This is a permanent, PhD-level position with the USEPA's Office of Research and Development. For more information about the position and to apply, see USA jobs: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/
Ecologist, GS-0408-12 Job Announcement Number: Cin-DE-2008-0029 Open Period: Friday, October 19, 2007 - Thursday, November 1, 2007 Position Information: Full-Time Permanent Promotion Potential: 13 Duty Location: Cincinnati, OH Job Summary: Founded in 1970, EPA is a dynamic organization employing people from diverse backgrounds dedicated to improving and preserving the quality of public health and the environment. EPA seeks to recruit exceptional men and women who will work in new creative ways that are cleaner for the environment, cheaper for business and taxpayers, and smarter for America's future. The incumbent will serve in the Sustainable Environment Branch (SEB) of the Sustainable Technologies Division (STD). This branch focuses its efforts on in-house research to develop and test sustainability science, methods, tools and sources of information. The work will primarily be place-based (centered on the underlying geography) and at various scales of resolution. It will develop and test environmental management methods, tools and sources of information for communities, watersheds, ecosystems, and regions. The development of methods, tools and information sources for the management of non-chemcial environmental stressors such as resource depletion, habitat destruction, ecosystem fragmentation, non-point sources pollution and/or urban sprawl will be investigated. Major Duties: - The incumbent serves as a resident expert in the area of landscape ecology. - Plans, organizes and conducts independent, yet collaborative, in-house research projects and investigations for developing ecological models and methods related to the management of environmental stressors at the watershed or regional scale. - Collaborates with multi-disciplinary team consisting of engineers, ecologists, urban planners, hydrologist, lawyers, and economists to investigate and develop scientific concepts, models and methodologies to provide scientific basis for developing options for sustainable environmental management. - Writes research reports, papers, and journal articles for peer review using information generated from in-house research projects and presents research results to EPA and professional organizations. - Provides advice and assistance to Agency functions related to landscape ecology including modeling and field monitoring. - Medical Monitoring is required for this position. ________________________ Allison Roy, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Aquatic Ecologist U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Risk Management Research Laboratory Sustainable Environments Branch 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, MS498 Cincinnati, Ohio 45268 P: 513.569.7366 F: 513.487.2511 E. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
