Working Title: FISH & WILDLIFE BIOLOGICAL
SCIENTIST II
Broadband/Class Code: 19-1023-02
Position Number: 77071751
Annual Salary Range: $1,267.14 biweekly
Announcement Type: Open Competitive
Facility: FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Pay Grade/ Pay Band: BB008
Closing Date: 10/01/2010
Section: Wildlife Research
Sub-Section: Marine Mammals
Headquarters: Saint Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Starting Salary: $1267.14 biweekly. This is a full-time
position with benefits.
Brief Description of Job Duties: Successful
candidate will assist in the coordination of salvage and recovery efforts of
marine mammal carcasses for the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI)
Marine Mammal Pathobiology Laboratory. The incumbent will serve as member
of FWC’s manatee necropsy team conducting field and laboratory necropsies on
manatee and other marine mammal carcasses, record observations and complete
associated necropsy reports. He/she will recover marine mammal carcasses
for necropsy from the Northwest region (coastal and inland waterways of Manatee
County to Escambia County) of Florida and assist in manatee rescue and
transport operations in the Northwest region as well as assist with manatee
rescue and capture operations away from designated area as needed. He/she
will serve in regional on-call status between 8am and 5pm on weekends and
holidays in rotation with other MMPL staff members for the purpose of
responding to manatee emergencies as needed or assigned and serve in statewide
on-call status between 5pm and 8 am Friday through Thursday and all day for
state holidays during assigned week in a weekly rotation with four other FWRI
field staff. The incumbent will oversee repairs and general maintenance
of MMPL vessels, vehicles, trailers, laboratory and field equipment and will be
responsible for monitoring and restocking laboratory and field consumables as
well as other purchases, as necessary.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: A bachelor’s degree with a
major in a life or physical sciences and one year of professional biological
experience in a field or lab research program; or a master’s degree in one of
the life or physical sciences. Experience in capturing, handling,
transporting and necropsy of marine mammals.
Valid driver's license is required.
REQUIRED ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND
ABILITIES: Knowledge of: methods of data collection; principles and
techniques of research and analysis; marine mammal anatomy and necropsy
techniques. Skills: Facility with database, spreadsheet, word processing,
and graphics software such as Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint;
use of scientific biomedical field equipment such as portable ultrasound, PIT
tags, venipuncture kits, and biopsy equipment. Familiarity with capture,
handling, and transport of manatees and other marine mammals. Abilities
to: conduct marine mammal necropsies; serve in on-call status nights and
weekends, write reports and scientific manuscripts; to supervise people,
establish and maintain effective working relationships; to communicate effectively
verbally and in writing.
Application Process:
Applicants must apply by the closing date through People First using the
website listed below.
https://peoplefirst.myflorida.com/