The Nature Conservancy of New York is pleased to announce a part time Science Technician employment opportunity from February to April (see below for details). Should you wish to apply to this opportunity please go to nature.org/careers and in the “keywords” search box put: 42722 click on the posting and follow the system prompts to apply.
What? A part-time temporary data and information specialist who will work on three data related tasks for the NY chapter.
Job Tasks?
1) organizing and entering data into a Miradi database to enable management of New York’s conservation projects;
2) helping repair and organize geospatial data in the TNC New York’s GIS server; and
3) compiling and organizing online data into an Excel spreadsheet for use by TNC New York’s Climate Adaptation Toolkit and Water for Tomorrow programs.
Who working with? The specialist will report to the New York Science Director but also work closely with the Science and Conservation Director of Eastern New York.
Located where? Work location is flexible as the work can largely be done virtually with phone meetings and perhaps some web ex conference calls.
For how long? This position is available for a 3-month period, from approximately February 2015 through April 2015, with flexible start and end dates.
How many hours? The Science Technician will be expected to work approximately 15 hours per week.
The Details of the Job:
Project 1: Conservation Projects into Miradi
- Learn and understand how to use Miradi project management software
- Using a pre-determined naming convention and organization structure, transfer conservation project information from Excel Spreadsheet to Miradi
- Create a separate Miradi project file for each conservation project and populate various fields include short, mid, and long term objectives, project milestones, among others to be determined by Director of Science
Project 2: Updating and Cleaning up GIS server database
- Repair broken data links for existing layers and correct symbology for existing layers
- Import new data as needed in the SDE database and creating layer files for ease of use
- Remove any duplicate datasets/layers
- Create an inventory of the data in the server in a spreadsheet
Project 3: Online to Excel data management
- Research online street addresses and lat/long locations for a list of businesses and other facilities.
- Run reports on companies using the WWF/DEG online Water Risk Filter tool
- Compile and transpose the results into a spreadsheet for future use for conservation projects
What Qualifications Needed?
Required
- Associates Degree in natural resources or environmental studies, and 6 months experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience managing and prioritizing tasks from multiple sources
Preferred
- Associates Degree in natural resources or environmental studies or 2-3 years related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience preferred.
- Experience with raster and vector data (e.g., collection and management);
- Experience with ArcGIS 10.2;
- Experience with Excel and other database software
| Rebecca L Benner Director of Science, PhD rbenner@tnc.org (845) 255 9051 Ext. 17 (Phone) (845) 255 9623 Ext. #### (Fax) |
The Nature Conservancy New Paltz Office 108 Main Street ADDRESS 2 New Paltz NY 12561 |