Employment

Are you passionate about science communication and engagement with broad and diverse audiences? Do you want to support and promote more awareness of cutting-edge environmental science programs and data science initiatives? Do you excel at connecting people and ideas and strategically building relationships across diverse groups?

We seek a Communication and Engagement Officer to join the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), working with our Executive Director, Deputy Director and other NCEAS staff and scientists to administer and expand communication and engagement around our portfolio of programs. The Communication and Engagement Officer will also work as a liaison between NCEAS and our partners at COMPASS, a science communication group that champions, connects, and supports diverse science leaders to improve the well-being of people and nature.

Find out more and apply at https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02083

The LTER Network invites applications for 1-2 Data Analysts (Junior/Assistant Specialists) to engage in a portfolio of environmental synthesis research drawing on LTER and other data. Under the supervision of NCEAS Senior Data Scientist, and in partnership with working group investigators, the LTER Data Analysts (Junior/Assistant Specialists) will participate in all stages of the synthesis process. The data analysts will develop data pipelines and reproducible analytical workflows to integrate heterogeneous sources of data (tabular, geographic, remote sensing, etc.) for LTER synthesis groups (https://lternet.edu/current-working-groups/). They will also gather, organize, and document the use of source data and assist scientists in preserving their scientific products (codes, data) and developing interactive data visualizations.

Find out more and apply at https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02074

We are seeking a full-time Environmental Data Analyst to join Ben Halpern’s research group at NCEAS. We are a diverse, inclusive scientific team that uses environmental data science approaches to tackle pressing sustainability research questions so we can uncover strategic, effective, and efficient solutions to environmental problems.

The candidate will be based at NCEAS in Santa Barbara, CA and will engage with ongoing and emerging research projects. Current projects include: mapping pressures and environmental justice implications of global food production, quantifying pressures and risk to aquaculture from climate change within the U.S., spatially mapping and quantifying the magnitude of ocean pressures and impacts on marine species and coastal habitats, and measuring ocean health.

This position will be responsible for: engaging with a research team to help determine the data and analytical approaches needed to address environmental questions; track down and prepare data using R scripts; analyze and visualize data; apply and promote good data practices and collaborative research; troubleshoot code and hunt down errors; communicate progress and results with team members and other scientists.

Find out more and apply at https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02067

The Data Systems Analyst manages ecologically and environmentally relevant data from the Arctic Data Center and other funded projects at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). The analyst contacts data providers and consults the literature to manage and archive data of moderate complexity for preservation. This includes gathering and analyzing information from data providers and editing metadata to make the data understandable and useful for synthesis activities. The analyst also performs a wide variety of analysis and data modeling activities to assess and remedy data quality issues, as well as characterize and visualize data for synthesis. The analyst works closely with the Director of Informatics Research and Development to identify issues that need attention to streamline the data management process, with NCEAS' Scientific Programmers to implement approaches to streamline data management operations, and with researchers from targeted projects to archive data and metadata. The analyst also organizes and mentors graduate student interns and fellows who contribute to the data management goals of the Center, and participates in data science training activities serving the Arctic research and other NCEAS communities.  

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The McClintock Lab, based at NCEAS, is seeking a new Software Developer to work on their SeaSketch project. This Lab team supports geospatial planning and research efforts in the marine sciences which have complex and challenging software needs. Lab development projects include web applications, mobile data collection tools, and computer vision software. The Lab’s longest running project, SeaSketch, is a hosted software service which supports diverse and numerous government agencies and other institutions around the globe in engaging scientists, stakeholders and the general public in marine spatial planning.

Under general direction the Software Developer will develop automated browser test suites to verify the reliable operation of the Lab’s software service. The Software Developer will work with the Principal Developer to identify priority workflows for testing, independently implement automated end-to-end tests, and maintain a complex continuous integration system which deploys software to a staging environment for testing. The Software Developer will perform both manual and automated testing of the software on mobile devices to ensure compatibility with multiple screen sizes and user input constraints. The Software Developer will also develop improvements to the SeaSketch user interface on mobile devices, involving use of TypeScript, React, CSS, and responsive design principles.

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