Research Wildlife Biologist.—The USGS Alaska Science Center is seeking applicants for a Research Wildlife Biologist position in its Landbird Research Program.

The scientist will be responsible for conducting studies of the population dynamics and distribution of terrestrial birds relative to habitat and landscape characteristics. The initial focus will be on the potential effects of climate change on populations in the Boreal-Arctic transition zone. Research will include both a field component and a modeling component, with results to be published in peer-reviewed journals. The research will provide strong opportunities to work collaboratively with other scientists within USGS and from other research and resource organizations in Alaska and neighboring countries.

Ideal candidates will have the equivalent of a Ph.D. degree in wildlife biology, ecology, zoology, or botany; field experience with terrestrial birds; expertise in population dynamics and/or landscape-level ecological modeling; strong quantitative skills in spatial statistics, occupancy models, Bayesian methods, and/or population dynamics models; and facility with statistical programming languages such as SAS or R. A working knowledge of ArcGIS is desirable.

This is a permanent position to be filled at the GS-12 level ($70,195 – $91,252/year, plus 10.56% Cost of Living Allowance in 2011), with promotion potential to the GS-15 level.  Applications will be accepted online at USAJOBS (http://www.usajobs.gov/) 8 April – 6 May 2011 (Announcement # PAC-2011-0375 and PAC-2011-0376).

For more information, please contact:  Colleen Handel, USGS Alaska Science Center, 907-786-7181 or cmhandel@usgs.gov.