[ECOLOG-L] Climate Program Specialist Job Opening at USGCRP
Please forward on to your networks: Climate Program Specialist I BASIC JOB FUNCTION: Serves as central coordinator for the day-to-day activities of the USGCRP National Climate Assessment Coordination Office (NACO), providing technical, operational, and administrative expertise to NCA projects and operations. Independently identifies and addresses logistical and operational needs. Manages administrative projects, organizes NCA-related documents and publications, and optimizes work-flow and internal communications. The incumbent is responsible for event planning and assists NCA staff with the administration and implementation of NCA-related activities. He/She reports on-site to the ICO Director. Project Management: Provides technical and programmatic support for planning and implementation of NCA activities, including creating technical documents; develops website content and prepares communication products. Using ICO web-based applications and capabilities, plans, develops, and implements processes for tracking projects and improving NACO workflow. Develops and maintains program and administrative procedures and best practices; identifies NACO operational needs, recommends, develops, and implements changes as appropriate. Monitors NACO expenditures and provides report to the ICO Director. Maintains a working knowledge of UCAR purchasing policies and procedures. Communications: Develops strategies for and uses electronic information distribution systems to facilitate NCA communications, internally with the NCA staff, and externally to a large range of stakeholders and communities, to promote strategic dissemination of NCA-related information and products. Communicates NCA capabilities and goals to senior officials in government agencies, universities, international organizations, and nongovernmental organizations. Organization and Documentation: Designs and maintains NCAs tracking and archival information system to ensure consistent documentation of NCA activities, transparency and accountability, including organizing and maintaining contact databases, files, online records, and NCA library. Meeting Planning: In coordination with planning committees, the incumbent is responsible for planning, implementation, and post-event wrap up of all NCA meetings, workshops, and events (up to 20 per year). Independently researches costs, prepares meeting budgets and monitors expenditures, prepares meeting materials, and develops draft meeting reports. Coordinates with and provides guidance to UCARs Joint Office for Science Support (JOSS) and/or other meeting planning staff. Attends events to provide real-time support. Travel and Logistics for NCA Staff: May make domestic and foreign travel arrangements. Ensures compliance with UCAR travel policies and communicates travel policies and procedures to ICO staff, providing guidance on the preparation of travel vouchers and/or other documents required for travel reimbursements. To read the full description and apply, please visit:https://hostedjobs.openhire.com/epostings/submit.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobinfojobid=216801company_id=15947version=1source=ONLINEJobOwner=962105startflag=1
[ECOLOG-L] Paid Internship Available at USGCRP
Please pass along to your networks this position description for a paid ($12/hr) internship position at the US Global Change Research Program. TO apply, go to: https://hostedjobs.openhire.com/epostings/submit.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobinfoid=23jobid=216783company_id=15947version=1source=ONLINEJobOwner=962105level=levelid1levelid1=45213parent=Students%2FInternsstartflag=2 Web Development/Communications Student Assistant II Tracking Code 10176 Job Description U.S. Climate Change Science Program Coordination Office Washington, DC 20006 HOURS: 20 hours/week during school and up to 40 hours/week during breaks, not to exceed 1000 hours in one 12-month period. Flexible schedule. BASIC JOB FUNCTION: Assists the USGCRP Communications staff with website development, communications and outreach efforts. DUTIES INCLUDE: Under ICO staff guidance, contributes to website development and implementation: * Organizes archives of online material. * Drafts web content, including policy and science summaries, program news descriptions, and articles. * Contributes to a weekly climate news and online newsletter. * Adds content to website and participates in the graphic design of the website. * Helps develop other new media/social media tools. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) coordinates and integrates federal climate and global change research programs and investments to create and disseminate knowledge aimed at increasing our understanding of the impacts of climate change on natural and human systems and informing responses to climate and global change through research, education, communication, and decision support. The USGCRP is steered by the Subcommittee on Global Change Research (SGCR) of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), composed of 13 Federal Agencies and Departments, and overseen by the Executive Office of the President. The day-to-day activities and operations of the USGCRP are facilitated by the U.S. Global Change Research Program Integration and Coordination Office (USGCRP ICO). REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE: Education and Experience: * Must be enrolled in a college, university or professional school. * College level coursework in relevant discipline such a public policy, communications, environmental or earth science, or journalism. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: * Basic knowledge of climate change science or public policy. * Ability to summarize technical and detailed policy writing. * Good oral and written communications skills. * Good sense of visual design. * Computer literacy, including spreadsheet, database, presentation, and word processing software. * Working knowledge of content management systems such as Joomla and design applications such as Adobe Photoshop. * Ability to work both independently and as part of a professional team and to prioritize and carry out multiple tasks. * Demonstrated organizational skills. * Ability to sit at a computer monitor for long periods of time. * Ability to handle confidential/sensitive information in a manner consistent with UCAR policy, acting with integrity and exhibiting behavior that merits public trust and confidence. (Note: The employee remains bound, even after their employment ends, not to disclose or disseminate any confidential information received or accessed while employed by UCAR). This obligation applies to both confidential information belonging to UCAR, as well as confidential information received during employment at UCAR pertaining to any third party.
