FWC-FWRI OPS Biological Scientist III - BioStatistician: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seeking to hire a 40 hour per week BioStatistician to be housed in Gainesville, FL. The successful candidate will provide statistical consulting services to agency staff as a member of the Center for Biostatistics and Modeling. Consulting areas include general statistical advice, design of experiments and monitoring studies, data analysis, population modeling, and manuscript preparation and review. Duties include performing quantitative analysis and modeling of scientific data using appropriate statistical methods; reviewing current wildlife research and monitoring techniques to provide advice to research staff on appropriate and efficient methodologies; generating publication-quality graphics for publication in peer-reviewed manuscripts; and training staff in modern statistical analyses and techniques.
Minimum Qualifications: At least a Master’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course of study in statistics or one of the natural sciences with demonstrable proficiency in quantitative analyses. Preferred Qualifications: Candidates may be given preference if they have a doctorate from an accredited college or university in statistics or one of the natural sciences with demonstrable proficiency in quantitative analyses. Knowledge, skills, and abilities: • Excellent written and oral communication skills • Ability to understand and appreciate research problems from the perspective of a biologist or resource manager • Ability to produce graphics, summary results, and written documents in a manner that is easily shared with and understood by agency staff • Working knowledge in the areas of experimental design, linear models, generalized linear models, mixed effect (hierarchical) models, and nonparametric models • Familiarity or working knowledge in Bayesian analysis, distance sampling, capture-recapture analysis, and occupancy modeling preferred • Proficient programming skills in either SAS or R • Ability to work independently to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with research staff, including personnel stationed at field offices throughout the state of Florida Hourly Salary: $24.04 To apply please submit a cover letter describing your interest in the position and qualifications, along with a CV, through the Florida State PeopleFirst system by June 12th, 2016. ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE FLORIDA STATE PEOPLEFIRST SYSTEM AT https://jobs.myflorida.com/viewjob.html?optlink-view=view- 892219&ERFormID=newjoblist&ERFormCode=any
