The Florida Natural Areas Inventory (Florida's natural heritage program) is seeking a qualified individual to serve as the program’s Invasive Plants Coordinator. Since 2001, invasive species and their impacts on native species biodiversity have been a fundamentally important part of FNAI’s focus. Our work has included systematic surveys of invasive plants statewide to inform and help prioritize land management decisions; the development of data standards and data collection protocols; and innovative tools, such as iMapInvasives, to help support data collection, analysis, and management, and to facilitate sharing of this information. FNAI has been involved with Cooperative Invasive Species Management Areas (CISMAs) and the Florida Invasive Species Partnership (FISP) and wishes to do more through those relationships. FNAI works closely with the Upland Invasive Plants Management Section at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
FNAI is looking for a person with a high level of expertise in Florida invasive plants and familiarity with the community of organizations and people who are working with invasive plants. In order to grow and improve our relationships with CISMAs and FISP, we seek someone with excellent communication and organizing skills, and a demonstrated ability to build and sustain productive partnerships. The position will require frequent travel for fieldwork and meetings. The Invasive Plants Coordinator will plan and direct the activities of FNAI staff in invasive plants projects and will work closely with FNAI’s Data Manager to incorporate invasive species data into FNAI’s programmatic databases. It is therefore desirable that the person filling this position have a basic understanding of databases and effective database structures, as well as a demonstrated competency with ArcGIS. The Invasive Plants Coordinator is a full-time staff position through Florida State University (position ID 37575). A full description of requirements for this position and a link to apply can be found here <https://jobs.omni.fsu.edu/psp/sprdhr_er/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL>. A description of insurance, retirement and other FSU benefits can be found at the Benefits for Faculty and Staff webpage <http://hr.fsu.edu/?page=FacultyStaff_homepage>.
