[Srm] Fw: Job Opening

[Larry Howery]

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From: "Bergman, David L - APHIS" <David.L.Bergman at aphis.usda.gov>
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Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 8:17 AM
Subject: FW: Job Opening
 

 
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Utah State University Extension is seeking candidates to apply for the position of  Education Specialist II as a Community-Based Conservation Program Staff Specialist - Wildlife Extension.  The position is housed in the Department of Wildland Resources, Quinney College of Natural Resources, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.  The position will be supervised by the Utah State University Wildlife Extension Specialist. 
 
The successful candidate would be engaged in statewide, regional, and national programming to identify, implement, and evaluate conservation and management strategies to better manage human-wildlife conflicts related to species conservation and wildlife damage management. The results of these efforts would be disseminated to stakeholders through extension and outreach programs conducted at the local community, county, state, regional, and national level.  
 
Duties Include:
1. Working as a member of the Utah CBCP team and with other stakeholders to facilitate community-based conservation working groups to address sage-grouse, endangered species, livestock/wildlife and other emerging human-wildlife conservation issues. 
 
2. Work with the Director of the Berryman Institute to identify emerging national, regional, and state trends in human-wildlife conflicts and implement education, training, outreach and extension programs to assist stakeholders in better managing human-wildlife conflicts. These programs may include but are not limited to developing and implementing training to enhance the skills and knowledge of wildlife damage management professionals and organizing and conducting annual scientific symposia on the topic of human-wildlife conflict management. 
 
3. Maintain a GIS database in conjunction with USU GIS faculty to record long-term sage-grouse and other wildlife population data, to include status and habitat use, habitat conditions and trends, and project status. This database will provide the basis for information regarding long-term population trends in response to conservation and management actions and strategies. 
 
4. Be engaged in on-going research with program staff, graduate and undergraduate students regarding wildlife-conflict management with an emphasis on greater sage-grouse conservation. 
 
5. Collaborate with program staff and graduate students to produce scholarly products reporting the results of their work in peer-reviewed journals to include extension publications. 
 
6. Analyze long-term data sets to evaluate management actions and determine greater sage-grouse population responses relative to management actions. 
 
7. Administratively managing and providing neutral facilitation for up to four collaborative wildlife management groups in different locations in Utah. This requires a great deal of patience, organization, attention to detail, and comfort managing meetings with participants with divergent viewpoints.  
 
Qualifications:
1. Applicants must possess an advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in wildlife biology, wildlife management, wildlife ecology, or closely related field. 
 
2. Demonstrated experience in program development to include working with a wide diversity of land grant university public stakeholders is required. Effective interpersonal skills required. 
 
3. Applicants must have demonstrated experience in the development, management, and analysis of databases to include a strong knowledge of and the application of contemporary statistical programming. 
 
4. Applicants have demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills to include experiences in preparing and delivering scholarly presentations to a wide diversity of audiences. 
 
5. Position requires extensive travel. Applicant must have current driver's license.  
 
6. Experience with facilitation of small groups is highly desirable. 
 
7. Experience operating 4-wheel drive vehicles and all-terrain-vehicles such as 4-wheelers. 
 
8. Understanding of sagebrush steppe ecosystems.  
 
To apply for this position, go to: 
http://jobs.usu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=58488    
If the link above doesn't work, go to http://www.usu.edu/hr/htm/employment.  Click on the employment icon, then click on search positions. A list of positions will appear; click on the Education Specialist II position in the Wildland Resources Department.  More information on the position and application instructions will be displayed.  
 
 



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