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I will be transitioning to a new position in the BLM Plant Conservation and Restoration Program soon, so we are looking to fill the SOS National Curator position. Please<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> share
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font:11px Helvetica;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b>Title: CURATOR, SEEDS OF SUCCESS NATIONAL PROGRAM</b></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font:11px Helvetica;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b>Regular or Seasonal:</b> Regular</p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font:11px Helvetica;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b>Position is located at the Boise, Idaho Office of Bureau of Land Management.</b></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px 0px 6px;font:11px Helvetica;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b>Position Overview:</b> To coordinate and implement seed collection and banking activities nationally for Seeds of Success and provide curation for the National Collection, within
the Plant Conservation and Restoration Program of BLM. Communicate with a wide variety of audiences including federal, state, local, and tribal agencies, and elected officials; non-governmental organizations and interest groups; industry; traditional and new
media outlets; public land users; and others.</p>
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<b>Responsibilities: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p>
<p class="p3" style="margin:0px;font:11px Helvetica;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">1. Provide coordination for the Seeds of Success program to collect and bank seeds from native plant taxa across the U.S. Provide overall management of the National Collection data including
quality control on data submission from field collectors.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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<p class="p3" style="margin:0px;font:11px Helvetica;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">2. Assist with creating outreach and communication materials and represent the Plant Conservation and Restoration Program as needed at conferences, workshops and with a wide variety of
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<p class="p3" style="margin:0px;font:11px Helvetica;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">3. Train and coordinate staff/cooperators/interns/contractors on seed and data collection following the SOS Technical Protocol.</p>
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<p class="p3" style="margin:0px;font:11px Helvetica;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">4. Coordinate SOS business practices, including the delivery and handling of SOS data and SOS seed accessions, with BLM field offices, federal, non-federal partners, and contractors.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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<p class="p3" style="margin:0px;font:11px Helvetica;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">5. Prepare and review budget and agreement documents in collaboration with federal and non-federal partners to provide financial support for Seeds of Success.</p>
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<p class="p3" style="margin:0px;font:11px Helvetica;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">6. Review and update SOS Technical Protocol, workflows, and business practices as needed; includes transitioning data collection from paper data forms to a digital data collection workflow
using Survey123, Field Maps, and ArcGIS Online.</p>
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<p class="p3" style="margin:0px;font:11px Helvetica;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">7. Collaborate with the Plant Conservation and Restoration GIS Analyst to analyze and visualize SOS data geospatially, including identifying areas to strategically target taxa and creating
dashboards to show collection progress and seed inventory.</p>
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<b>Key Cooperative Relationships:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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Botanic Garden and BLM staff; SOS cooperators; CLM interns and technicians for SOS; federal, state and regional land managers; conservation, stewardship and restoration groups.</p>
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Master’s degree in ecology, botany, biology, natural resources, or equivalent. Knowledge of plants, especially seed collection methods. Strong communication skills, teaching and project management experience, good organizational skills. Desire to work with
a diverse group of collaborators. Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint. Experience with ArcGIS Online, Survey123, and Field Maps.</p>
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<i>Preferred qualifications:</i></p>
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Experience with data analysis and database management. Experience presenting and teaching virtually using Microsoft Teams or Zoom.</p>
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