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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px">Salary: $42,870 - $53,105 </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0in;color:black">Projected Start Date: June 2023</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0in;color:black">Appointment Term: 1 year, with potential for renewal pending availability of funds on new projects</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px">The Blue Methane Project is a NASA Carbon Monitoring Systems-funded program hosted at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Tidal wetlands have the capacity to remove massive
amounts of atmospheric CO<sub class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0">2</sub><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>by forming soil carbon, but they can also produce a variable and uncertain amount of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Monitoring and forecasting
the dynamics of “Blue carbon” in these ecosystems is a major priority for state and national governments, as well as the local entities that manage coastal wetlands. Our project seeks to improve shor- term forecasting of methane dynamics at two focal sites
in Louisiana and the Chesapeake Bay, as well as improve national scale mapping of the variables we use to estimate methane emissions. We are searching for a data technician to collaborate with a multi-university and multi-agency team on developing GIS and
remote sensing workflows and preparing mapped data products for publication. </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px">A successful candidate will have at least: </span></p>
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<li><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px">A Bachelor’s degree in Geography, or a Natural or Physical Science </span></li><li><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px">Demonstrated experience with using remote sensing and GIS to answer research questions </span></li><li><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px">Proficiency with open source coding with a language such as R, Python, and/or Java </span></li><li><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px">Excellent problem solving skills </span></li><li><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px">Independent work ethic, good teamwork, and excellent communication skills </span></li></ul>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px">An ideal candidate will have one or more of the following: </span></p>
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<li><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px">Experience with Google Earth Engine </span></li><li><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px">Experience with using Landsat and/or Sentinel-2 Imagery </span></li><li><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px">GitHub Experience </span></li><li><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px">Some coursework or other experience with wetland plant ecology, carbon cycling, soil science, rivers, estuaries, and/or coastal processes </span></li></ul>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px">Please send a cover letter briefly outlining your how you meet any of the required or optional criteria, a CV or resume, a work sample, such as paper, report, map, figure, or link
to a presentation, and the contact information for three references to Dr. James Holmquist (</span><span style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">HolmquistJ@si.edu)</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px"><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>by
April 7, 2023. </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px;color:black;background:white">SERC is focused on understanding the causes and consequences of environmental change for marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems. The main campus
is a 2,650-acre research site on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Edgewater Maryland. Facilities include the Global Change Research Wetland, the site of the known longest-running ecological manipulation experiment. Nearby cities include historic Annapolis,
Maryland's capital, and D.C. </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px;color:black;background:white">The technician will be hired as a ‘Trust Employee’ through Smithsonian’s non-profit wing. This will entitle them to health, vision, dental, and other
benefits. Those with a master’s degree will be hired at an institutional scale (IS) of 7 (starting at $53,105 / year). Those with a bachelor’s degree will be hired at an IS 5 (starting at<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px">$42,870
/ year</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px;color:black;background:white">).</span><span style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt;margin:0px">Women, people of color, Indigenous people, and other underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.</span> </p>
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