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<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><b>Remote Sensing Specialist/Landscape Ecologist</b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">Description:<b>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">The U.S. Geological Survey is hiring a student service contractor to join a team of researchers addressing International-, National-, and Regional-scale issues associated with wetland hydrology/mapping,
carbon and greenhouse gas budgets, and land-use/land-cover changes. The successful candidate will provide expertise on utilizing remote-sensing products in ecological models based on environmental field data.
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Qualifications:</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">Required <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold">
qualifications</span>: </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">1) Experience using remotely-sensed data such as Landsat to assess vegetation, hydrology, soils, and land-use over space and time.
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">2) Experience with
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">statistical modeling of ecological phenomena using remotely-sensed data.
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Strongly preferred qualifications:</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">3) Experience using R.
</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">4) Experience using Google Earth Engine.
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><i>Applicants must either be enrolled or have graduated from a Masters or PhD program within the last year to be eligible.</i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">Application:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">1. Cover letter describing how the above required and preferred qualifications are met</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">2. Curriculum vitae</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">3. Transcript (unofficial is acceptable)</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">4. Most recent diploma/degree (can be on transcript or a copy of diploma)</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">5. Contact information for two or three references.
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">Pay rate: $21.67-$38.44/hr depending on education and experience
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">Location: Jamestown, North Dakota</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">Term: 1-2 year contract position with potential for extension</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">Requirement: US citizen or Green Card holder</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">Start date: Flexible starting Jan 2020</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">Application deadline: Review of applicants will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">Contact: Dr. Sheel Bansal
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">Send application to:
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>e-mail to <a href="mailto:sbansal@usgs.gov">sbansal@usgs.gov</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">
</span>mail: 8711 37<sup>th</sup> St. SE, Jamestown, ND 58401</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto">Disclosure: Students are paid for each hour worked. Students will be working as independent contractors and do not receive a premium rate for work beyond 8 hours/day or 40 hours/week. Additionally,
students are paid only for hours worked (with no holiday or personal leave benefits).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Students do earn 1 hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Pay Rates for students include cost of self-employment taxes for social security and Medicare.</p>
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