Assistant/Associate Professor of Wildfire Management (0083067)
Assistant/Associate Professor of Wildfire Management (0083067)
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Title: Assistant/Associate Professor of Wildlife Management
Position Number:pending position clearance
Hiring Unit: College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience (CTAHR)
Location: Manoa Oahu
Posting Date: May 12 2025
Closing Date: Continuous first review by date on June 26 2025.
Monthly Type: 11month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent- Provide extension leadership in wildland fire science and management for Hawaii and the Pacific Islands and support UH CTAHR Cooperative Extension Service in wildfire risk mitigation efforts.
- Coordinate an extension program focused on wildfire risk reduction with a broad range of constituents including other extension and research faculty research scientists agency professionals land management agencies and the general public.
- Develop extension materials training modules and decision support tools for wildfires including fire prevention suppression recovery and mitigation. Tools are not limited to but may include: social media websites educational displays FAQ publications pamphlets and posters. Methods will be responsive to community and educational needs.
- Provide sciencebased best management practices for prefire planning risk assessment mitigation and postfire emergency response assessment and land rehabilitation.
- Coordinate efforts across extension faculty at UH on adaptation to changing climate and hazard mitigation in the context of wildfires.
- Obtain internal and external grant funding to support extension program.
- Teach one or two undergraduate and/or graduate courses annually in their area of expertise.
- Contribute to teaching and mentoring CTAHR students through: serving on graduate student committees; providing undergraduate capstone project internship or mentored research opportunities; and providing guest lectures or field trips for other NREM classes.
- Conduct applied research to support Extension Instruction program in one or more areas including: (i) characterizing environmental and anthropogenic drivers of wildfire occurrence and behavior in Hawaii and other Pacific Island ecosystems including climate change urbanwildland interface landuse history ignition sources and vegetation and fuels management associated with nonnative plant invasions; (ii) quantifying the impacts of wildfire on natural and cultural resources and human communities; and (iii) developing best management practices contributing to sustainable strategies to reduce wildfire occurrence and severity and rehabilitate burned lands particularly as associated with nonnative vegetation.
- Publish peerreviewed academic papers and technical reports.
- Assess stakeholder needs for information and training on best management practices for wildfire prevention and management and rehabilitation of burned lands.
- Evaluate and report on program effectiveness and impacts.
- Obtain internal and external grant funding to support research program.
- Advise graduate students (Master of Environmental Management (MEM) MS and PhD).
- Participate in Department College and University service including serving on graduate committees department and University committees faculty senates or managing general use scientific facilities.
- Contribute to local or national professional societies by reviewing for or editing academic or professional books or journals serving as officer or on the board of professional organizations organizing professional conferences workshops or training programs judging entries at national meetings serving on review committees for grants or programs or judging student entries at local or national science fairs.
- Contribute to the Hawaii community through policy systems and environmental (PSE) change. This service will be achieved through service on boards or advising local nonprofits working in the area of conservation natural resources or other area of professional expertise or providing unpaid subject matter expertise or testimony in areas of expertise.
- Ph.D. in an academic field emphasizing fire science vegetation management ecology geography or natural resource management.
- Academic preparation and formal coursework and/or professional experience consistent with the subject areas of extension research and instruction stated above.
- One (1) year of extension and/or research experience in wildfire science and management.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills as demonstrated by authorship in peerreviewed publications and refereed presentations.
- Professionalism in meeting and conferring with others.
- Four (4) years of service as Assistant Professor or equivalent level.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and lead extension programs on a regional basis and to work in multidisciplinary collaborative environments within and outside academia.
- Prior teaching experience at the undergraduate or graduate level.
- Record of successful grant preparation and administration.
- Experience in tropical subtropical and/or island ecology.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and lead extension programs on a regional basis and to work in multidisciplinary collaborative environments within and outside academia.
- Prior teaching experience at the undergraduate or graduate level.
- Record of successful grant preparation and administration.
- Prior experience with the intersection of indigenous and contemporary science and natural resource management.
- Experience in Hawaii or the U. Pacific Islands.
- Cover letter indicating how you satisfy the minimum and some if not all desirable qualifications;
- Curriculum vitae;
- Statement of teaching and extension philosophy and research interests;
- Names of three (3) professional references (contact information including email address); and
- Official transcripts or original documentation from the institution confirming the degree (copies acceptable; however official transcripts sent directly from the degreegranting institution are required upon hire).
Duties and Responsibilities:
Instruction (45%):
Extension Instruction (25%)Academic Instruction (20%)
Research (35%):
Service (20%):
Minimum Qualifications for Assistant Professor:Additional Minimum Qualifications for hiring at the Associate Professor level:
Desirable Qualifications for Assistant Professor:
Additional Desirable Qualification for hiring at the Associate Professor level:
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