The School of Environmental and Public Affairs at the University of Nevada Las Vegas seeks 2 seasonal botanists for an ongoing vegetation project taking place in the Grand Cliffs area and four national parks within the Mojave Desert. The position is an hourly position available for three or more months during the fall/winter in the Mojave Desert. The position is available approximately September 15 and is based at offices with the National Park Service in Boulder City, Nevada. Work over the next several weeks and months will involve daily trips in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, and 4- to 8-day trips to the Grand Cliffs area in Arizona, Mojave National Preserve, and Death Valley. Data on full plant community composition will be collected on 0.1-ha plots. Travel time from Boulder City to the field sites is paid, but we cannot pay for commutes to Boulder City not on project time. The pay rate is highly competitive at approx. $18/hr. The botanist will work with a team of five other botanists and our current set up is three teams of two that work closely together in the same areas.
Qualifications: Completed undergraduate degree in botany, ecology, or a closely related field is required. Coursework in botany is desirable. Documented fieldwork experience in plant community sampling is essential. Experience in the desert Southwest is preferred. U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a Nevada driver’s license are required. The ability to use a GPS, walk over uneven terrain to access sample plots, and conduct fieldwork in a desert environment is required, including the ability to hike up to several miles to access research plots. The ability to work with, and coordinate activities with, the university PI (Abella), other UNLV staff including other botanists, and National Park Service staff is required. To apply, please send a cover letter and resume by email only to Sharon Altman (sharon.alt...@unlv.edu). Cover letters can be addressed to: Dr. Scott Abella, School of Environmental and Public Affairs, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4030. In the cover letter, please document botanical experience through coursework or fieldwork, as well as describe plant community/botany fieldwork experience. With your resume, please include the names, email addresses, and phone numbers of three references, as well as academic transcripts (unofficial copies are ok). Again, please do not mail hard copies; applications will be reviewed via email only. Information on our research group is available from: http://faculty.unlv.edu/abellas2/
