[PCA] Botanist Position Announcement with TN Natural Heritage

[David Lincicome]

Announcement of a Forthcoming Position at the Tennessee Division of
Natural Heritage
 
TITLE:  Environmental Specialist 3 (Natural Heritage Botanist)
 
START DATE: Fall/Winter 2005
MONTHLY RATE:  The salary range for the position is $2,786 to $3,317
per month plus state benefits package.
HOURS:  Full-time
 
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: The Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Natural Heritage, Natural Heritage Inventory
Program anticipates hiring a working level full-time Environmental
Specialist 3 to support the tracking of rare plant species in
Tennessee.
 
The successful candidate will function as the Natural Heritage Botanist
and report to and be supervised by the program manager.  The successful
candidate will assist the program in rare plant identification,
botanical information management, floristic data collection, field
inventories, publishing the Tennessee Rare Plant List, issuing
Endangered Plant Propagator's Licenses, and assisting with environmental
review as it relates to rare plants.  The position will be stationed in
Nashville, Tennessee.  Interested applicants should submit a state
application form as indicated below.  
 
REQUIREMENTS:  Graduation from an accredited college or university with
a bachelor's degree in environmental science, biology, botany or other
acceptable field and two years of fulltime professional environmental
program work.  Qualifying fulltime environmental program experience may
substitute for the required education, on a year for year basis, to a
maximum of four years.  Graduate coursework in environmental science,
biology, plant ecology, botany or other acceptable field may be
substituted for the required experience, on a year for year basis, to a
maximum of one year (24 semester hours is equivalent to one year), or
two years fulltime professional environmental program work with the
State of Tennessee.  
 
This position requires a knowledge of the flora of the Tennessee
region, plant ecology, plant conservation biology, and plant taxonomy. 
Experience with field identification, plant collection, use of technical
botanical manuals or other taxonomic materials is a must.  Experience
with using GPS, GIS, and computer databases is preferred.  The
successful candidate must be able to work long hours in difficult
terrain and travel overnight.
 
APPLICATION: Any interested candidate should send a resume,
transcripts, writing sample, references and completed state application
for the Environmental Specialist 3 position to the Division of Natural
Heritage at the address listed below.  Specifications and Qualifications
for the Environmental Specialist 3 position can be found at (you will
need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the portable document format (pdf)):
http://www.state.tn.us/personnel/specs/72922.pdf 
 
A printable state application form can be downloaded at:
http://www.state.tn.us/personnel/Application/STATE%20OF%20TN%20APPLICATION.pdf
 
 
DEADLINE:  Applications should be submitted no later than September 15,
2005.
 
CONTACT:  Any questions may be directed to Roger McCoy or Reggie Reeves
at the Division of Natural Heritage.
 
Tennessee Dept. of Environment & Conservation
Division of Natural Heritage
401 Church St., 14th Floor L&C Tower
Nashville, TN 37243-0447
 
Phone:  (615) 532-0431
Fax:  (615) 532-0231
E-mail: roger.mccoy at state.tn.us  ,  reggie.reeves at state.tn.us 
Website: http://www.state.tn.us/environment/nh 
 
 
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