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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s Rare Plant Conservation Team is hiring FOUR Rare Plant Technicians with a start date of January 2022</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">. We’re
looking for two technicians at level 1A, one technician at level 1B, and one Master’s level technician 2. The level 1 positions are great opportunities for early career botanists and ecologists who want to get more field experience and contribute to conservation
across California. The level 2 position is designed for a midcareer scientist interested in leading field teams, managing projects and building on their existing conservation and research experience. Our work spans from California’s Channel Islands to the
Eastern Sierra Nevada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Tech level 1A: Fieldwork focus March – September, conducting rare plant surveys and making conservation seed collections. Overnight camping and long field days will be the norm, eligible for overtime
pay. On-site work is largely focused on seed cleaning and curation, as well as herbarium specimen curation, with some potential for nursery work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Tech level 1B: Focused on nursery work, growing and propagating plants for restoration and seed increase, conducting seed viability tests, and conducting some local field work with few overnight
trips.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Tech level 2: Master’s level work, will take a leading role in planning and executing field work for Seeds of Success collections, help manage seed viability testing, and contribute to technical
reports and peer-reviewed publications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Please visit The Garden’s website for application details:
<a href="https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/All/4f43a30f-d670-4637-b940-196312db5039/SANTA-BARBARA-BOTANIC-GARDEN-INC">
https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/All/4f43a30f-d670-4637-b940-196312db5039/SANTA-BARBARA-BOTANIC-GARDEN-INC</a> Reach out to Heather Schneider (<a href="mailto:hschneider@sbbg.org">hschneider@sbbg.org</a>) with questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Heather Schneider, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Rare Plant Biologist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Santa Barbara Botanic Garden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">1212 Mission Canyon Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Santa Barbara, CA 93105<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Office: 805-690-1117<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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