The Director of Environmental Sciences Research Staff (FS R&D) is recruiting for a Landscape Ecologist, a permanent, full time position at the GS-14/15 level, Duty Station: Arlington, VA. The salary ranges for this position are $102,721.00 to $153,200.00 (GS-14/15). The incumbent will work closely with the staff of the Environmental Sciences division in Forest Service R&D and with FS R&D scientists across the country to review emerging issues of landscape ecology and management and the needs of the agency for the future; synthesize information on how landscapes function and support natural resources of interest and concern, and how they respond to extreme events; identify future uses for FS long-term databases; and other special projects and studies as directed.
Candidates should have demonstrated experience with and knowledge of general scientific principles, concepts, and practices in addition to specific knowledge of landscape ecology. Specific areas of expertise should include effects of major ecological drivers on ecosystem function and health, sufficient to address the review and synthesis of broad scale biogeographical problems such as interactions of land-use/disturbance with major environmental forces such as climate change, fire, and land use and management challenges in fragmented landscapes and along urban to rural gradients. A Ph.D. is required. Persons interested in this position are encouraged to contact Dr. Peter Stine, Forest Service Research & Development, by e-mail at [email protected] or telephone at 530-759-1703. The advertisement has been posted at OPM's USA Jobs website at http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/Search.aspx?lid=18522&sort=rv%2c-dtex&jbf522=0408&jbf574=AG11&vw=d&paygrademin=14&paygrademax=15&re=134&FedEmp=Y&FedPub=Y&caller=agency.aspx ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Miranda H. Mockrin, PhD Wildlife Specialist | Presidential Management Fellow US Forest Service, R&D, Environmental Sciences email: [email protected]
