FISH & WILDLIFE RESEARCH SCIENTIST 1

(Full time, Permanent)
The Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is recruiting to fill one full time, permanent, Fish & Wildlife Research Scientist 1 position located in the Wildlife Program, Science Division.  The duty station for this position is the Spokane Regional Office with travel throughout eastern Washington.
This position serves as lead ungulate ecologist for work in eastern Washington including supervision of temporary field staff involved in research projects. The incumbent will assess the need for and take a lead role in completing new studies on population dynamics, population estimation, resource selection, and other aspects of the ecology and management of wild ungulates. The successful candidate will collaborate with other agency and university researchers as a member of ongoing work on the dynamics of predator-prey systems involving wolves, cougars, and native ungulates in eastern Washington.

Duties

  • Designs and implements research studies to answer questions of relevance to management and conservation of wild ungulates.
  • Communicates results of scientific studies both to lay and to professional audiences through presentations at meetings and conferences and publishing in professional journals.
  • Writes grant proposals to secure external research funding.
  • Provides expertise in specialized research areas.
  • Manages the development and implementation of research studies on ungulates including supervising field staff and managing project budgets.
  • Applies findings of scientific studies of various ungulate species to guide management decisions.

Qualifications

Desirable Qualifications
A Doctoral degree with a major in quantitative ecology, wildlife biology, or a closely allied field with emphasis in animal population ecology, resource selection, or wildlife management.
OR
A Master’s degree in quantitative ecology, wildlife biology, or a closely allied field with emphasis in animal population ecology, resource selection, or wildlife management.
AND
Two years of professional experience designing, conducting and supervising multidisciplinary research in population biology or management or resource selection, in addition to two articles published or in press in the refereed literature, (one article must be as senior author, the second article must be as senior or secondary author.)
Desirable Experience
Two years’ experience as a lead researcher conducting field research on wild ungulates.

Two years’ experience as a lead researcher conducting collaborative research involving multiple principle investigators.

One years’ experience capturing wild ungulates on the ground and from the air.

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