Staff Research Associate 3 - Mariposa, CA, Job ID 84894

About the role

The UCANR Fire Network is a statewide team with expertise in fire science and ecology, prescribed fire, home hardening and defensible space, community and regional planning, grazing and fire interactions, and more. The Network includes specialists on UC campuses, advisors and staff in local communities, and broad networks of partners and volunteers. The goal of the Fire Network is to inspire and empower Californians through research, education, and outreach, policy, and training.

Responsibilities

• Assist Fire Advisors in the full range of program implementation duties on methods to reduce wildfire risk, especially through prescribed fire, in Mariposa and Madera Counties.
• Lead a program, overseeing employees with support from a Fire Advisor as needed, focused on helping to conduct, manage and evaluate an educational program and facilitate collaborative partnerships to increase the use of prescribed fire throughout the service areas.
• Field work includes assisting with field experiments, data collection of long-term monitoring plots, prescribed fire implementation, and working with landowners and research partners to coordinate research opportunities throughout the region.
• Office tasks include research data management, data summarization, development of social media content, and formation of educational material for workshops and trainings on topics including but not limited to community wildfire preparedness, vegetation management, land stewardship, and prescribed fire.

Requirements

• Demonstrated scientific and/or research expertise in the fields of fire ecology and forestry.
• Experience working in a research environment.
• Thorough analytical skills to conduct analysis and develop recommendations, demonstrating problem-solving skills.
• Thorough knowledge and skill in developing and implementing procedures and techniques to accurately produce results and outcomes.
• Excellent organization, administrative and time management skills, ability to work independently as well as cooperatively with team members.
• Skilled in use of Microsoft Office and common desktop/web applications.

Preferred Skills

• Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience and/or training.
• Experience working in a research environment.
• Thorough analytical skills to conduct analysis and develop recommendations, demonstrating problem-solving skills.

Special Conditions of Employment

• Must possess valid California Driver's License to drive a County or University vehicle.
• Ability and means to travel on a flexible schedule as needed, proof of liability damage insurance on vehicle used is required.
• Reimbursement of job-related travel will be reimbursed according to University policies.
• The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.
• This is a designated position requiring a background check and may require fingerprinting due to the nature of the job responsibilities.
• UC ANR does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities.
• Policy on Vaccination Programs, as may be amended or revised from time to time.
• Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.
• Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Pay

$71,852.07/year to $92,913.23/year

Schedule

100% fixed