Mid-Atlantic Grasslands Coordinator
Mid-Atlantic Grasslands Coordinator
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Grassland loss is the greatest conservation issue facing eastern North American biodiversity. Our precious Southern grasslands are nearly extinct and the species that depend on them are fading fast. Many of our Southern grasslands that managed to persist through the past 200 years have disappeared in the past quartercentury. What will the next 25 years bring As a conservation community we are only now realizing how extensive our grasslands used to be. If we want to reverse the tide of grassland biodiversity loss our response must be rapid and unparalleled in magnitude. This immensely complex and ambitious challenge will take some of the brightest and most creative minds in American conservation and philanthropy to solve. Are you ready to join the Southeastern Grasslands Institutes team Austin Peay State Universitys Southeastern Grasslands Institute SGI invites applications for a MidAtlantic Grasslands Coordinator position. This is a fulltime nontenuretrack position. The MidAtlantic Grasslands Coordinators primary role will be to serve the needs of SGI and the National Park Service in developing and managing grassland conservation projects across the Northeast and Capitol regions of the National Park Service. This position will be expected to travel up to 175 days a year working alongside our restoration team in National Parks to restore various rare and declining habitats. In addition to ontheground work in grasslands and coordination of broader efforts this position includes a vital component of grantwriting and report writing to help secure future funding to support this position and to grow additional programming/staffing needs in the MidAtlantic Region. The position will be located in Roanoke Virginia. This Coordinator position may work a nontraditional schedule and travel throughout the field season with other SGI team members to reach the different project areas with overnight stays and travel expenses being covered through grant funds 80 travel . Working from home will be possible for a few specific deskbased tasks. This position will report to SGIs Director of Stewardship. SGI affiliated with the Center of Excellence for Field Biology at Austin Peay State University is a dynamic organization where we celebrate support and strive to promote diversity equality and inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or Veteran status.
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