{"id":45404,"date":"2022-03-09T10:38:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T18:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=45404"},"modified":"2022-03-09T10:38:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T18:38:12","slug":"job-aquatic-botanist-dept-of-ecology-lacey-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-aquatic-botanist-dept-of-ecology-lacey-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Aquatic Botanist, Dept. of Ecology (Lacey, WA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><strong>For more information, please follow this link:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governmentjobs.com\/careers\/washington\/jobs\/3458331\/aquatic-botanist-natural-resource-scientist-3\"> https:\/\/www.governmentjobs.com\/careers\/washington\/jobs\/3458331\/aquatic-botanist-natural-resource-scientist-3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Salary-<\/strong> $61,224.00 &#8211; $80,292.00 Annually<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you will do:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lead aquatic plant field assessments:\n<ul>\n<li>Use scientific expertise to plan, prioritize, and conduct field sampling and onsite visits statewide<\/li>\n<li>Maintain a tracking system for exotic, invasive aquatic weeds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Serve as the agency\u2019s research expert in freshwater aquatic plants:\n<ul>\n<li>Provide scientific expertise for other agencies, local governments, lakes groups and the general public regarding high priority aquatic plant ecology and taxonomy issues, aquatic plant management<\/li>\n<li>Develop integrated aquatic plant management plans and other aquatic plant management issues including relevant permits and funding opportunities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Analyze, report, and technical review:\n<ul>\n<li>Analyze data and prepare scientific and technical reports for publication.<\/li>\n<li>Assist with rating and ranking Freshwater Aquatic Weeds Program grant applications and early infestation grant applications submitted by local and state governments<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate activities with other related monitoring and aquatic plant activities (grant administration\/technical outreach, environmental education, and citizen monitoring positions)<\/li>\n<li>Prepare and publish articles in scientific peer-reviewed journals, and present papers to the scientific community at conferences as primary or co-author.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Required Qualifications:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nExperience for both required and desired qualifications can be gained through various combinations of formal professional employment, educational and volunteer experience. See below for how you may qualify.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Option 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Bachelor\u2019s degree with major study in botany, limnology, environmental science, aquatic ecology, chemistry, or other closely allied field.<\/p>\n<div>AND<\/div>\n<p>\nFour years-professional work experience in the identification and assessment of aquatic invasive species in freshwater ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Option 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Master\u2019s degree with major study in botany, limnology, environmental science, aquatic ecology, chemistry, or other closely allied field.<\/p>\n<p>AND<\/p>\n<p>Two years-professional work experience in the identification and assessment of aquatic invasive species in freshwater ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Option 3:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Ph.D. with a major study in aquatic ecology or other closely allied field.<\/p>\n<p>AND<\/p>\n<p>One year of professional research work experience in the identification and assessment of aquatic invasive species in freshwater ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Desired Qualifications:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We highly encourage you to apply even if you do not have some (or all) of the desired experience below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Experience in communicating with staff, internal clients, stakeholders, and management to define project scopes, study designs, and project deliverables.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Expertise in the identification, management, and eradication of aquatic invasive vegetation<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Experience in towing and operating boats on lakes<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9433,"featured_media":34097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[15],"tags":[4,28,33,141,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45405,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45404\/revisions\/45405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}