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Post-doctoral Hydrologist (Posted 24 October 2008)
Description: The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, and Stanford University together seek an hydrologist for the Natural Capital Project. We are developing tools to model and map the distribution of biodiversity and the flow of multiple ecosystem services across land- and seascapes, with a focus on coastal and marine services.
We seek an imaginative individual for a 2 year post-doc to explore and integrate models of water-related ecosystem services with biophysical and socio-economic models of other services across the terrestrial-marine interface. The post-doc will develop, maintain, and improve hydrology models that feed into a suite of production function models of key ecosystem services (fisheries, tourism and recreation, shoreline protection, etc.).
Together, these models will provide a spatially-explicit tool that tracks the production and valuation of ecosystem services. This tool, named InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) is intended to aid in the support of coastal and marine management decisions and to be general and widely applicable, so applicants must be passionate about creating simple, elegant, scientifically robust models for decision-making purposes. The post-doc will and analyze data to parameterize these models in diverse sites and decision-making contexts.
The position is based at Stanford University with Gretchen Daily and will require extensive interaction with interdisciplinary teams and travel.
Required Qualifications:
- A Ph.D. in hydrology, water resources, quantitative ecosystem sciences, or a related field
- Experience conducting quantitative analyses and modeling with hydrographic and land use data at the land-sea interface
- Experience in water quality, sediment deposition, coastal zone erosion, and developing and applying regional hydrology models in the context of coastal issues
- Experience integrating hydrology models with other biological, physical, social, or economic models
- Experience working with collaborators from diverse backgrounds and capacity and interest to work with interdisciplinary teams
- Excellent communication and computer skills
Applications:
For full consideration, applications including a cover letter, CV, and the names of three references must be received at with the subject line “Hydrologist” by Dec. 1, 2008.
Stanford University is committed to equal opportunity through affirmative action in employment and we are especially eager to identify minority persons and women with appropriate qualifications.
Post-doctoral Economist (Posted 24 October 2008)
Description: The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, and Stanford University together seek an economist for the Natural Capital Project. We are developing tools to model and map the distribution of biodiversity and the flow of multiple ecosystem services across land- and seascapes, with a focus on coastal and marine services.
We seek an imaginative individual for a 2 year post-doc to integrate biophysical models with socio-economic models. The post-doc will develop economic models for valuation and resource-management purposes that link to production function models of key marine ecosystem services (fisheries, tourism and recreation, shoreline protection, etc.).
Together, these models will provide a spatially-explicit tool that tracks the production and valuation of ecosystem services. This tool, named InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) is intended to aid in the support of coastal and marine management decisions and to be general and widely applicable, so applicants must be passionate about creating simple, elegant, scientifically robust models for decision-making purposes. The post-doc will also analyze data to parameterize these models in diverse sites and decision-making contexts.
The position is based at Stanford University with Gretchen Daily and Steve Polasky and will require extensive interaction with interdisciplinary teams and travel.
Required Qualifications:
- A Ph.D. in environmental or agricultural and natural resource economics or a related field
- Experience conducting empirical analyses related to market and non-market valuation
- Experience developing spatially-explicit economic models in the context of natural resource and or land-use management
- Experience integrating economic models with other biological, physical, or social models
- Experience working with collaborators from diverse backgrounds and capacity and interest to work with interdisciplinary teams
- Excellent communication and computer skills
Applications:
For full consideration, applications including a cover letter, CV, and the names of three references must be received at with the subject line “Economist” by Dec. 1, 2008.
Stanford University is committed to equal opportunity through affirmative action in employment and we are especially eager to identify minority persons and women with appropriate qualifications.
Post-doctoral Oceanographer (Posted 24 October 2008)
Description: The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, and Stanford University together seek an oceanographer for the Natural Capital Project. We are developing tools to model and map the distribution of biodiversity and the flow of multiple ecosystem services across land- and seascapes, with a focus on coastal and marine services.
We seek an imaginative individual for a 2 year post-doc to support development, documentation, and application of the marine InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) models. The successful applicant will help design and implement a marine biophysical model that can be linked to hydrological, ecological, and socio-economic models of marine ecosystem services (fisheries, shoreline protection, tourism and recreation, etc.) created by other postdoctoral researchers and project collaborators.
Together, these models will provide a spatially-explicit tool that tracks the production and valuation of ecosystem services. The models are intended to aid in the support of coast and marine management decisions and to be general and widely applicable, so applicants must be passionate about creating simple, elegant, scientifically robust models for decision-making purposes. The post-doc will also analyze data to parameterize these models in diverse sites and decision-making contexts.
The position is based at Stanford University with Gretchen Daily and will require extensive interaction with interdisciplinary teams and travel. Interaction with oceanographers and marine scientists at Hopkins Marine Station and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute is also expected.
Required Qualifications:
- A Ph.D. in oceanography, quantitative ecosystem sciences, or a related field
- Experience conducting quantitative analyses and modeling with oceanographic data
- Experience integrating oceanographic models with other biological, physical, social, or economic models
- Experience working with collaborators from diverse backgrounds and good at working with interdisciplinary teams
- Experience working with collaborators from diverse backgrounds and capacity and interest to work with interdisciplinary teams
- Excellent communication and computer skills
Applications:
For full consideration, applications including a cover letter, CV, and the names of three references must be received at with the subject line “Oceanographer” by Dec. 1, 2008.
