The Tennessee Division of Natural Areas’ Natural Heritage Program has an open position for a Natural Heritage Biodiversity Data Manager & Spatial Ecologist.
TDEC-Environmental Consultant 3 – 04152020-8111
Natural Heritage Biodiversity Data Manager & Spatial Ecologist
Division of Natural Areas
Annual Salary Range: $59,676 Ãf¢ÒÂEURҔ $95,460
37.5 hours per Week
Position Located in Nashville, Tennessee
Summary, Distinguishing Features, Duties and Essential Functions
The TDEC-Environmental Consultant 3 will serve as a Natural Heritage Program Data
Manager and Spatial Ecologist. This position assists with the divisionÃf¢ÒÂEURÃ’Â(tm)s efforts to support
rare species and conservation data management and review projects for impacts to rare
species and exemplary natural communities. This position may also aid division biologists
with information requests, spatial analysis and field assessments for rare species and
natural communities. The successful candidate will be supervised by the program
manager. This position is a preferred services position and may require overnight travel.
Competencies
Ãf¯Ò’Ò· Familiarity with conservation issues and ecological concepts of the region
Ãf¯Ò’Ò· Ability to communicate and work with a variety of conservation partners
Ãf¯Ò’Ò· Ability to write technical reports and correspondence
Ãf¯Ò’Ò· Experience with rare species databases including ESRI ArcGIS Desktop or ArcGIS Pro or
ArcGIS Online
Ãf¯Ò’Ò· Experience producing maps and contributing to GIS projects including geospatial
analysis methods and applications
Ãf¯Ò’Ò· Experience creating, editing, managing, and publishing GIS feature data in a
geodatabase environment and on the cloud
Ãf¯Ò’Ò· Experience conducting environmental reviews
Ãf¯Ò’Ò· Experience with database design and management including Oracle and SQL
Ãf¯Ò’Ò· Excellent attention to detail and ability to organize complex projects, data, files and
records
Ãf¯Ò’Ò· Working knowledge of the Endangered Species Act and related environmental or
conservation laws
Ãf¯Ò’Ò· Ability to conduct field work and site assessments sometimes in difficult terrain
including the ability to meet moderate physical standards of wildland / prescribed fire
certification preferred
Ãf¯Ò’Ò· Experience with statistical methods and the display analytical results
Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a
bachelor’s degree in environmental science, physical sciences (e.g. physics, chemistry,
geology, meteorology), ecology, sustainability or applied science in sustainability, life
sciences (e.g. biology, microbiology, health physics or biophysics), environmental health,
pre-medicine, engineering or other acceptable science or natural resource related field and
five years of full-time professional environmental program, natural resource conservation
work or full-time professional work that involved ensuring compliance with radiation safety
standards and/or regulations.
Substitution of Education for Experience: Graduate coursework in environmental
science, biology, chemistry, geology, engineering, physics, ecology, sustainability, applied
science in sustainability, or other acceptable science or natural resource related field may
be substituted for the required experience, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of two
years (24 semester hours is equivalent to one year). – See more at:
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Application
The position opens on April 15, 2020 and closes on April 28, 2020. During this period,
candidates must complete an online state application for the TDEC-ENV CONSULTANT 3 –
04152020-8111 position via the Tennessee Department of Human Resources website at
qualifications will then receive supplementary questions to answer within five business
days. Interested candidates should send a resume and writing example to