**Original closing date of May 8 has been extended to May 22**
Colorado Natural Heritage Program - Position Announcement
TITLE: Research Associate III/Conservation Data Services Team Leader and
Database Developer
NUMBER OF POSITIONS: 1 (100% time)
WORK LOCATION: Colorado Natural Heritage Program
Colorado State University - Warner College of Natural
Resources
Fort Collins, CO
PAY RATE: $44,000 - $50,000/year, commensurate with experience
The CDS Team Leader coordinates the statewide implementation of CNHP's
information with partners and clients, including federal, state, and local
agencies, as well as both non- and for-profit organizations. The CDS Team
Leader supervises the CDS Team (3-5 staff) and is supervised by the Director.
As Database Developer, the incumbent will coordinate, design, and implement
project-specific natural resource-based database applications using primarily
MS Access and Visual Basic, but also potentially other software and programming
languages, depending on experience and interest. Current, ongoing projects that
the incumbent will work on include development, maintenance, and support of
Bureau of Land Management Endangered Species tracking database, and National
Park Service Vegetation Mapping Plots database.
CNHP's work is funded entirely through grants, contracts, and agreements, and
as a member of the Leadership Team the CDS Team Leader will need to actively
pursue funding opportunities. Approximately 25-33% of this person's time will
be spent on Team Leader duties, while 66-75% will be spent on grant writing and
serving as principal investigator on database related projects.
Required Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Management, Natural
Sciences/Resources field or related field and five years professional
experience developing and managing relational database applications OR Master's
degree and two years professional experience required.
* Solid understanding of MS Access queries, forms, and coding is required.
* Demonstrated experience and competence with microcomputers including
Windows operating systems, data management systems, data transfer methods, file
compression, file formats, and MS Office.
* Strong communication skills. Must be able to write and speak clearly
and accurately, and enthusiastically convey information to scientific and lay
audiences. Ability to work as a team with supervised staff and a team of
conservation biologists, as well as agency personnel, land managers and
representatives of different public and private agencies and groups.
* Excellent organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail
necessary.
* Supervisory experience required. Project and budget management
experience highly desirable.
To Apply: Submit cover letter, resume and three references, electronically by
5:00 pm, May 22, 2011, to
http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/employment-opportunities.html. Selection will
continue until an appropriate candidate is found. Hiring is contingent upon
available funding. Preferred start date is July 2011. Full job description may
be viewed at http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/faculty-staff/
CSU is an EO/AA employer.
Colorado State University conducts background checks on all final candidates.
