[NHCOLL-L:3152] JOB at UC Berkeley - Georeferencing-GIS supvr

[carol spencer]

*Job Description for Staff Research Associate II:* The MVZ is a national
leader in biodiversity informatics and in georeferencing of natural history
collections to facilitate studies in conservation, ecology, and evolution.
The person to be hired will act as the Georeferencing Supervisor for the
HerpNET project and will work closely with the HerpNET Coordinator. Duties
include:
>
> 1)       Use geographic tools (gazetteers, paper and online maps, Terrain
> Navigator, GIS software) along with data from field observations to
> determine geographic coordinates from descriptive localities (*i.e.*retrospective georeferencing). (30%)
>
> 2)       Use geographic tools to verify and error check previously
> determined geographic coordinates. (30%)
>
> 3)       Assist in analysis of these data and manage database files. (5%)
>
> 4)       Train and oversee students and volunteers who will be
> georeferencing museum specimen localities, obtaining maps from map
> libraries, and using various georeferencing resources. (15%)
>
> 5)       Communicate extensively via e-mail with personnel from other
> museums (georeferencers, curators, collection managers) to obtain their
> georeferenced locality files and send verified files to the HerpNET
> programmer at University of Kansas. (10%)
>
> 6)       Assist with georeferencing workshops to train personnel from
> other museums. (10%)
>
> 7)       Hire will be 50% minimum for one year.
>
>
>
> *Qualifications:*
>
> Required: Bachelors in Environmental Science, Biology, Geography or
> related field. Experience with GIS applications (specifically ESRI products)
> necessary. Proficiency with Microsoft Access.
> Preferred: Extensive experience georeferencing and validating geographic
> data from natural history collections. Familiarity with georeferencing
> localities in the US and using paper maps. Experience training students and
> other personnel using online geographic tools and GIS.
>
> Pay Scale: $17.02 per hour. Please apply in the next two weeks (before
> August 24, 2006).
>
> Other: This position is 50% minimum for one year.
>
> Employment beyond 31 July, 2007 is dependent on further funding.
>


To apply: The Job number is 005012, the location of the website is
http://jobs.berkeley.edu/

Cheers,
Carol



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Carol L. Spencer
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
94720-3160
atrox at berkeley.edu
phone 510-643-1620
fax 510-643-8238
http://www.herpnet.org
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