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Job Opportunity at NOAA Center of Excellence of Great Lakes and Human Health
- Subject: Job Opportunity at NOAA Center of Excellence of Great Lakes and Human Health
- From: "Shannon Briggs" <briggssl@michigan.gov>
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:11:44 -0500
- Delivered-to: beachnet-archive@glc.org
- Delivered-to: beachnet@great-lakes.net
Below is a description of a job opening at the NOAA Center of
Excellence of Great Lakes and Human Health. Please take a look at the
position description and forward this along to any other interested
parties.
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|Position #: 1428
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|POSITION: Sea Grant Agent and Outreach Coordinator, GLERL Center of
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|Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health/Michigan Sea Grant
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|Office Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
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|Available: February 1, 2005
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|Starting Salary Range: Commensurate with training & Experience ($35K -
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|$55K)
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|APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Apply by using the web employment process at:
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|http://www.msue.msu.edu/jobs
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|BACKGROUND AND POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
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|The NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health (the
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|Center) is a new program of the Office of Global programs. It is one
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|three Centers of Excellence for Ocean and Human Health designated
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|nationally to date. The Coordinator will seek to collaborate with the
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|other NOAA Centers to develop a common core of education and outreach
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|materials. Partners in the Center include NOAA=s Great Lakes
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|Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), Michigan State University,
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|Great Lakes Sea Grant Network, U.S. EPA (Great Lakes National Program
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|Office B GLNPO - and Athens), the Great Lakes Human Health Network
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|(GLHHN), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Florida Institute of
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|Oceanography, NOAA NOS Beaufort Laboratory, and the University of
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|Michigan. Initial focus areas for the Center include ecological
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|forecasting, nearshore transport, drinking water, beach closings, and
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|harmful algal blooms.
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|The primary responsibility of the Coordinator will be to manage all
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|stakeholder involvement with Center activities. The Coordinator will
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|build on existing communications networks for Great Lakes human health
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|issues B leveraging existing relationships within and through the
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|Lakes Sea Grant Network, as well as resources of other networks such
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|the GLHHN. The Coordinator will seek to broaden the client base for
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|quality and human health related water quality forecasts to include
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|medical, drinking water, water treatment, and beach management
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|constituencies.
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|The Coordinator will create and work with a Technical Advisory Board
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|the Center which will meet at least annually to advise the Center on
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|priority research and user needs and appropriate outreach strategies
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|delivering research results to key user groups. During the first two
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|years of the program, the coordinator will conduct a detailed >needs
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|assessment= for water quality forecasting needs related to human
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|and the Great Lakes.
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|The Coordinator will work with the GLHHN to conduct focused workshops
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|topics central to the Center=s core areas of excellence and a training
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|institute that will team-teach short courses on related topics. These
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|courses will be targeted to educate human health professionals,
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|officials, and other key user groups and decision makers about the
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|mechanisms that directly affect water quality and progress towards
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|quality forecasting.
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|Additional Center outreach tools will include a website and
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|Content of these will include, but not be limited to, outlines and
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|results of Center research projects, products of the focused
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|workshops, and test-bed forecasts. As the results of Center research
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|become available, the coordinator will work with Center partners to
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|develop appropriate outreach and extension strategies and forecasting
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|products that will be useful to stakeholders.
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|QUALIFICATIONS:
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|Minimum
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|1. Graduate degree in an area directly related to fulfilling the
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|responsibilities of the position. Background in public health.
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|2. Demonstrated effective leadership ability, effective human
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|and communications skills B both written and oral. Proven track record
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|working with Great Lakes or coastal based groups to establish
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|program/project direction.
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|3. Experience in establishing collaborations.
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|4. Computer skills, including the use of word processing,
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|software, development of multimedia programs and web design.
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|Desirable qualifications:
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|1. Ph.D.
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|2. Successful experiences in proposal development and grant
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|3. Working relationships with members of the Sea Grant or human
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|4. Working knowledge of scientific issues relating to coastal
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|5. Publication of scholarly papers and proficiency in writing for
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|diverse audiences.
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|6. Demonstrated creative ability in design and production of
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|7. Ability to create and enhance collaboration in research and
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|education programs.
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|ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONSHIPS:
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|The position reports directly to the Office of the Director of
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|who has assigned supervisory responsibility to the Specialist for the
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|Michigan Sea Grant Extension Program (Sea Grant Extension Program
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|in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife.
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|The agent resides at GLERL and coordinates day-to-day activities with
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|Center Director.
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|Candidate selection, program planning, and the development of annual
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|plans of work will be coordinated with, and approved by, the AProgram
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|Advisory/Oversight Committee@ composed of the Center Steering
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|the Sea Grant Extension Program Leader and the Great Lakes Sea Grant
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|Extension Agent at GLERL.
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|FURTHER INFORMATION:
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|Rochelle Sturtevant, Ph.D.
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|Washtenaw County Extension
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|Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab
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|2205 Commonwealth Blvd.
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|Ann Arbor, MI 48105
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|Phone: 734-741-2287
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|E-Mail: sturtevant@glerl.noaa.gov
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|John D. Schwartz, Ph.D.
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|Program Leader
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|Michigan Sea Grant Extension
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|Department of Fisheries & Wildlife
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|334 Natural Resources Bldg
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|Michigan State University
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|East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1222
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|Phone: 517-355-9637
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|E-Mail: schwartj@msu.edu
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|Michigan State University Extension employment opportunities are open
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|eligible/qualified persons without regard to race, color, national
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|origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual
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|orientation, marital status, or family status. Persons with
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|have the right to request and receive reasonable accommodations.
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