[Jpjobs] Fwd: DCMC Jobs List August 17
Julia Westwater
jwestwater at whoi.edu
Fri Aug 17 12:54:18 EDT 2012
This week's openings:
Research Wildlife Biologist/Ecologist, USGS
Post Doctoral Associate, University of Miami
Fishery Management Specialist, NOAA
Director of Great Lakes Washington Program, Northeast-Midwest Institute
Sr. Communications Specialist, WWF
Staff Attorney, NRDC
Science Fellow, NRDC
Assistant/Associate Professor and Extension Fisheries Specialist, Texas
A&M University
Environmental Specialist I (Environmental Educator OPS), Guana Tolomato
Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
Regional Marine Conservation Coordinator, WWF Guianas
Environmental Education Collaborative Director, NatureBridge
Early Career Fellowships, Center for Ocean Solutions
Marine Ecology Research Technician, Montana State University
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Research Wildlife Biologist/Ecologist, USGS
Anchorage, AK
As a Research Wildlife Biologist or Research Ecologist with the U.S.
Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, some of your specific duties
will include:
•Serve as Project Leader, responsible for leading and conducting
research on the sea otter and the nearshore marine ecosystem.
•Develops new marine animal study techniques, and formulates novel and
diverse approaches to complex marine animal ecology problems.
•Publishes original research in peer-reveiwed journals, and presents
results of research at scientific meetings.
Research may be conducted in vast and remote regions of Alaska. Field
work is performed in rugged, remote terrains with severe wind, cold, and
snow even during summer. Lifting and carrying heavy equipment various
distances over rugged terrain is required. There may be no roads to
field sites; transportation may include helicopter, fixed-wing aircraft,
or small boat. Field work may be conducted on such aircraft or
watercraft. Field work is conducted in areas with wild animals, and
firearms are typically carried for self-defense.
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/323684500
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Post Doctoral Associate, University of Miami
Miami, FL
The Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) of
the University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric
Science, invites applicants for a Postdoctoral Associate position in
Marine Biology and Fisheries. This position is situated at the NOAA
Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center Protected Resources and
Biodiversity Division located in Miami, FL.
We seek a postdoctoral researcher to join our group and oversee a
project on the impacts of shipping noise and ship-strike mitigation on
North Atlantic right whales along the southeast US Atlantic coast. The
incumbent will collect and analyze passive acoustic monitoring data,
characterize ship noise in right whale calving and migratory habitats
and use passive acoustic monitoring tools to improve strategies for
ship-strike mitigation.
http://um.hodesiq.com/job_detail.asp?JobID=3097407&user_id=&ViewAll
(Position #045304
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Fishery Management Specialist, NOAA
Juneau, AK
NMFS Alaska Region, Sustainable Fisheries Division will be recruiting
soon to hire up to two Fishery Management Specialists (ZA 301, band 2 or
3 – GS 9 through GS 12 equivalent) to be located in Juneau, Alaska.
The job announcement will be posted on USAJobs (USAJobs.gov) within the
next few weeks and will only be open for seven days. This short
recruitment period is intended to speed the hiring process. We
encourage all interested parties to monitor the USAJobs website regularly.
The successful applicants will serve as member of a regulatory
management branch of the Sustainable Fisheries Division. Duties will
include:
• analyzing information affecting management of the
federally-managed groundfish, halibut, and shellfish fisheries off
Alaska and assessing the effects of alternative proposed management
approaches;
• developing and coordinating the review, approval and
implementation of amendments to fishery management plans (FMPs) and
implementing regulations;
• preparing written drafts of FMP amendments, regulatory
amendments, and associated documentation as necessary to comply with
current regional and national procedures;
• writing responses to letters from the public or to requests from
NMFS Headquarters for information regarding fisheries resource
management off Alaska; and
• providing oral presentations at the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council meetings, agency staff meetings, or public workshops
on proposed fishery management measures and their implementation.
Examples of some of the duties for these positions include developing
and implementing management programs for Alaska’s catch share programs,
and the Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program. Excellent writing and
communication skills are essential and project management experience
within a team environment is desirable.
Please make sure you provide a resume, transcripts, and other
information specified on the USAJobs announcement.
