Position Announcement
Aquatic Ecologist
National Park Service
Fairbanks, Alaska
Closing Date: Monday, 24 July 2006
For further information, please contact:
Diane M. Sanzone Ph.D.
National Park Service
E-mail: Diane_Sanzone [at] nps.gov
The National Park Service (NPS) invites applications for an aquatic
ecologist for the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Program's Arctic Network
(ARCN), which consists of five Alaskan park units: Gates of the Arctic
National Park and Preserve, Noatak National Preserve, Cape Krusenstern
National Monument, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, and Kobuk
Valley National Park.
The successful candidate will be responsible for helping plan and
implement the aquatics portion of the inventory and monitoring program
for ARCN. This position will be responsible for helping develop and
implement the freshwater initiative that is part of the ARCN long term
monitoring program for 19 million acres of park service land in the
Alaskan Arctic. To accomplish this task, the incumbent will work with an
interdisciplinary team of scientists and resource managers to identify
high priority aquatic issues and develop an integrated and comprehensive
approach to inventory and monitoring of fresh water ecosystems. The
incumbent will utilize established techniques to devise, record, and/or
conduct statistically valid sampling designs to assess the integrity of
fish populations, aquatic habitat, and water quality in lakes, streams
and coastal lagoons in the ARCN Parklands. The incumbent will help
coordinate the ARCN freshwater inventory and monitoring program. This
includes possible supervision of park staff and volunteers; developing
study objectives and determining appropriate field sampling techniques
for fish and water sampling; planning field logistics; performing data
entry and carrying out quality control checks on data collection and
entry performed by others; collecting field data using advanced
technology; summarizing data; conducting quantitative analysis of these
data; synthesizing information; preparing detailed technical reports and
outreach publications; and making recommendations for developing a
freshwater monitoring program.
Applicants must have a degree in biology or a related field of science
underlying ecological research that included at least 30 semester hours
in basic and applied biological sciences. These hours must have included
at least 9 semester hours in ecology and 12 semester hours in physical
and mathematical sciences.
For further information including other specific qualifications, please
go to:
<http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ (Search for vacancy announcement YUGA-06-32DE)