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Job Posted
January 24, 2024
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Remote
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Location
United States
The position offers an opportunity to work with an outstanding multidisciplinary team of scientists on innovative projects that help improve the resiliency of communities and wildlife to land use change and various aspects of climate change. We are looking for someone who can start immediately.
Summary
Position Description
This position will be primarily involved in historical ecology projects and also support other projects relating to advancing landscape-scale conservation planning that promotes ecosystem resilience and restoration.
Bay Area location preferred, but will consider remote location.
Primary position responsibilities will include:
- Archival research (in-person and online) to uncover primary sources pertaining to landscape patterns and physical and ecological conditions and processes prior to major Euro-American modifications.
- Compile data using various techniques to organize historical and other environmental data and information (texts, photographs, and maps).
- Synthesize historical data using GIS and other methods to reconstruct historical landscapes.
- Analyze and describe patterns and processes of historical landscapes and analyze landscape change to inform planning, management, and restoration strategies.
- Summarize and visualize data (cartography, plots, graphics).
- Write in-depth technical reports, general-audience summaries, and peer-reviewed manuscripts. Present to general and technical audiences.
If you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our other roles.
Compensation Information
Salary & Benefits Highlights
- This position will be an Environmental Analyst. The anticipated salary range is $73,000 - $80,000 (Bay Area salary ranges are listed; note that salary ranges for other locations are 10-15% lower depending on location). Salary ranges take into account many factors for making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, education, internal equity, and organizational needs. We generally do not offer salaries at or near the top of the range.
- Matching contributions to retirement plan (immediate vesting) (403B)
- Medical Insurance: health, vision, dental with employer and employee contributions
- 12 paid holidays
- Vacation days starting at 3 weeks