Title: Fire Ecology Specialist
Agency: Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Job Description: The Fire Ecology Specialist is responsible for assisting the Fire Ecologist in implementing and developing plant ecology and fire science research and providing information and education to the public. Duties will include supervision of existing long-term research projects, assisting development and implimentation of new research projects, data management, writing manuscripts, hiring and supervising interns, acquiring and maintaining supplies and equipment, assisting with prescribed burning and other institutional needs, and assisting with extension and education activities. Research interests of the Fire Ecology Program are diverse and include effects of fire regime on natural community composition and structure, landscape fire history, natural community classification, fire and soil nutrient cycling, remote sensing of burn severity, and fire in hardwood forests. The position will provide opportunities to receive fire training and other educational experiences, such as attending conferences and workshops.
Qualifications: (1) Masters degree completed in biology, forestry, wildlife, natural resources, or related field, (2) comfortable with leadership role in supervising interns and technicians, (3) enjoys working in difficult (hot) outdoor conditions, (4) willing to receive training in prescribed burning and to provide leadership on burns, (5) comfortable with using and maintaining various tools, technology, and equipment, (6) enjoys plant identification and wants to become proficient with local flora, (7) ability to organize and manage a laboratory, (8) enthusiastic about conducting independent research and writing articles for publication with assistance from the Fire Ecologist, (9) relational database and GIS skills desirable, (10) supportive of land management practices for conservation (prescribed burning, timber thinning, wildlife management, hunting).
Salary: 35000
Last Date to apply: December 1, 2009
Website: www.talltimbers.org
Contact: Kevin Robertson
E-mail: krobertson@ttrs.org(Preferred)
Phone: 850-893-7678 ext 254