Colorado Natural Heritage Program - Position Announcement TITLE: Research Associate III/Conservation Data Services Team Leader and Database Developer NUMBER OF POSITIONS: 1 (100% time) WORK LOCATION: Colorado Natural Heritage Program Colorado State University - Warner College of Natural Resources Fort Collins, CO PAY RATE: $44,000 - $50,000/year, commensurate with experience
The CDS Team Leader coordinates the statewide implementation of CNHP's information with partners and clients, including federal, state, and local agencies, as well as both non- and for-profit organizations. The CDS Team Leader supervises the CDS Team (3-5 staff) and is supervised by the Director. As Database Developer, the incumbent will coordinate, design, and implement project-specific natural resource-based database applications using primarily MS Access and Visual Basic, but also potentially other software and programming languages, depending on experience and interest. Current, ongoing projects that the incumbent will work on include development, maintenance, and support of Bureau of Land Management Endangered Species tracking database, and National Park Service Vegetation Mapping Plots database. CNHP's work is funded entirely through grants, contracts, and agreements, and as a member of the Leadership Team the CDS Team Leader will need to actively pursue funding opportunities. Approximately 25-33% of this person's time will be spent on Team Leader duties, while 66-75% will be spent on grant writing and serving as principal investigator on database related projects. Required Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Management, Natural Sciences/Resources field or related field and five years professional experience developing and managing relational database applications OR Master's degree and two years professional experience required. * Solid understanding of MS Access queries, forms, and coding is required. * Demonstrated experience and competence with microcomputers including Windows operating systems, data management systems, data transfer methods, file compression, file formats, and MS Office. * Strong communication skills. Must be able to write and speak clearly and accurately, and enthusiastically convey information to scientific and lay audiences. Ability to work as a team with supervised staff and a team of conservation biologists, as well as agency personnel, land managers and representatives of different public and private agencies and groups. * Excellent organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail necessary. * Supervisory experience required. Project and budget management experience highly desirable. To Apply: Submit cover letter, resume and three references, electronically by 5:00 pm, May 8, 2011, to http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/employment-opportunities.html. Selection will continue until an appropriate candidate is found. Hiring is contingent upon available funding. Preferred start date is July 2011. Full job description may be viewed at http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/faculty-staff/ CSU is an EO/AA employer. Colorado State University conducts background checks on all final candidates.