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Center for Environmental Policy: Project Science Director

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The Watershed Protection Project is an interdisciplinary grant-funded program that will monitor, evaluate and provide technical support for projects for restoration and protection of watersheds in the Delaware River Basin. The Lead Scientist will act as the principal scientist for the project and will be involved in all aspects of planning and implementing the work plan. The Lead Scientist will be part of a core team for the project and will report to the Project Leader

Qualifications:
Ph.D. in watershed ecology, ecological restoration or related field. Background in multi-disciplinary environmental monitoring of ecosystem health and GIS preferred. Experience with ecological modeling a plus. Project management skills essential, history of successfully designing and implementing quantitative and qualitative studies of ecological systems. Must be able to handle multiple deadlines, comfortable communicating among and synthesizing data from principal investigators, ability to manage an interdisciplinary setting. Position requires excellent communications skills and a commitment to applying science to critical environmental challenges.

Essential Functions:
The Lead Scientist will support the project leader in managing all aspects of the Watershed Protection Project, a grant funded program expected to continue for several years. The project tasks the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University to be the lead scientific evaluator and principal support for a range of projects pursued by other organizations to protect and restore the environmental health of the Delaware River Basin.

Responsibilities include analyzing and applying existing data; designing and implementing watershed monitoring and data collection strategies; developing and refining strategies for characterizing baseline watershed conditions at different scales; analyzing and interpreting data and communicating results; interfacing with stakeholders, regulators, researchers and funding sources; providing technical guidance to stakeholders; coordinating development of a future research agenda to enhance the scientific bases of watershed protection; support Project Leader and core team in meeting and exceeding the expectations of the funder.

Supplemental Posting Information:
To apply, please upload: Curriculum vitae, statement of professional interests & goals, and contact information for two references.

 

Ornithology: joint Academy curatorship and Drexel University tenure-line faculty appointment

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The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia and Drexel University Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Sciences invite applications for a joint curatorship and tenure-line faculty appointment. The rank of this appointment is open.

The Academy's ornithology collection has nearly 200,000 specimens collected from around the world over the last 250 years, including some of the most important collections from South America. In addition to research, curators are expected to promote and insure the conservation, preparation, care, use, and security of biological collections. The successful candidate will have a commitment to expanding and using the Academy's ornithology collection in research, education, and outreach.

Drexel has committed substantial resources for growth of the BEES Department. The successful candidate will have a commitment to teaching undergraduate and graduate students in BEES

Qualifications:
Candidates must have a PhD, a record of scientific achievement in research on the diversity, evolutionary biology and ecology of birds, and a strong interest in undergraduate and graduate teaching.

Essential Functions
Research expertise might include the areas of systematics, phylogenetics, comparative organismal biology, biogeography, biodiversity informatics, conservation or evolutionary and ecological dynamics.

Applicants with research programs that complement and enrich existing interests at the Academy and in the BEES department and bring opportunities for cross institutional collaboration will be given high priority.

The successful candidate will maintain a dynamic, field and museum-based, extramurally funded research program and will contribute to instruction in the newly established Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Sciences at Drexel University.

Submit application materials by November 30, 2012. Anticipated start date for the position is September 1, 2013.

To apply, please:
1. Upload to DrexelJobs:

• Curriculum vitae
• Statement of research interests & goals,
• Statement on teaching philosophy & experience,
• Contact information for three references.

2. Forward no more than five (5) most significant publications (PDF format) to Kristen Kepics (kepics@ansp.org).

For additional information about the BEES Department's hiring process, please contact the BEES Ornithology Search Committee, Department of Biodiversity, Earth, & Environmental Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103 (kepics@ansp.org). 

Part Time Openings

Part-time Teacher/Naturalist

Department: Education
Reports To: Director of Education
Status: Part-time/Weekends or Weekdays   
Salary Range:  $8/hr

Summary:
PT Teacher/Naturalist staff are trained to use the Academy’s Live Animal Collection for the Academy’s hands-on programs at the museum and for Academy On the Go outreaches. Species in the collection include reptiles (e.g. snakes, turtles, and lizards), mammals (e.g. opossums, skunks, and chinchillas), birds (parrots and birds of prey), and invertebrates. Interested persons must be willing to work with and train on all species in the collection.

Duties:

• Teach hands-on museum lessons to the public and to visiting school groups
• Teach Academy On the Go programs offsite at schools, fairs and other events
• Actively engage visitors in learning science
• Work cooperatively with a diverse museum education staff
• Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned

Training:
Upon hiring, new staff must successfully complete training in the live animal center including:

1. Complete all training levels in the Live Animal Center
2. Successfully pass Live Animal Center written tests and practicums
3. Successfully present a program using the live animal collection to managers prior to presenting animals to the public.

Qualifications:

• Working towards a Bachelor’s degree in environmental education, biology, or related field.  OR minimum two years’ experience in similar setting
• Experience working with animals in an education setting preferred
  Ability to work with and train on multiple different species of animals including reptiles, mammals and birds
• Strong background in the natural sciences.
• Excellent public speaking skills.
• Experience teaching all ages, preferably in an informal setting
• Ability to follow instructions and work with minimal supervision
• Must pass criminal history background check and child abuse history clearances
• Able to lift 40 pounds
• Valid driver’s license

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