Research Specialist--Spatial Analyst, Forest Landscape Ecology Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison -- Position Reopened 7 March 2007
Duties: Research and Research Support--Serve as lead technical scientist on ecological research projects using spatial data and GIS software; providing technical support to graduate students and scientists in the lab as needed; acquiring spatial data (50%). Participate in preparation of scientific manuscripts, figures, proposal writing, and presentations (20%). Performing outreach services to collaborators, agencies and organizations interested in our work (5%). Research lab management--Administrative duties include budgeting, reporting, proposal preparation, purchasing, software and hardware maintenance (with departmental system administrator), web page maintenance, and some employee supervision (25%). Qualifications: M.S.preferred; B.S. minimum, with GIS emphasis in forestry, ecology, geography, environmental studies, or related field. Minimum number of years and type of relevant work experience: Three years of broad experience with geographic information systems (GIS) and strong knowledge of ArcGIS software required. Strong organizational and administrative skills required. Experience with other analytical software (MS Access, statistics packages) highly desirable. Experience with GIS programming (Visual basic, Python), traditional and spatial statistics (R,SAS), and remote sensing (ERDAS Imagine, ENVI) highly desirable. Appointment: Academic Staff, annually renewable. Salary: Minimum $38,000. Starting Range $38,000-42,000. Start date of April 1 2007 desired. Applications will be reviewed as they are recieved. To Apply, send resume and cover letter to: Sheila Timme 120 Russell Labs 1630 Linden Drive Madison, WI 53706 [EMAIL PROTECTED] David Mladenoff Forest Landscape Ecology Lab Department of Forest Ecology & Management University of Wisconsin-Madison
