Deadline: Tue, 03/26/2024 - 12:00pm Employer: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Job Field: GIS/Technology Other Job Type: Full Time Location: Florida Location Detail: Tallahassee, Florida Job Description: The FWC’s Invasive Plant Management Section is seeking a highly motivated candidate for an exciting opportunity to join a team of biologists in protecting and conserving Florida’s native flora and fauna. This position serves as a Fish and Wildlife Biological Scientist IV and is responsible for working with the Aquatic Plant Management Subsection Administrator to ensure smooth operation of FWC’s Invasive Aquatic Plant Management Program. The position is responsible for maintaining the subsection’s plant management database, and coordinating with government and private sector contractors, site managers, and Commission field staff to enter and submit correct information. Data checks, report compiling, and contractor training are a component of this responsibility. Also included in the responsibilities of this position are biological reviews of statewide contractor invoices, workplan change order approvals, and administration of internal grass carp stocking requests. This position has the opportunity to travel occasionally to do site visits, train contractors, support plant control projects, and give presentations on behalf of the section. The successful candidate will use their knowledge of biological/ecological processes to analyze invasive plant management data to improve plant management operations. This position is also given two telework days a week. Qualifications: Incumbent must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to work well with team members and members of the public. Other required knowledge, skills and abilities included Ability to organize data into logical format for presentation in reports, documents and other written materials Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques Experience with the R programming language (or similar), particularly with packages such as leaflet, shiny, plotly, DT, raster, rgeos, and rgdal Experience manipulating large data sets through scripting Experience with spatial analysis Knowledge of current GIS software and applications Knowledge of invasive plant management principles and practices Ability to understand and apply rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to plant management. Familiarity with nonnative species issues Demonstrated technical writing ability Public speaking On occasion, the ability to travel for several days at a time throughout Florida. Ability to collect, evaluate and analyze data to develop alternative recommendations, solve problems, document workflow and other activities relating to the improvement of operational and management practices. Optional additional desired skills Basic knowledge of SQL Server program language Basic knowledge of RMarkdown Boat operation experience Field experience of invasive plant management techniques Experience with rearing Biocontrol Insects Salary: 50,000 Benefits: Full range of medical and retirement benefits can be found at the link below. https://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com/content/download/157212/1042248/2023_Benefits_Guide12-28.pdf How to Apply: Apply at https://jobs.myflorida.com/job/TALLAHASSEE-FISHERIES-&-WILDLIFE-BIO-SCIENTIST-IV-77072964-FL-32311/1130707500/