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Director of Great Lakes Washington Program, Northeast-Midwest Institute
Washington, DC
The Northeast-Midwest Institute (NEMWI) seeks a director for its Great
Lakes Washington Program (GLWP). Funded by grants from the Joyce and
Mott Foundations, the GLWP serves to inform and energize the bi-partisan
and bi-cameral Congressional Great Lakes Task Forces to facilitate
bipartisan action to address critical Great Lakes regional issues,
especially ecological restoration, older cities revitalization, and
sustainable economic growth and transportation. GLWP activities include
actively researching emerging federal policy issues and options; serving
as a liaison among sectors and stakeholders, levels of government, and
federal agencies and elected officials in Washington, DC; and providing
information to Great Lakes Task Force member offices on legislative,
policy, and budgetary matters relevant to the Great Lakes via reports,
face-to-face meetings and balanced briefings. He/she also helps
coordinate, on behalf of NEMWI, Great Lakes relevant activities in
Washington, DC, across parties, sectors, and stakeholder groups.
http://www.nemw.org/index.php/news-archive/328--nemwi-position-description-director-of-great-lakes-washington-program-
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Sr. Communications Specialist, WWF
Jakarta, Indonesia
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the world’s leading conservation
organization, seeks a Senior Communications Specialist to be posted at
the CTSP (Coral Triangle Support Partnership) Regional Program Office in
Jakarta, Indonesia. As part of the US Support to the Coral Triangle
Initiative, CTSP is a project supported by the US Agency for
International Development (USAID).
The Senior Communications Specialist will manage and execute
communication efforts to strategically engage with stakeholders and
audiences about the work and impact of Coral Triangle Support
Partnership (CTSP); its achievements to date; and its expected outcomes.
He/she will also communicate about the relationship of CTSP to the
following entities: US Support for the Coral Triangle Initiative
(USCTI); the Regional Plan of Action and National Plans of Action, and
the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food
Security (CTI-CFF). He/she will also link communications with Monitoring
and Evaluation efforts. He/she will ensure that CTSP interacts and
cooperates with other USCTI implementing partners, USAID Missions, and
other development partners on key messaging about the Coral Triangle
Initiative and USCTI contributions to its success. The work of this
position drives the overall success of CTSP’s communications.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/careers/jobs.html
(Position #12139)
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Staff Attorney, NRDC
Santa Monica, CA
The attorney will work on both marine mammal protection (70%) and
Southern California ecosystem (30%) issues. This position involves:
Litigating new and existing cases, administrative advocacy, campaign
initiatives, legislative analysis, lobbying, and working with
environmental organizations and coalitions. As part of the Marine Mammal
Protection Project, the attorney will litigate cases involving
endangered species, habitats and emergent threats to marine mammals;
advocate for marine mammal protection before administrative agencies and
government officials; and participate in cutting-edge, public campaigns
for the preservation of these species. As part of the Southern
California Ecosystems Project, the attorney will work to challenge
proposed and existing transportation, infrastructure, and development
projects that threaten wildlife habitat and open space, and to promote
sustainable land use and transportation practices and policies in
support of NRDC’s strategic goals of fostering sustainable communities
and saving wildlife and wild places.
https://nrdc-openhire.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobinfo&jobid=127&company_id=16427&source=ONLINE&JobOwner=992370&bycountry=0&bystate=1&bylocation=NULL&keywords=&byCat=NULL&tosearch=yes
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Science Fellow, NRDC
NRDC has an opening beginning in September 2012 for a two-year,
full-time Science Fellow. The Fellow will be located for at least one
year in NRDC’s San Francisco or New York offices.
During the two-year fellowship, the Fellow will also participate in
activities related to NRDC’s Science Center and receive additional
guidance and mentoring from Science Center staff. The Fellow will be
supported by NRDC’s Science Center, whose mission is to expand NRDC's
scientific capabilities and increase support for the role of science in
public policy, and will work with NRDC’s Oceans Program and several
academic scientists on a spatial analysis identifying ocean
acidification ‘hotspots’ in the U.S. and globally.
