THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE IS AN EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: Position is located in the Range and Meadow Forage Management Research Unit in Burns, OR.   Selectee will design and implement novel approaches for restoring disturbed and degraded shrub steppe communities threatened by annual grass invasion.  Specific duties include: 1) Designing and testing a framework that links plant functional traits to invasion resistance 2) Developing decision support tools that integrates functional trait variation of native and introduced plant material with known species ecological requirements to advance the design of reseeding mixtures and approaches to revegetating disturbed shrub steppe systems. 

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:   Ph.D. in Plant Ecology, Restoration Ecology or a closely related field is required.  Knowledge of field experimentation, experimental design, and statistics is required.  Knowledge of plant-soil relationship, plant ecophysiological concepts and experience developing outreach material is desirable.

CITIZENSHIP RESTRICTION APPLIES:  Applicant must clearly indicate country of citizenship in resume/CV.  To be employed as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with ARS, applicant must be a citizen of a country listed on the following link  http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/hrd/jobs/VISA/Countries.htm

INFORMATION ON APPLICATION PROCEDURES: http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/hrdhomepage/vacancy/pd962.html

INFORMATION ON EMPLOYEE BENEFITS:  http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ei61.asp

FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS POSITION OR TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, CONTACT:

Dr. Jeremy James
USDA/ARS
67826-A Hwy 205
Burns, OR 97720
(541)573-8911
jeremy.james@ars.usda.gov