Hi, We are looking for qualified candidates to fill a GS-0480-13/14 Fish and Wildlife Administrator position. This is an exciting opportunity to become involved as the Science Coordinator of the Caribbean Landscape Conservation Cooperative (CLCC).
NOTE: The announcement at the link below is for federal employees, a further announcement to include non federal employees will be coming out shortly. The announcement is also for two science coordinator positions - one in Puerto Rico and one in Florida. The announcement is available for viewing at http://www.usajobs.opm.gov OR http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/316468300?share=email The CLCC Science Coordinator will be co-located with the US Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF) in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. The IITF serves as the coordinating organization for the CLCC under the direction of the CLCC coordinator. The Science Coordinator will work out of the IITF offices where the CLCC staff, including the coordinator, science coordinator, partnership and outreach coordinator, administrative assistant, GIS and database technicians, and associated researchers are located. The Caribbean Islands Landscape Conservation Cooperative (CLCC) is part of a national network of Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs). The LCCs are applied conservation science partnerships among state and federal agencies, regional organizations, tribes, NGOs, universities and other entities within a geographic area. They are designed to inform resource management decisions in an integrated fashion across landscapes - at a broader scale than any individual partner's responsibility. The partnership considers landscape-scale stressors including climate change, habitat fragmentation, urban sprawl, invasive species, and water availability in order to assess the conservation status of species and habitats and provide a vision for sustainable land and seascapes under future scenarios. The CLCC includes the terrestrial and marine components of the Puerto Rican archipelago and the U.S. Virgin Islands and has the capacity to work internationally. The primary goal of the Science Coordinator, working with the Coordinator and CLCC partners, will be to encourage research collaboration and build a strong science program on which to assess future landscape scenarios, assess natural and cultural resource vulnerabilities, develop monitoring of environmental responses to changing climate and land use, develop monitoring of conservation effectiveness for adaptive management, and leverage science capacity of the Cooperative and partners. The Science Coordinator will collaborate with other LCC science coordinators from the Southeast Region, with the 22 LCC science coordinators around the nation, as well as the USGS Climate Science Centers to communicate the science needs of the CLCC, develop requests for proposals, assess proposals, and synthesis and apply the results of relevant research to current and potential resource management issues. For questions or to receive more information please contact me at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sincerely, William Gould, Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry and Coordinator, Caribbean Landscape Conservation Cooperative ************************************************************************ William Gould, Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry Jardín Botánico Sur 1201 Calle Ceiba Río Piedras PR 00926-1119 Telephone:787-766-5335 ext. 302, fax:787-766-6302 [email protected] ************************************************************************ This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately.
