The National Park Service, Southwest Alaska Inventory & Monitoring Network (SWAN), is advertising for a quantitative ecologist to be based out of the NPS Regional Office in Anchorage, Alaska.
This position serves as biometrician for the NPS-Southwest Alaska Network, Inventory & Monitoring (I&M) program. The successful candidate will be responsible for the following: (1) Provide professional guidance and statistical oversight in the design and implementation of protocols for long-term ecological monitoring, and assist I&M resource specialists with the analysis and reporting of complex field data sets (wildlife, fish, vegetation, etc.) for trend detection. (2) Ensure that sampling designs meet study objectives, are statistically valid and cost effective, and provide interpretations valuable to park managers and/or to the greater scientific community. (3) Use advanced statistical models (e.g., Bayesian hierarchical models, generalized linear models, occupancy models, etc.) to analyze temporally and/or spatially correlated data sets; to estimate trends, covariate effects and associated parameters; and to conduct diagnostic assessment of model assumptions. Use computationally-intensive methods (e.g., bootstrap resampling, Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations) for parameter estimation and measures of uncertainty. (4) Provide technical expertise and assistance in the fields of population dynamics, habitat dynamics, population estimation, detection probability, distance sampling, spatial statistics, and/or ecosystem modeling. (5) Use Structured Decision Making tools (e.g., Bayesian networks) to evaluate alternative management actions associated with ecological indicators. Apply statistical concepts and innovative techniques to the evaluation and resolution of wildlife, fish, plant, and habitat resource questions. (6) Collaborate with Network Coordinators, I&M resource specialists, and park natural resources field staff on the preparation of project proposals, reports, and publications. Review reports, conduct training workshops, and represent the Alaska I&M Program on regional, national or international workgroups or committees. Applications will be accepted through Friday, June 10, 2011, at USAJOBS (http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/): Ecologist: http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?OPMControl=2268489 Statistician: http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?OPMControl=2268490 Contact Michael Shephard, SWAN program manager, with questions. Email: [email protected]; Tel.: 907-644-3681 http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/swan/index.cfm
