Open Position with the Missouri Department of Conservation Follow Link to Apply: https://mdc5.mdc.mo.gov/recruitment/JobDetail.aspx?intPstID=1156
The principle responsibility of this professional position is to coordinate and administer a program of technical support and scientific research and assessment that fulfills information needs for maintaining and improving plant communities affected by land use in upland forests, woodlands, and savannahs in Missouri. Under the supervision of a Resource Science Supervisor (Forest Systems Field Station), this Resource Scientist performs the following: • Primary responsibility is leading a project describing the ground flora communities on upland forest sites under even-aged, uneven-aged, and no-harvest forest management (MOFEP http://mofep.mdc.mo.gov/overview/default_overview.htm). • Leads field data collection and management for MOFEP Soft Mast Project. • Develops and maintains plant databases for research projects. • Designs, budgets, and conducts research and management-evaluation projects on a variety of forest/woodland projects and assists managers with plant community management evaluations and other terrestrial topics. • Collaborates with the Forest Systems Field Station team of MOFEP field coordinator, two forest community ecologists, and a fire ecologist as an expert in forest/woodland plant identification. • Collaborates with MDC regional Forestry, Wildlife, and Private Land Services Division staff, Resource Science Field Station and Resource Science Center, and outside managers and researchers to develop and execute research projects. • Provides input during research project reviews and actively participates on project review teams for other research. • Maintains the capacity to conduct high-quality research and disseminate state-of-the-art information by reading current applicable scientific literature, attending and participating in scientific meetings. Qualifications: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master’s Degree in Plant Community Ecology, Botany, Forest Ecology, Forestry, or closely related field, and two (2) years of progressively responsible professional experience in scientific research or natural resource management. Familiarity with common Ozark plants and experience in training and supervising field crews is desirable. -- Charles W Anderson, Ph.D., AWB Forest Systems Field Station Supervisor Missouri Department of Conservation 551 Joe Jones Blvd West Plains, MO 65775
