---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ramirez, Carlos <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:25 PM Subject: FW: Remote Sensing/Geospatial Analysis Specialist, GS-0401/1301-12, Information Management Staff, Pacific Southwest Region, Region 5, Forest Service - Vacancy Announcements opened June 27 - close July 6 To: Cc: "Ramirez, Carlos" <[email protected]>
The position is advertised Government-wide and demo. Please share with colleagues and interested parties. Vacancy announcements for a Remote Sensing/Geospatial Analyst Specialist position have been posted (see instructions below). This position serves as a subject-matter expert on the use of remote sensing and other geospatial technologies to assess and monitor vegetation dynamics. This specialist will analyze large RS datasets (multi-temporal, large project areas and LiDAR) to address natural resource issues; utilize existing datasets and landscape ecology theory to analyze spatial patterns of ecological condition and risk; use advanced quantitative methods to analyze spatially-explicit datasets; program in one or more scientific programming languages (R, Python, IDL, MatLab, etc.); examine dynamic vegetation-disturbance interactions and linkages with climate change and ecosystem function at multiple scales; develop or refine modeling approaches using plot-based measurements in conjunction with remotely sensed data to derive estimates of forest biophysical characteristics; fuse new or novel ecological modeling approaches with image classification techniques to refine existing vegetation layers; automate image processing steps for preprocessing, change detection and classification. Carlos Ramirez Vegetation Mapping and Inventory Group Leader USDA Forest Service, Information Management Region 5 Remote Sensing Laboratory 3237 Peacekeeper Way, Suite 209 McClellan, CA 95652 (v) (916) 640-1275 [email protected] From: Koroknay, Karen Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 5:03 AM To: Handley, Jayne; Ramirez, Carlos Cc: Deep, Stephen; Rodieck, Richard; Delos-Santos, Annette; Johnson, Monica; [email protected] Subject: Remote Sensing/Geospatial Analysis Specialist, GS-0401/1301-12, Information Management Staff, Pacific Southwest Region, Region 5, Forest Service - Vacancy Announcements opened June 27 - close July 6 Importance: High The vacancy announcements for a Biological/Physical Scientist, GS-0401/1301-12, Information Management Staff, Pacific Southwest Region, opened June 27 with a closing date of July 6. Position is with the Region 5 Remote Sensing Lab Vegetation Mapping and Inventory Program with duty location in McClellan, CA. Serves as a Remote Sensing/Geospatial Analysis Specialist as a member of a team charged with inventorying and monitoring the multi-resources of the National Forests in Region 5 and serves as a subject-matter expert to Region 5 staffs. There are four vacancy announcements for the position, however, only one position will be filled. Vacancy anouncement #s are 11-R5-RO5IM-08665G (Merit Promotion under both 0401 and 1301 series - internal open to status eligibles) and 11-R5-RO5IM-08665DP (Demonstration Project under both 0401 and 1301 series - external open to U.S. Citizens) and can be viewed on the AVUE web site listed below with instructions on how to search. Please continue to outreach this important vacancy throughout the announcement period. Applicants should print/review the announcement carefully and ensure that their application is filed on or before the closing date of July 6. http://www.avuecentral.com Click on Applicants "Search for Jobs" on log-in page Click on "Search for Jobs" Click on "Search by Filters" Announcement#: 11-R5-RO5IM-08665G (click add) 11-R5-RO5IM-08665DP (click add) Series: 0401 (click add) and/or 1301 (click add) Grade Range: from 12 to 12 (click add) Agency: USDA Forest Service (click on box which appears) Scroll up; click on "Find Jobs" in the filter box; vacancy announcements should appear VR, Karen Koroknay Supervisory HR Specialist RF Team (GS-13s and above; and all R5 Line Officers) USDA - Forest Service, Region 5 Human Resources Service Team 1323 Club Drive, Vallejo, CA 94592 (707) 562-8732 desk (707) 315-1379 cell (707) 562-9147 fax (9211) alternate fax [email protected] -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Project Scientist Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) Department of Land, Air and Water Resources University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 Phone: 415-763-5476 AIM: jgrn307, MSN: [email protected], Gchat: jgrn307
