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Announcement of a Forthcoming Position at the Tennessee Division of Natural Heritage

 

TITLE:  Environmental Specialist 3 (Conservation Biologist/Information Specialist)

 

START DATE: Summer/Fall 2006
MONTHLY RATE:  The salary is $2,786 to $3,317 per month plus state benefits package.
HOURS:  Full-time

 

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Natural Heritage, Natural Heritage Inventory Program anticipates hiring a working level full-time Environmental Specialist 3 to support rare species data management and review project permit applications for impacts to rare species and exemplary natural communities.

 

The successful candidate will function as the Conservation Biologist/Information Specialist and report to and be supervised by the program manager.  The successful candidate will assist the program in conservation database management, environmental review, data entry, information requests, and field assessment for rare species and significant ecological sites. The position will be stationed in Nashville, Tennessee. 

 

Interested applicants should submit a state application form as indicated below. 

 

REQUIREMENTS:  Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in environmental science, biology, zoology, botany or other acceptable field and two years of fulltime professional environmental program work.  Qualifying fulltime environmental program experience may substitute for the required education, on a year for year basis, to a maximum of four years.  Graduate coursework in environmental science, biology, zoology, plant ecology, botany or other acceptable field may be substituted for the required experience, on a year for year basis, to a maximum of one year (24 semester hours is equivalent to one year), or two years fulltime professional environmental program work with the State of Tennessee. 

 

The position requires
o Working knowledge of ecological concepts of Tennessee’s fauna, flora, and/or natural communities.
o Familiarity with conservation issues in Tennessee or the region.
o Good verbal and written communication skills.
o Familiarity with ArcView GIS software, and/or database management.
o Ability to troubleshoot GIS or database problems.
o Excellent attention to detail.
o Ability to conduct field work and site assessments sometimes in difficult terrain.
o Experience conducting environmental reviews.
o Experience with Oracle and SQL desired.

 

APPLICATION: Any interested candidate should send a resume, transcripts, writing sample, references and completed state application for the Environmental Specialist 3 position to the Division of Natural Heritage at the address listed below.  Specifications and Qualifications for the Environmental Specialist 3 position can be found at (you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the portable document format (pdf)):
http://www.state.tn.us/personnel/specs/72922.pdf

 

A printable state application form can be downloaded at: http://www.state.tn.us/personnel/Application/STATE%20OF%20TN%20APPLICATION.pdf 

 

DEADLINE:  Applications should be submitted no later than May 31, 2006.

 

CONTACT:  Any questions may be directed to Roger McCoy or Reggie Reeves at the Division of Natural Heritage.

 

Tennessee Dept. of Environment & Conservation
Division of Natural Heritage
401 Church St., 7th Floor L&C Tower
Nashville, TN 37243-0447

 

Phone:  (615) 532-0431
Fax:  (615) 532-0231
E-mail: roger.mccoy@...  ,  reggie.reeves@...
Website: http://www.state.tn.us/environment/nh