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IERD PROJECT MANAGER
- 533989
- PHOENIX
- GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT
- Full-time
- Closing at: Jun 19 2025 - 23:55 MST
GAME AND FISH DEPT
Delivering results that matter by providing best in class support services.
Join the only state agency in Arizona responsible for conserving and protecting more than 800 wildlife species. Be part of a passionate group of people who want to make a positive impact on outdoor recreation in Arizona by managing resources for safe, compatible opportunities for current and future generations. From fishing, boating and off-highway vehicle use to shooting sports, hunting and wildlife watching, Arizona Game and Fish supports it all. Our biologists use the best available science in their management actions, and our wildlife managers are on the ground in your communities making a difference every day. Opportunities abound beyond the field at AZGFD, so check us out and see what we’re all about! Consider joining our workforce today. AZGFD celebrates the diversity of Arizona's people, landscapes and of course, wildlife. However you choose to enjoy Arizona’s wildlife and wild places, the outdoors is open for all.
The Arizona Game and Fish Department manages fish and wildlife in Arizona and under the authority of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, creates and implements scientific methods and regulations to effectively manage fish and wildlife habitat via conservation, enforcement, hunting, fishing, watercraft and off-highway vehicle recreation, and shooting sports. The Arizona Game and Fish Department dedicates itself to excellence, values its employees and supports a culture of stewardship, teamwork and partnerships.
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is an Equal Employment Opportunity agency.
IERD PROJECT MANAGER
Address: 5000 West Carefree Highway, Phoenix, Arizona 85086
Hiring Salary Range: $42,000 - $55,000
Grade: 20
Closing Date: 06/19/2025
PROJECT MANAGER
INFORMATION, EDUCATION & RECREATION DIVISION / HEADQUARTERS
PHOENIX, AZ BASED
FLSA – Exempt / SALARY GRADE 20 / HIRING SALARY RANGE ($42,000 - $55,000)
CLOSING DATE: 06/19/2025
The Project Manager will work under indirect or general supervision. This position will manage varied and complex administrative tasks in a high-volume environment for six branches as well as the Assistant Director and Division Coordinator and will utilize an automated task management system to self-assign work, track assignments, and communicate with requesters.
Major duties will include:
- Procurement: entering requisitions in system; monitoring/tracking purchase order process; resolving any issues, in a timely manner, to ensure deadlines are met; receiving items, reviewing and submitting invoices; ensuring orders are appropriately closed; assist in training new administrative personnel on procurement system.
- Coordinate travel for internal and external customers.
- Actively participates in agency events: Expo, Legislative Day, Outdoor Recreation Business Summit, Marketing Partnerships, Onboarding Program. May act in a coordination capacity for Divisional events by: creating/managing registration, coordinating tent/booth layout with participants, ordering any necessary equipment, preparing name badges, preparing/distributing event flyers.
- Inventory steward, maintaining Divisional office supplies, process donations, run budget reports, process grant applications, invoice and reconcile P-card/Travel card.
- Assists customers with Hunter Ed questions/inquiries via phone and email; ability to navigate a variety of databases.
The candidate must have knowledge in office practices and operating procedures; Google Docs, Sheets, Slides; budget reports; proprietary databases; procurement process and understanding of management practices. The candidate must be skilled in customer service; organization; detailed work; oral and written communication; working with teams or individually; collaboratively working with all levels of personnel both internal and external and problem solving. The candidate must have the ability to remain calm in stressful situations; plan, coordinate, analyze and establish priorities; multi-task; train new employees; adapt and be flexible to changing situations/environments; learn and implement new tasks quickly.
The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of administrative experience, with demonstrated involvement in project coordination or project management; problem-solving, independent thinker able to contribute constructive suggestions to improvement of processes/procedures. Comfortable working in a team setting and with all levels of personnel. Adaptable and flexible with a positive attitude.
If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.11).
If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.
All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).
The Arizona Department of Administration offers a comprehensive benefits package to include:
Sick leave
Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year
Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
Health and dental insurance
Retirement plan
Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance
Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Milani Barron at mbarron@azgfd.gov for assistance. The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer.
ARIZONA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (AMS)
All Arizona state employees operate within the Arizona Management System (AMS), an intentional, results-driven approach for doing the work of state government whereby every employee reflects on performance, reduces waste, and commits to continuous improvement with sustainable progress. Through AMS, every state employee seeks to understand customer needs, identify problems, improve processes, and measure results.
State employees are highly engaged, collaborative and embrace a culture of public service.
The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer.
If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements
