Job Description
The position involves leading ecological restoration projects, conducting field surveys, monitoring conservation sites, and providing scientific expertise to support habitat restoration and species protection efforts along the West Coast. It offers opportunities for fieldwork, team mentorship, data analysis, and professional development within a dynamic environmental organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Support ecological restoration projects through scientific expertise, field leadership, and mentoring.
- Oversee monitoring and maintenance of conservation and mitigation banks, including species-specific monitoring requirements.
- Conduct field activities such as rare plant and wildlife surveys, wetland delineations, and data collection using scientific equipment.
- Lead and train field teams in sampling protocols, safety procedures, and data collection standards.
- Review and interpret technical documentation, including monitoring plans, maps, and laboratory results.
- Manage and analyze large datasets, ensuring data quality and accuracy.
- Write technical reports and provide insights to inform project strategies.
- Evaluate sites for regulatory and technical requirements, perform risk analyses, and support project planning.
- Collaborate with project teams, stakeholders, and clients to coordinate field activities and communicate project status.
- Engage with professional associations, present findings, and contribute to scientific publications.
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree in natural or physical sciences; an advanced degree is preferred.
- Five years of relevant experience, or three years of relevant experience with an advanced degree.
- Advanced knowledge in at least one scientific discipline such as ecology, conservation, hydrology, flora, or fauna.
- Intermediate knowledge across several related scientific disciplines.
- Experience with scientific analysis software.
- Proficiency in functional assessment methodologies and calculations.
- Hands-on field experience with equipment such as YSI multimeters, turbidimeters, and GPS.
- Experience in conducting scientific analysis, monitoring, and ecological restoration projects.
- Ability to operate and maintain scientific equipment and field data collection tools accurately and reliably.
- Ability to review and interpret technical documentation such as standard operating procedures, monitoring plans, maps, and laboratory results.
- Experience collecting, managing, and analyzing large datasets with rigorous quality control.
- Proven ability to write advanced technical reports with minimal revisions required.
- Mentoring junior staff in data analysis and report preparation.
- Ability to evaluate sites to identify regulatory and technical requirements, perform risk analyses, and provide insights to inform project strategies.
- Experience collaborating with landowners, grazers, subcontractors, regulatory teams, project managers, and operations personnel.
- Ability to lead and train field teams in sampling protocols, safety procedures, and data collection.
- Experience operating and maintaining scientific equipment such as YSI multimeters, turbidimeters, GPS units, and other field tools.
- Willingness to be based in Sacramento, CA, with an expectation of being onsite at least three days per week, and to undertake regular travel and occasional overnight stays.
- Ability to work in various habitats and outdoor environments, including streams, wetlands, and natural ecosystems.
- Strong interpersonal skills for collaboration with stakeholders and team members.
- Excellent communication skills to convey complex ideas clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrated experience in scientific analysis, site evaluation, and technical reporting.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range: $82,600 - $101,000 USD
Work schedule: Onsite at least three days per week with regular travel and occasional overnight stays
Work environment perks: Outdoor fieldwork in various habitats, opportunities for professional development such as presenting at conferences and engaging with professional associations
Additional benefits: Mentoring and training of field teams, opportunities to contribute to technical publications, flexible work in dynamic environments, involvement in diverse ecological restoration projects
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