All, Attached please find a short description of two vacancies for stock assessment scientists in the Population Dynamics Branch at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole MA. Applications are welcome; please circulate to anyone who might be interested in applying.
We’re looking for highly motivated quantitative biologists, mathematicians or statisticians interested in working on significant fisheries science issues in the Northeast United States. Specifically, we’re looking for individuals with strong capabilities in modern methods of fisheries stock assessment. You’ll work in a collaborative environment with an outstanding team of professionals. The fisheries of the Northeast are among the nation’s most valuable and the Northeast Fisheries Science Center has one of the world’s longest and best time-series of fishery-independent surveys.
The successful applicants will serve as Research Fishery Biologists or Operations Research Analysts for the Population Dynamics Branch. Major tasks will include the design, development, and implementation of mathematical and statistical methods to stock assessments of commercially-important fishery resources. One of the positions will focus on assessment of invertebrate resources; the other will focus on assessment of pelagic species. Research results are published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and technical reports. Successful applicants will have exceptional writing and speaking skills, and mastery of one or more programming languages. Experience in conducting stock assessments and a strong publication record are highly valued. Incumbents are also expected to participate in a NOAA R/V survey cruise annually.
These vacancies are cross-listed as both Research Fishery Biologist and Operations Research Analysts at two different pay bands: ZP-III or ZP-IV with an overall salary range of $61,425 to $134,492. All applications must be made using USAJOBS http://www.usajobs.gov . Job Announcement Numbers are NMFS-SC-2009-0028 and NMFS-SC-2009-0029.
Any US citizen may apply. These vacancy announcement close on March 20, 2009. For additional information on the positions, please contact Dr. Paul Rago, Chief, Population Dynamics Branch, 508-495-2341.
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