OPPORTUNITY

USDA APHIS National Taxonomist – Botany Position

The APHIS National Taxonomist – Botany position is currently posted on USAJOBS.

Merit Promotion – 6PQ-APHIS-MA-2018-0683, https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/512324900

Case Exam - 24PQ-APHIS-MA-2018-0682, https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/512325000

The announcements will be in USAJOBS from October 1, 2018 until October 15, 2018. However, during this period, USAJOBS will be down beginning at 12:01 AM ET on Friday, October 5, 2018 but will be back up and running no later than 11:59 PM ET on Monday, October 8, 2018 (the Columbus Day holiday).

Training Course in Tropical Field Botany

The Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG), the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), and the Universidad Estatal Amazónica (UEA) are pleased to announce a 3-week training program in Tropical Field Botany in Ecuador for highly motivated early graduate students from American universities who are interested in pursuing a career in Plant Systematics.

The Rupert Barneby Award of The New York Botanical Garden

The Rupert Barneby Award, named in honor of the late NYBG scientist and renowned legume expert, consists of US$2000 granted annually to assist researchers to visit The New York Botanical Garden to study the rich herbarium collection of Leguminosae. Graduate students and early career professionals with research in systematics and/or legume diversity …

University Greenhouse Manager

UNC Wilmington is in the process of hiring a full-time, permanent greenhouse manager. The manager's responsibilities include maintaining the plants within the Kresge Greenhouse on the main campus, maintaining and repairing greenhouse equipment, purchasing materials required for courses, and the greenhouse budget. Besides supporting the faculty and graduate students in their research and courses, the greenhouse manager also interacts with undergraduate student volunteers from various departments…

Senior Plant Ecologist / Plant Biologist

We have an immediate opening in our Los Gatos office for an experienced project management-level plant ecologist/plant biologist. The duties expected of this position include managing all aspects of the biological components of CEQA/NEPA assessments, rare plant surveys, wetland delineations and habitat mapping projects, Clean Water Act Section 404/401 and similar resource agency permitting projects, and resource management plans; managing staff, budgets, clients, and agency contacts; business development; marketing; proposal preparation; staff training and supervision; and recruiting. 

Flora of Pennsylvania Internship

The Flora of Pennsylvania Internship is a joint program between the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. The Flora of Pennsylvania Intern receives training and work experience in many aspects of managing collections in a major herbarium, and an opportunity to contribute to a modern state flora through a research project on some aspect of the flora of Pennsylvania.

Outreach Coordinator-Cheadle Center for Biodiversity

The position of Outreach Coordinator is available in the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity (CCBER) at the University of California, Santa Barbara as a full or part-time position. CCBER fulfills the University's mission of education, research, and outreach through its stewardship and restoration of campus lands and preservation and management of natural history collections.