See below and attached job announcement for a Botany/Vegetation/Ecology Scientific Aid position being offered through DFG. Please distribute this to potential applicants and contacts you know regionally and locally.
Botany/Vegetation/Ecology Position Announcement Scientific Aid Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program California Department of Fish and Game $11.58 - $13.34 per hour The Department of Fish and Game has a ¾ time scientific aid position in the Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program (VegCAMP) in the Biogeographic Data Branch. The position is located in downtown Sacramento, and most of the work will be in the office, although some field work is expected. The Scientific Aid will perform a variety of duties related to the programs vegetation mapping and inventory projects depending on skills, including keying plants, entering vegetation data into existing Microsoft Access databases, organizing and renaming digital field photos, scanning and organizing documents, and making simple maps using ArcMap GIS. The Aid will also assist in the collection of floristic and environmental data in the field using standard vegetation sampling protocols, maintain and operate field equipment, and collect plant samples and prepare them for deposit at herbaria. We expect the field work to be in the Carrizo Plain, the Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills, and in Western San Diego County. The position will start the last week of March, 2010. Desired Qualifications: Experience with data entry and quality checking, attention to detail, and knowledge of the California flora and botanical nomenclature. Willing to travel and perform field work under a variety of conditions and to do routine work in order to learn. An interest in the work and a cooperative attitude in field setting. Really desirable additional qualifications: knowledge of California plant communities; ecological field sampling methods; use of GPS and other field equipment; MS Access database experience; ArcGIS experience. Additional Information: Must possess a valid California Drivers License, Class C. To Apply: Email a cover letter, resume, and three references by February 22nd to: Steve Schoenig at [email protected] Please put Scientific Aid in the subject line, and entitle your word or pdf documents as follows: Last name_first name_cover (replacing resume and refs for those documents). Note: If youve sent a resume to our Program in the last two months, just let us know via email if you would also be interested in this position.