Stanford University is committed to equal opportunity through affirmative action in employment and we are especially eager to identify minority persons and women with appropriate qualifications.
GIS Analyst (Marine) (Posted 07 November 2008)
Description: The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, and Stanford University together seek to fill the position of GIS Analyst (Marine) for the Natural Capital Project. We are developing tools to model and map the distribution of biodiversity and the flow of multiple ecosystem services across land- and seascapes, with a focus on coastal and marine services.
We seek a creative individual for a 2 year position to support development, documentation and maintenance of the Marine InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) models.
Principal Responsibilities:
- Guided closely by the Lead Scientist, develop, maintain, and improve Arc toolbox elements to run biophysical and economic models created by postdoctoral researchers and other project collaborators.
- In collaboration with core staff, collect and format data from global datasets, satellite sources, and Natural Capital Project field sites and run the models in ArcGIS.
- Help create user-friendly manuals for Arc tools and occasionally provide technical assistance to InVEST users on invest.ecoinformatics.org.
Required Qualifications:
- B.S. or B.A. in geography, natural resources, earth sciences, environmental / landscape planning, oceanography, GIS certificate program, ecology or a similar field required, graduate degree or certificate desired.
- Adept skill with all major functions in Arc software, especially model builder and Python scripting (ArcGIS 9.2) as well as with open source GIS packages (GRASS).
- Experience acquiring (via code), analyzing and using remotely sensed data in combination with other data sources.
- Experience executing grid and vector analysis, and automate spatial and tabular algorithms.
Applications:
To assure your application information is captured in our official files and that the hiring department also has immediate access to your resume, you must apply to jobs.stanford.edu, Job #47541, by Dec. 1, 2008.
Stanford University is committed to equal opportunity through affirmative action in employment and we are especially eager to identify minority persons and women with appropriate qualifications.
Administrative Associate (Posted 05 December 2008)
Description: The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, and Stanford University together seek to fill the position of Administrative Associate for the Natural Capital Project. The Natural Capital Project's aim is to align economic forces with conservation - to build a scientific basis, and broad institutional support, for protecting Earth's vital life-support services, using innovative conservation incentives.
We seek an energetic individual to be based at Stanford University.
Position Objectives:
- Support administrative needs of the project, including reimbursements, travel arrangements, event/meeting logistics (coordinating scheduling, providing directions, preparing agendas and supplies, and booking hotels, meeting space, and catering), and ordering office supplies. Assist with internal and external communications as necessary (maintain project calendar, contact/distribution lists, mailings).
- Assist with human resources tasks including recruitment, processing hiring paperwork, orientation for new team members, and processing of invoices from contractors.
- Coordinate with administrative counterparts at Woods Institute for the Environment, The Nature Conservancy, and WWF and maintain the project's guide to administrative policies and procedures.
- Provide support for Natural Capital Project grants (preparing application/proposal forms, budgets, sub-contracts management, coordinating pre-award routing and post-award closeout procedures at Stanford (including required narrative reporting).
- Help facilitate communication among TNC/WWF/Stanford, field sites, partners, as well as the broader network of ecosystem service projects and general public.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of relevant experience preferred.
- Computer skills with working knowledge of Email and MS Office required.
- Organization skills and ability to multi-task are essential.
- Independent, proactive, and has initiative. Able and willing to learn quickly.
- Strong team-oriented player with demonstrated interpersonal skills.
- Good communications skills - written and spoken.
- Experience with Stanford grants procedures a plus.
- Experience with html, dreamweaver, and photoshop a plus.
- Fluency in other languages a plus.
Applications:
To assure your application information is captured in our official files and that the hiring department also has immediate access to your resume, you must apply to jobs.stanford.edu, Job #32693.
All applicants must submit a cover letter describing interest in and suitability for the position. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Stanford University is committed to equal opportunity through affirmative action in employment and we are especially eager to identify minority persons and women with appropriate qualifications.
Water Resources Analyst (Posted 22 December 2008)
Description: The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, and Stanford University together seek a Water Resources Analyst for the Natural Capital Project. We are developing tools to model and map biodiversity and the distribution of multiple ecosystem services across land- and seascapes.
We seek a creative individual with strong programming skills for a 1-year position to assist the lead hydrologist with developing and maintaining water-related ecosystem services models within the InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) tool, which tracks the production and valuation of ecosystem services to inform land management decisions and policies.
The incumbent will perform hydrologic and hydraulic tasks, computer modeling for surface water, floodplains, water quality, and reservoir management, and program and compile hydrologic modules into the InVEST framework.
Required Qualifications:
- M.S. in Hydrology, Agricultural Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related field.
- 2-3 years of relevant experience in modeling, hydrology, and computer programming in water related field.
- Strong experience in these programming languages: VB, Python, Java, C/C++, and R.
- Strong experience in Geographic Information Systems such as ArcGIS, GRASS.
- Familiar with these hydrologic-hydraulic packages: PRMS, WEAP, AnnAGNPS, SWAT, HSPF, HEC-GeoRAS.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Applications:
To assure your application information is captured in our official files and that the hiring department also has immediate access to your resume, you must apply to jobs.stanford.edu, Job #33324.
All applicants must submit a cover letter describing interest in and suitability for the position. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Stanford University is committed to equal opportunity through affirmative action in employment and we are especially eager to identify minority persons and women with appropriate qualifications.