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🔗SHPO Administrator
Website Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, State of Nevada
The Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (NDCNR) is one of Nevada’s larger and more multifaceted State agencies, with over 900 employees dedicated to protecting, managing, and enhancing Nevada’s natural, cultural, and recreational resources. As part of its mission, NDCNR engages with a broad range of stakeholders to address Nevada’s many challenges and opportunities head-on, including clean air and water, climate change, wildfire, forest health, drought, sustainable and equitable outdoor recreation, land management, responsible hard rock and critical minerals mining, sagebrush habitat protection, historic resource preservation, and much more. NDCNR consists of 12 divisions and pillar programs that are collectively focused on putting science into action to advance a healthy, sustainable, vibrant future for the benefit of all Nevadans and visitors for generations to come.
This position serves as the State Historic Preservation Officer for the Nevada Office of Historic Preservation, administering Nevada’s historic preservation program as mandated by the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and supervising the staff of the Division. This involves preservation planning, work with community organizations, assistance to state agencies and local governments, review of federally funded projects for their impact on cultural resources, assistance for those seeking federal historic preservation tax credits, administering the National Register of Historic Places Act, and administering grant programs related to historic preservation.
The State Historic Preservation Officer is/will:
• Responsible for leading, planning, directing, and coordination of the activities of the Office of Historic Preservation in compliance with the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and in support of the NDCNR’s strategic focus of economic and community development.
o Consult with and advise organizational and state leadership on Nevada’s historic preservation program and initiatives.
o Lead statewide historic preservation planning activities by working with private non-profit organizations, professionals in the preservation community, community organizations, local government, and state agencies to set the course for historic preservation in Nevada.
o Evaluate and ensure that state annual plans reinforce the statewide plan and are in compliance with federal requirements; monitor survey activities and ensure that the results are used in statewide and community historic preservation planning efforts.
o Monitor the preparation of National Register nominations, the Certified Local Government Program, and provisions of Nevada’s Local Historic Districts Statute.
o Ensure the review of federally funded projects for their cultural impact is carried out in an effective, timely, and fair manner.
o Negotiate appropriate mitigation measures and memoranda of agreement with outside agencies on complex projects involving impacts to cultural resources.
o Oversee monitoring of preservation covenants and oversee appeals from local historic district commission actions.
o Ensure the grant application, selection, and award process is fair; ensure funds are spent and accounted for in an appropriate manner and that resulting agreements to preserve historic resources are monitored.
o Monitor the review of historic tax credit projects; monitor staff review of historic district study reports, local historic district ordinances, and certified local governments.
o Establish and maintain effective working relationships with businesses, organizations, and government officials to develop and enhance the advancement of this program.
o Oversee the functions of the Comstock Historic District Commission.
o Work with partners, state agencies, the Comstock Historic District Commission, and others to implement preservation programs in Nevada.
• Manage the administrative functions of the Office of Historic Preservation and its staff.
o Select and assign staff, ensuring equal employment opportunity.
o Set expectations and objectives for staff, ensuring staff activities support the annual objectives of the work program and produce quantifiable results; monitor the use of computer programs, contracts, and other methods to work more effectively.
o Provide guidance and direction to staff.
o Develop policies and procedures for the Division and recommend program changes.
o Ensure proper labor relations and conditions of employment are being maintained.
o Prepare and monitor budgets for the Division.
o Identify staff training and obtain such training as needed.
• Develop and promote public education within the State of Nevada surrounding historic preservation resources and programs.
o Through public speaking, writing and participation in statewide and regional groups, convey to the public the value of historic preservation and the tools and techniques available to achieve it.
o Represent the State’s position on historic preservation in Nevada.
o Facilitate community efforts to encourage historic preservation and resolve preservation issues.
o Meet with legislators and other leaders who are concerned about historic preservation standards and the effects of the environmental review process.
The State Historic Preservation Officer is the appointed representative of the Director of the NDCNR and will be authorized to assume, on behalf of the State, the obligations imposed by the National Historic Preservation Act (the Act), by the applicable regulations implementing the Act, and by the terms and conditions of Historic Preservation Fund Grants. This position reports to one of the NDCNR Deputy Directors.