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About the Role
Environment for the Americas in partnership with Golden Gate National Recreation Area seeks to engage young professionals in resource management careers. This position provides critical natural resources support for managing, monitoring, and synthesizing natural resources data in the GGNRA, with a focus on wildlife monitoring, data collection, data QA/QC, and volunteer coordination and outreach.
Responsibilities
- Conducting various wildlife surveys of threatened and endangered and native wildlife.
- Assisting in project-related monitoring duties of various wildlife populations and their habitats.
- Leading some field data collection efforts.
- Writing up a data summary for at least one monitoring effort or an agreed-upon independent project.
- Recording, performing QA/QC, mapping, and updating work collected in databases.
- Managing equipment and supplies.
- Assisting in various outreach efforts, planning and leading public events, implementing field safety, and providing information on wildlife and/or park projects.
- Equipment maintenance and cleaning.
- Coordinating schedules for field work.
- Attending relevant meetings.
- Participating in trainings.
Requirements
- Be a U.S. citizen or legal resident.
- Be between the ages of 18 - 30 (35 if a veteran).
- Undergo a background check if selected.
- Have a valid driver’s license to operate a government vehicle.
- Have access to a personal vehicle, which is recommended for this position.
- An interest in natural resource management, particularly conservation of wildlife and habitat, or relevant field.
- Ability to work well in a team and independently.
- Experience working outdoors, occasionally in inclement weather, able to carry up to 30 lbs.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Fluency with basic computer programs (Microsoft Suite).
- Experience with data collecting/analyzing using GIS applications.
- Good driving record.
- Good communication skills.
- CPR/First Aid, Wilderness First Aid training.
Skills
- Wildlife monitoring
- Data collection
- Data QA/QC
- Volunteer coordination and outreach
- MS Access
- MS Excel
- GPS/GIS
- ArcGIS computer mapping
- Field safety
Location
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Work Type
- Field-based
- Seasonal
Experience Level
- Young professionals
Education Level
- Education and/or experience in biological sciences, particularly in wildlife biology, entomology, ornithology, mammalogy, herpetology, field technique, environmental studies, or ecology (Preferred).
Salary/Compensations
- $640 per week
Benefits
- Park housing
- Round-trip travel assistance to the site
- Gear support
- Medical insurance is available upon request.
About the Company
- Environment for the Americas partners with Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area is one of the largest urban parks in the world, stretching across three counties in California’s San Francisco Bay Area.
- The park is recognized as a global biodiversity hotspot and is home to many different habitat types and a large diversity of plant and animal species, including 37 federally threatened or endangered species.
- The park preserves 91 miles of shoreline along the outer coast and in Tomales and San Francisco Bays.
Equal Opportunity
- Environment for the Americas provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.