities, courses and more to have for Coastal Fisheries positions, click here.

→ Earlier this week, Monday, 12/15/14, we sent notice of the following Coastal Fisheries Internships. We include them here again:

• Coastal Fisheries Hatchery Intern – Sea Center Texas, Lake Jackson, TX (listed on TPWD jobs website as “Intern Clerk II-III-IV”). Closing date for this position, TPWD Job Posting #15-00252, is Monday, January 5, 2015, 11:59PM CST.
• Click here for information on Sea Center Texas’ aquarium, hatchery and nature center.
• Click here for information on TPWD’s State Fish Hatcheries.  
• Please note the “Experience,” “Licensure” and “Working Conditions” for this position.
• Please note the “Knowledge, Skills and Abilities” and “Preferred Qualifications”.

• Coastal Fisheries Education & Outreach Intern – Sea Center Texas, Lake Jackson, TX (listed on TPWD jobs website as “Intern Clerk II-IV”). Closing date for this position, TPWD Job Posting #15-00253, is Monday, January 5, 2015, 11:59PM CST.
• Click here for information on Sea Center Texas’ aquarium, hatchery and nature center.
• Click here for information on TPWD’s State Fish Hatcheries.  
• Please note the “Experience,” “Licensure” and “Working Conditions” for this position.
• Please note the “Knowledge, Skills and Abilities” and “Preferred Qualifications”.

• Coastal Fisheries Artificial Reef Intern – Dickinson, TX (listed on TPWD jobs website as “Intern Clerk II-IV”). Closing date for this position, TPWD Job Posting #15-00254, is Monday, January 5, 2015, 11:59PM CST.
• Click here for information on TPWD’s Artificial Reef Program and related information.
• Please note the “Experience,” “Licensure” and “Working Conditions” for this position.
• Please note the “Knowledge, Skills and Abilities” and “Preferred Qualifications”.
• Note: Position based at TPWD’s Coastal Fisheries office in Dickinson and 10% travel required.

Please note:

·         Please note for any TPWD position -  interview and hiring decisions are based on completed State of Texas Application for Employment, not on résumés. This means you want to do the most complete, thorough job possible; follow all instructions, and be as detailed as possible in completing the on-line TPWD State of Texas Application for Employment for TPWD positions. Please see the “How to Apply” section at the bottom of this page for some ways on how to do this. Please note “How to Apply” suggestions are for both full-time jobs and Internships, too.

o   To apply for TPWD positions: Complete online the TPWD State of Texas Application for Employment + attach to it any/all required documents in order to be considered for positions. Work history experience MUST be completed in the online application. The online TPWD State of Texas Application for Employment starts here, then click on “Applicant Login” in upper left-hand corner box of links.

§  You may want to consider using/adapting TPWD job description language to describe your work experience under “Work Experience” as well as “Certificates and Licenses,” “Skills,” and so forth.

·         If you have military service, you may also want to select “Military Service” section of “Supplemental Information” (in TPWD on-line application) to list Military Service accomplishments.

o   In terms of “jargon,” please consider using the language in each TPWD job you are interested in to describe your knowledge, skills, abilities and experience.

o   Also consider listing Military Service honors/awards under “Honors & Awards” section of “Supplemental Information” and other areas as appropriate.

·         For anything you are unsure about, please consider using “Miscellaneous” in “Supplemental Information” of TPWD on-line application.

·         Submit completed Application + attach any required forms and transcript(s) by 11:59PM CT on application deadline. Thank you.