| Listing for Job Number: 3804 Job: WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST III |
Date Submitted: | January 05, 2006 |
Title: | WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST III |
Category: | Wildlife |
Name: | South Carolina Department of Natural Resources |
Term Length: | |
Location: | CHARLESTON, SC |
Degree: | BS;MS; or PhD |
Other: | MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A PH.D. OR A MASTER'S DEGREE IN BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY OR A RELATED FIELD AND ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE RELEVANT TO THE JOB; OR A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND FOUR YEARS OF RELATED EXPERIENCE.
OTHER PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: THE POSITION REQUIRES THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN CULTURING ALGAE AND CONDUCTING ALGAL EXPERIMENTS. MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE IN FIELD WATER AND PLANT SAMPLING FROM SMALL BOATS. A BASIC LEVEL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE OF SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE, AND AN ABILITY TO OPERATE
ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT ARE PREFERRED. PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE WOULD INCLUDE GIS TRAINING FOR POTENTIAL MODELING. ADDITIONALLY, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WITH ALGAL TOXIN TESTING WOULD BE VALUABLE. THE APPLICANT MUST HAVE TRAINING IN ALGAL MEDIA PREPARATION AND ALGAL CULTURING. MUST ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS. |
Misc: | VACANCY NUMBER: DNR-20050159 |
Type: | Permanent |
Documentation Needed: | Applicants should submit a completed State Application (available online) to the Office of
Human Resources by the closing date. College transcripts must be available
upon request. |
Contact Address: | Office of Human Resources,
Department of Natural Resources,
P.O. Box 167, 1000 Assembly Street,
Columbia, South Carolina 29202-0167 |
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Description: | THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HELP PLAN, COORDINATE AND EXECUTE FIELD
SAMPLING EFFORTS IN THE SOUTHERN COASTAL ZONE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESEARCH CONDUCTED UNDER THE SOUTH CAROLINA ALGAL ECOLOGY LABORATORIES (SCAEL). ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS IN THE FIELD WILL INCLUDE ASSISTING WITH PLANT, ALGAL, AND BIRD COLLECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH RESEARCH ON AVIAN VACUOLAR MYELINOPATHY. APPLICANT WILL CONDUCT WATER QUALITY AND
NUTRIENT ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM RESERVOIRS. IN THE LAB, APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO DEVELOP OPTIMAL MEDIA, CULTURE CYANOBACTERIA AND CONDUCT GENETIC ANALYSIS OF FIELD COLLECTED SAMPLES AND CULTURES. APPLICANT WOULD ASSIST WITH PLANNING, CONDUCTING AND REPORTING IN EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH INVOLVING ALGAE, AQUATIC PLANTS AND BIRDS. APPLICANT WOULD ASSIST WITH WRITING GRANTS AND CO-AUTHOR PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS. |
Salary: | $39,246 - $48,998 |
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Deadline: | January 13, 2006 |
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