[ECOLOG-L] USGCRP Climate Reports Available Now and Going Soon
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is cleaning out its warehouses and needs your help! Since 2007, the USGCRP has produced a series of 21 reports, collectively called the Synthesis and Assessment Products (SAPs). These reports cover a range of topics from impacts of climate on transportation systems, to emissions scenarios, and are useful resources for informing policy decisions and learning about the implications of climate change in the United States. For a full list and descriptions, please see: http://www.gcrio.org/orders/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=SAP These bound copies will not be available for much longer, as the USGCRP is cleaning out its warehouse. If you would like a free copy of any, or all of these reports, please order now, either through the link above, or by contacting jja...@usgcrp.gov.
[ECOLOG-L] TWS Releases New Press Release on Border Security and Wildlife
For immediate release: March 8, 2010 TWS Contact: Jenna Jadin (301) 897-9770 x 309; je...@wildlife.org TWS Publishes New Position Statement Impacts of Border Fences on Wildlife Statement recommends support of and research into alternatives to impenetrable barriers. The Wildlife Society (TWS) recently published a new position statement on the impact of international border security measures on wildlife. The TWS statement addresses how impenetrable border security measures such as fences pose significant risk to the wildlife that migrate or roam across international borders, and notes that alternatives to such measures need to be investigated and implemented. The Secure Fence Act of 2006 mandates the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to construct steel fences three to four meters high along large sections of the U.S.- Mexico border. Such fences, while restricting human movement, can also significantly limit demographic and genetic interchange among wildlife populations and prevent species from shifting ranges during normal seasonal movement or in response to local weather conditions or a changing climate. The Real ID Act of 2005 allows for the exemption of all border roads and fences from environmental laws, including the Endangered Species Act and National Environmental Policy Act. As a result, there is no opportunity to assess impacts to wildlife and habitats, or to design or adopt mitigation measures that could protect both the border and wildlife. Impenetrable fences could cause significant disruptions to migration habits and gene flow between many wildlife populations . The U.S.-Mexico border forms a boundary area for at least 14 designated conservation areas, and the U.S.-Canada border crosses at least 25 designated conservation areas. At least 20 different mammal speciesincluding jaguarundi, Sonoran pronghorn, and desert tortoisecross the habitats divided by these international borders. Paul Beier, a wildlife expert at Northern Arizona University, notes that gene flow between natural populations is critically important to species survival. Recent restoration of gene flow to isolated populations of bighorn sheep, wolves, and Florida panthers has shown the dramatic importance of gene flow in wild populations, he says, eliminating heart defects and male sterility in Florida panthers, and tripling the survival rate of newborn panthers to breeding age. In its new position statement, TWS articulates several recommendations, including: 1) repealing the Real ID Act; 2) supporting legislation requiring the study of wildlife impacts of border security measures; 3) supporting the implementation of the measures outlined here within appropriate federal agencies; 4) issuing a moratorium on the construction of additional border fences until wildlife impacts can be studied; and 5) supporting funding for and research into the impacts of security measures and possible alternatives to purportedly impenetrable fences that may have more affect on wildlife than on human border crossings. A copy of the position statement The Impact of Border Security Measures on Wildlife is available at http://joomla.wildlife.org/documents/positionstatements/Border_Security.pdf. ### Founded in 1937, The Wildlife Society (TWS) is an international non-profit association made up of more than 9,000 professionals dedicated to excellence in wildlife stewardship through science and education. The mission of TWS is to represent and serve the professional community of scientists, managers, educators, technicians, planners, and others who work to study, manage, and conserve wildlife and their habitats worldwide.
[ECOLOG-L] AIBS Public Policy Office: Communicating Science to Stakeholders Webinar
American Institute of Biological Sciences Public Policy Office Communicating Science To Stakeholders Webinar: July 30, 2:30PM EDT Funding agencies increasingly encourage grant recipients to communicate their findings to appropriate stakeholders. Many researchers, particularly those involved with projects with implications for environmental or public health management and policy, want to communicate research findings to appropriate decision makers, news media outlets, or the general public. This webinar presents information and findings from the HBFR Science Links Program, an experiment conducted by scientists and engineers affiliated with the Hubbard Brook Forest Research program. The HBFR Science Links Program demonstrates how a team of scientists can identify and plan a program that effectively delivers timely scientific findings to audiences that need the information to inform decision making. Pre-registration is required for this webinar. For more info please go to http://www.aibs.org/events/webinar/the-hbfr-science-links-program.html Contact: Jenna Jadin jja...@aibs.org 202-628-1500 x229 American Institute of Biological Sciences
