Job Opportunity: Spatial Ecologist with the Virginia Natural Heritage Program

The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, seeks applicants to fill the full-time, classified position of Spatial Ecologist. One of nine ecologists, conservation planners, and GIS specialists in the Information Management Section of the award winning Virginia Natural Heritage Program (VNHP), this position reports directly to the Landscape Ecologist and is responsible for implementing ecological projects that facilitate biodiversity conservation using advanced spatial analysis, modeling, and statistical methods to predict species distributions, assess and map habitats, and address ecological change due to land-use and climate.

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High Performance Computing Geospatial Analysis Position Opening

The Minnesota Supercomputing Institute (www.msi.umn.edu/) is hiring a full time geospatial analyst to support research at the University of Minnesota. The successful applicant will join the expanding RIS team (Research Informatics Solutions), currently composed of ten PhD level informatics analysts. RIS was formed specifically to enable cutting edge research as a centralized resource for data … Read more

GIS Database Manager at NYC DEP

The DEP’s Bureau of Environmental Planning and Analysis (BEPA) is seeking to hire a Computer Associate to work as a Data Management Administrator in Queens, NY. The applicant will maintain the Project Tracking and Asset Management System (aka “GreenHUB”) and perform various data management and GIS mapping tasks for the NYC Green Infrastructure (GI) Program.

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New England GeoSystems GIS job

Assistant GIS Project Manager (Middletown, CT):

 New England GeoSystems (NEGEO), a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) consultant located in Middletown, CT has a need for a motivated, organized and productive assistant project manager.

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NSF undergrad research experience in Belize and Orlando in community GIS and citizen science

Check out the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site “Preparing the Next Generation of Scholars through Community GIS and Citizen Science.” The program offers fully funded summer research experiences for at least 8 undergraduate students in Belize for 5 weeks and Orlando for two weeks.  The program is open to all U.S. students and runs June 19-August 4, 2017.  It is interdisciplinary in nature emphasizing community geography, community GIS, and citizen science through mixed methods, including sketch mapping, mobile mapping applications, focus groups, in-depth interviews, GIS, and spatial analysis. 

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