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<DIV>Announcement of a Forthcoming Position at the Tennessee Division of Natural Heritage</DIV>
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<DIV>TITLE: Environmental Specialist 3 (Natural Heritage Botanist)</DIV>
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<DIV>START DATE: Fall/Winter 2005<BR>MONTHLY RATE: The salary range for the position is $2,786 to $3,317 per month plus state benefits package.<BR>HOURS: Full-time</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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)):<BR><A href="http://www.state.tn.us/personnel/specs/72922.pdf">http://www.state.tn.us/personnel/specs/72922.pdf</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>A printable state application form can be downloaded at: <A href="http://www.state.tn.us/personnel/Application/STATE%20OF%20TN%20APPLICATION.pdf">http://www.state.tn.us/personnel/Application/STATE%20OF%20TN%20APPLICATION.pdf</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>DEADLINE: Applications should be submitted no later than September 15, 2005.</DIV>
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<DIV>CONTACT: Any questions may be directed to Roger McCoy or Reggie Reeves at the Division of Natural Heritage.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tennessee Dept. of Environment & Conservation<BR>Division of Natural Heritage<BR>401 Church St., 14th Floor L&C Tower<BR>Nashville, TN 37243-0447</DIV>
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<DIV>Phone: (615) 532-0431<BR>Fax: (615) 532-0231<BR>E-mail: <A href="mailto:roger.mccoy@state.tn.us">roger.mccoy@state.tn.us</A> , <A href="mailto:reggie.reeves@state.tn.us">reggie.reeves@state.tn.us</A> <BR>Website: <A href="http://www.state.tn.us/environment/nh">http://www.state.tn.us/environment/nh</A> </DIV>
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