| Listing for Job Number: 3792 Job: Assistant or Associate Professor (Plant Production for Forest, Rangeland and Riparian Restoration and Management) |
Date Submitted: | January 04, 2006 |
Title: | Assistant or Associate Professor (Plant Production for Forest, Rangeland and Riparian Restoration and Management) |
Category: | Forestry |
Name: | The College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho |
Term Length: | Prospective start date of August 2006. |
Location: | Moscow, ID |
Degree: | PhD |
Other: | Required: Ph.D. in plant ecology, forestry or range science, plant physiology, plant breeding/genetics, plant propagation, or related fields. Proficient communication skills – both written and verbal – with a wide variety of constituents. Demonstrated leadership, organization and collaborative skills with stakeholders and advisory groups. Successful record of external grant funding, and publications in refereed journals. Demonstrated ability in technology transfer.
Desired: Experience in plant production, seedling quality and outplanting; forest or range ecology and management. Supervisory, business and nursery-operation experience. Teaching and student mentoring/advising experience. Experience with Tribal, Native Corporation, or other indigenous resource and land managers. Knowledge of patenting and entrepreneurship. |
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Type: | Permanent |
Documentation Needed: | Interested persons should submit a letter of application, statement of teaching philosophy, research interests and outreach activities, and contact information for three references on-line.Please submit via mail your curriculum vitae, and college transcri |
Contact Address: | Dr. Ronald L. Mahoney, Chair, Search Committee,
Plant Production for Restoration and Management Search Committee,
Department of Forest Resources,
College of Natural Resources,
P.O. Box 441140,
Moscow, ID 83844-1140 |
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Fax: | 208-885-6226 |
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Description: | The College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho, invites applications for an academic-year, tenure-track faculty position as Assistant or Associate Professor. The position is approximately 20% teaching, 30% research, 5% Advising, 5% On-campus Service, 10% Outreach/Service/Technology Transfer, and 30% Administration, including providing oversight for all facilities and activities at the Center for Forest Nursery and Seedling Research (CFNSR) at the Frank Pitkin Forest Nursery (see http://seedlings.uidaho.com/).
Teaching responsibilities include one undergraduate course in seedling production and regeneration of diverse plants and environments and one graduate course/year. Research responsibilities include internal CFNSR funds for collaborative research with graduate students and other faculty, development of an externally funded research program, and the responsibility of publishing in refereed journals. Limited undergraduate and graduate student advising. Service and outreach responsibilities include liaison with the Nursery Advisory Committee, distribution of nursery publications and maintenance of the nursery website, and CFNSR representation at regional, national and international meetings. Administration responsibilities require coordination of research and production operations of the nursery; and management of nursery budgets and staff including the establishment and maintenance of a business plan. |
Salary: | Commensurate with experience and rank. |
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Deadline: | Review of applications will begin February 1, 2006 and will continue until a successful candidate ha |
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