Research Ecologist Position at NOAA in Beaufort, NC

The NOAA, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science has an opening for a ZP3 Research Ecologist position with promotion potential to ZP4 located in Beaufort, NC. The primary duties will be to conduct field and laboratory-based research to identify responses of coastal habitats (marshes, oyster reefs, seagrass beds) to environmental change, develop and test methods to incorporate natural infrastructure and increase coastal resiliency, and translate peer-reviewed scientific findings to state and federal coastal resource managers, stakeholder groups, agency management and policy makers for formulating regional and national policy decisions.

The position is being announced under two hiring authorities- one open to current and former government employees - NOS-NCCOS-2017-0007 (MAP) and the other open to all U.S. Citizens or Nationals - NOS-NCCOS-2017-0006 (DE). Additional information can be found in the announcement on the USAJobs.gov site. Open date 11/10/2016; Close Date 11/23/2016.