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From: Gude, Justin <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Date: Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 1:59 PM
Subject: [sdmcop] position with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
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Hi everyone,

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has an opening for a Survey & Inventory Specialist. Decision analysis expertise would be very useful in this position. The job duties are listed below, and the link to the application site is https://mtstatejobs.taleo.net/careersection/200/jobdetail.ftl?job=19140323&tz=GMT-07%3A00<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mtstatejobs.taleo.net_careersection_200_jobdetail.ftl-3Fjob-3D19140323-26tz-3DGMT-2D07-253A00&d=DwMFaQ&c=nE__W8dFE-shTxStwXtp0A&r=Znw7vQJ85zwmeBWJKUyE3A&m=SMRX4weRTBsJWrrhIe7zB4p4-FJ7k-p0537YmtXy23w&s=92_8tzGmhs2lrxIBByh9C182DcJMhnq58QNOBCEuz44&e=>.

Sincerely,
Justin


Job Description:
The Survey and Inventory Specialist is the Wildlife Division lead for wildlife survey and inventory methods and data. The focus of this position is on decision/operations analysis, and wildlife monitoring protocols, evaluation, and data at statewide, regional, and sometimes local scales. The primary job functions are related to (1) technical support and statistical analyses focused on wildlife survey & inventory data, and (2) research to develop new wildlife survey & inventory data collection, modeling, prediction, or decision-analytic approaches. This position requires close coordination with field staff, a thorough knowledge of the field and analytical aspects of wildlife survey design and decision analysis, non-authoritative leadership skills, the ability to communicate effectively, and effective interpersonal skills.

Technical support job functions include compiling, summarizing, and analyzing local, regional, and statewide wildlife population, harvest or habitat monitoring data; some participation in field survey activities; producing annual estimates of population sizes for big game species; conducting statistical analyses related to survey protocols, population demographics and dynamics, harvest and wildlife surveys, and data collected from harvested animals to determine program efficiencies, management effects, population status, trends, and user impacts upon populations; developing predictive models using wildlife and/ or harvest data to support evaluations of alternative wildlife management actions and to inform decision-making; developing integrated modeling & monitoring frameworks for wildlife populations, harvest, and user opportunities to increase overall wildlife management program efficiencies and to help guide survey methods; and serving as the Wildlife Division lead for development and maintenance of the Wildlife Information System (WIS) and the Mandatory Reporting Response Entry (MRRE) Databases.

The research function of this position is focused on developing new modeling, survey, and/ or harvest data collection approaches for estimating population size, analyzing population trends, and evaluating or predicting effects of management prescriptions on wildlife populations, habitats, or people. The first, primary focus in this regard will be coordinating the development of new, non-aircraft-based survey methods for furbearers (primary focus) and other taxa (secondary focus). This will involve integrating methodologies for ongoing, large-scale mesocarnivore surveys with newly-developed survey and analysis methods for other furbearers, working closely with FWP and other agency staff.


Justin Gude
Research & Technical Services Bureau Chief
Wildlife Division
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

P.O. Box 200701
Helena, MT 59620-0701
O: (406) 444-3767 | C: (406) 459-9483
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