This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

This isn’t your typical government job.

We want you to share in our excitement over intergenerational stewardship of natural assets and share in our pride of providing significant financial support to Colorado’s public schools. Your work will be a model across the country for massive-scale (2.8 million acres) of land management.

The District Manager is charged with administering all district assets (surface and subsurface) in a manner that optimizes current revenue, ensures that appropriate stewardship practices are followed, and protects the future value of the land and improvements. This position is also responsible for managing all surface use on approximately 424,000-acres of state trust lands in a part of the state where grazing is the predominant agricultural use, oil and gas development is prevalent, water rights are critical to continued agricultural production, recreational use is increasing, competition for the acquisition of large ranch properties is significant, and land values are rapidly rising. The position represents the State Land Board in negotiations with lessees, land owners, and other agencies and develops critical program recommendations for consideration and approval by the Board.