[PCA] JOB OPPTY: USDA-FS Research Ecologist (Albuquerque, NM) (Closes 5/23/22)

[Carr, Amanda (Mandie)]

Position: Research Ecologist
Deadline: May 23, 2022
Agency: USDA Forest Service
Location: Rocky Mountain Research Station's, Maintaining Resilient Dryland Ecosystems Program, located in Albuquerque, NM
Overview: GS 11-12, Full-time, Permanent
Compensation: $66,750 - $104,011 per year
Who Can Apply:

  *   Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)
  *   The public

Responsibilities:

  *   Develops a comprehensive research program focused on the long-term effects of disturbance (drought, invasive species, fire) on shortgrass steppe and desert grasslands, and pinyon-juniper woodlands.
  *   Evaluates ecosystem responses to drought, fire, invasive species, human uses, and other disturbances
  *   Develops tools, guidelines, and methods for managers of dryland ecosystems to increase resilience and recovery of ecosystem structure and function in response to disturbance.
  *   Research in measuring and scaling/modeling above- and below-ground carbon, water, and nutrient pools and fluxes in dryland ecosystems in response to drought, fire, and other disturbances;
  *   Scientist provides delivery of research results to peer groups, land managers, and restoration and conservation ecologists
  *   Research products may include synthesis documents, websites, reports, assessment tools, data repositories, field tours, and presentations at symposia and workshops.
  *   Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work
  *   Extensive knowledge of plant physiological ecology; soil biogeochemistry; procedures for range inventory and monitoring; statistical principles of experimental research design and analysis; and some knowledge of fire and disturbance ecology.

For more information and to apply: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/653698600

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