The research project is one of the initial projects of the National
Science Foundation’s new National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
(SESYNC). The Fellow will work with the principal investigators for the
study (Dr. Lisa Suatoni, NRDC – policy expert; Dr. Sarah Cooley, Woods
Hole Oceanographic – oceanographer; Dr. Linwood Pendleton, Duke
University/NOAA – economist and Dr. Will McClintock, U.C. Santa Barbara
– spatial analyst and modeler) and attend all project meetings with the
full team at the SESYNC Center.
https://nrdc-openhire.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobinfo&jobid=128&company_id=16427&source=ONLINE&JobOwner=992364&bycountry=1&bystate=0&bylocation=&keywords=fellow&byCat=&tosearch=yes
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Assistant/Associate Professor and Extension Fisheries Specialist, Texas
A&M University
College Station, TX
This is a 12 month, non‐tenure track Extension Specialist and
Assistant/Associate Professor position with
a 100% Extension appointment. The Extension Fisheries Specialist
position is a faculty member reporting
through the Associate Head for Extension to the Head‐Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
(WFSC), Texas AgriLife Extension Service within the College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences (COALS)‐
Texas A&M University System. The position is to be headquartered within
the Department of Wildlife
and Fisheries Sciences‐Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
The successful candidate will be expected to: 1) develop plan of work
addressing county, district,
regional and national needs for assistance and problem solving, 2)
utilize media outlets including news
releases, radio programs, popular press, television interviews, and web
sites to provide educational
Information to the public, 3) develop PowerPoint slide sets, fact
sheets, software, etc., 4) present data
in scientific publications and presentations, 5) solicit internal and
external sources of grant funds to
achieve plan of work objectives and 6) continue Southern Regional
Aquaculture Center (SRAC)
publications project (editing/reviewing publications, assist with
authors and develop annual POW and
progress report.
Applicants should submit curriculum vitae and contact information for
three to five references to: Dr.
Del Gatlin, Search Committee Co‐Chair, Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M
University, 2258 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843‐2471.
Specific questions regarding the position should be directed to Dr.
Billy Higginbotham, Search
Committee Co‐Chair, Texas AgriLife Extension Service/Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences‐
TAMUS, POB 38, Overton, TX 75684 (v. 903‐834‐6191 or e‐mail:
b‐higginbotham at tamu.edu <mailto:b%E2%80%90higginbotham at tamu.edu>).
Go to https://GreatJobs.tamu.edu to apply for this position.
https://greatjobs.tamu.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1345216970296
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Environmental Specialist I (Environmental Educator OPS), Guana Tolomato
Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
This position assists the Education Coordinator and educational staff
in the development, enhancement, and implementation of current education
programs within the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research
Reserve.
Serve as lead for implementing environmental education programs at the
reserve for middle and high school and college students, adults,
environmental professionals, and other groups.
Serve as liaison for formal educators and other group leaders to
coordinate onsite visits and customizes experiences for their group needs.
Facilitate education programs at schools, civic meetings and other
groups to inform the public of the importance of the reserve.
Coordinates with researches and environmental managers on the use of
the Reserve’s educational facilities.
Maintain laboratory, field equipment, etc.
Assist in aligning existing programs to state science education
standards and developing new activities that are aligned to standards.
Salary Range: $16.06 per hour. This is an hourly position with no paid
benefits.
All interested applicants must submit a State of Florida job Application
*online *at PeopleFirst. *In addition *to applying online, applicants
must *submit a resume and letter of interest*, which clearly
demonstrates how the applicants previous work experience and training is
applicable to the major duties of this position, postmarked by the
deadline date to:
Kenneth Rainer, Education Coordinator
Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
505 Guana River Road
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 32082
All application materials must be postmarked no later than August 24, 2012.
https://jobs.myflorida.com/viewjob.html?optlink-view=view-588687&ERFormID=newjoblist&ERFormCode=any
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Regional Marine Conservation Coordinator, WWF Guianas
Paramaribo, Suriname
WWF Guianas is seeking for a Regional Marine Conservation Coordinator.
She/he will be based in the Paramaribo office with travel to Cayenne and
Georgetown offices as well as regional and international travel. This
position is a local position.
The Regional Marine Conservation Coordinator serves as coordinator for
the Marine Conservation Program in the three Guianas. Furthermore the
Regional Marine Conservation Coordinator serves as long-term technical
advisor to all WWF Guianas partners in all matters related to marine
turtle conservation, and related coastal zone protection, climate change
management, and with special focus on Sustainable Fisheries Management,
ensuring positive alignment with the WWF SFNI (Smart Fishing Network
Initiative).
https://www4.recruitingcenter.net/Clients/WorldWildlifeFund/PublicJobs/controller.cfm?jbaction=JobProfile&job_id=10996
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Environmental Education Collaborative Director, NatureBridge
San Francisco, CA
This is a newly created position directing the Environmental Education
Collaborative in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. The EE
Collaborative seeks a Director who will provide strategic vision and
creative leadership in addition to performing general management duties
for a dynamic alliance of regional organizations working to strengthen
and build the field of environmental education.
