The National Park Service, Inventory & Monitoring Program, Southwest Alaska Network (SWAN), is advertising for a vegetation ecologist to be based out of the NPS Regional Office in Anchorage, Alaska. The SWAN includes five park units in southwest Alaska: Katmai National Park & Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Lake Clark National Park & Preserve, Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve, and Alagnak Wild River.

This position serves as a senior scientist and project lead for vegetation monitoring within the SWAN. The successful candidate will be responsible for the following: (1) Planning, designing, and conducting research and long-term monitoring focused on vegetation communities in southwest Alaska parks. (2) Using data derived from these studies to assess the effectiveness of monitoring and/or to explore mechanisms of change. (3) Developing collaborative projects with agency and university cooperators. (4) Providing leadership, planning, and project supervision for the vegetation monitoring program.

Applications will be accepted through Tuesday, October 11, 2016, at USAJOBS (https://www.usajobs.gov/).

Vacancy no. AKRO-16-1811433AV - https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/451684100/ <https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/451684100/>

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Amy E. Miller, PhD
Program Manager, Southwest Alaska Network
National Park Service, Inventory & Monitoring Program

240 West 5th Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska  99501
Tel:  907.644.3683
http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/swan/
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My work schedule:  M-Th: 8 am-6 pm

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