The Director reports to the Executive Vice President of NatureBridge, an
environmental education nonprofit that serves as the Collaborative’s
secretariat. NatureBridge is responsible for the Collaborative’s
consistent achievement of both its mission and its financial objectives.
The Environmental Education Collaborative Director will lead members in
developing goals and incorporating academic research and peer insight
into strategies to strengthen and grow the field of environmental
education. This role will be the backbone to the Collaborative and its
working groups, galvanizing the vision and strategic approach of this
exciting initiative. The Director will play a central role in building
relationships with and convening existing and potential partners in the
Bay Area and Northern California to conduct outreach and gain
perspective contributing to the success of the Collaborative’s efforts.
The Director will coordinate the transition from strategy development to
implementation. The Director will work to ensure that decisions made by
the Collaborative are implemented and utilize member organization
resources effectively.
http://www.naturebridge.org/environmental-education-collaborative-director
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Early Career Fellowships, Center for Ocean Solutions
Monterey, CA
The Center for Ocean Solutions (“COS”) seeks up to five early career
natural, social, and physical science fellows to join COS researchers
and experts working on interdisciplinary projects focused on elevating
the impact of the social, physical, and natural sciences on ocean
policy. Consistent with the mission of COS, we seek qualified
individuals interested in both advancing scholarly frontiers and
addressing real-world challenges of sustainability in coastal and ocean
environments.
The COS Early Career Fellowship program is designed to draw on and
enhance the academic and professional skills of early career
professionals and researchers by placing them in interdisciplinary
collaborations focused on identifying, developing, and implementing
enduring solutions to the greatest challenges facing coastal and ocean
environments. COS is committed to providing each fellow with appropriate
training and mentorship, including access to special leadership and
communications workshops, courses, and one-on-one training provided
through The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. In addition,
at least one advisor from COS’s collaborating institutions will be
responsible for providing ongoing advice and oversight for each fellow.
The decision of who will serve as the primary advisor for each fellow
will depend on the fellow’s disciplinary strengths as well as the
projects in which the fellow is involved.
http://www.centerforoceansolutions.org/sites/default/files/COS%20ECF%202012%20final%208_2_12-1.pdf
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Marine Ecology Research Technician, Montana State University
Bodega Bay, CA
The goal of this project is to estimate population parameters and track
movements of white sharks off the coast of California. This is an
ongoing collaborative project between the Stanford University, Monterey
Bay Aquarium, and Montana State University. The applicant will be
working with a researcher at a study site near Bodega Bay, CA. For more
information about this project go to: www.topp.org <http://www.topp.org>.
Responsibilities:
The applicant will be responsible for a series of duties aboard an 18-ft
vessel during day-trips off the coast of California. These duties
include photographing and documenting interactions with white sharks at
known aggregation sites off the coast of California. No part of this
research requires any person to enter the water. All research is done
from the deck of the research vessel.
This project is inherently dangerous and applicants must understand and
accept the risks associated with studying large predators in a largely
variable environment.
Duration:
Volunteers are asked to commit to at least 1 month. The research season
begins in mid-September and normally runs into January. Research is only
conducted when sea conditions permit. Therefore, applicants may be asked
to work 5-7 days a week or as little as 1-2. A normal work load is 4-5
days/week. Normal working days entail 6-8 hours, but sea and weather
conditions may dictate different hours.
Compensation:
This is a volunteer position and applicants are responsible for all
travel and food costs. The applicant will be provided with lodging at
the National Parks field station and must comply will all regulations
and rules associated with this lodging. Because of the location of the
field station the applicant is strongly encouraged to have a car.
Qualifications
1. MUST have experience and competence on small boats.
2. Strong interest and/or previous experience in field work.
3. Be in good physical condition.
4. Photography experience preferred.
5. Be willing to work under difficult and uncomfortable conditions.
6. Must be over 18 years old.
For more information and to apply, please contact Paul Kanive
(paulkanive at gmail.com <mailto:paulkanive at gmail.com>).
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/DCMC Coordinator/
/IUCN/
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