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The Colorado Forest Restoration Institute at Colorado State University is now accepting applications for a 2 full-time salaried Research Associate II positions;
- Assistant Program Manager, Collaborative Decision Support Specialist. Please visit https://cfri.colostate.edu/ for more info, or see the position description here.
- Assistant Program Manager; Spatial Analyst and Decision Support Specialist. Please visit https://cfri.colostate.edu/ for more info, or see the position description here.
To Apply: We will begin reviewing applications on August 15, 2023 for the Spatial Analysist position and August 30, 2023 for the Collaborative Decision Support position, and will continue to review applications until a suitable candidate is found. Please submit all application materials online. Required documents to apply: Cover letter addressing qualifications, Resume, unofficial transcript, and contact information for three professional references. References will not be contacted without prior notification of candidates.
Collaborative Decision Support Specialist:
Position Summary: The Colorado Forest Restoration Institute (CFRI) has extensive experience and expertise in co-designing, mentoring, monitoring, and adaptively managing collaborative governance processes to support collaborative decision-making focused on forest wildfire resilience. To this end, CFRI is involved in multiple initiatives to assess the factors that affect the readiness, resilience and adaptiveness of multi-stakeholder collaboration, monitor social and ecological outcomes of collaborative governance, and apply this information to inform decision making. We are seeking an Assistant Program Manager/Research Associate to join our collaborative readiness and decision-support team and work together on nationally significant collaborative forest and fire resilience governance initiatives.
The Research Associate position is specifically tasked with deploying qualitative and quantitative social science analytical tools and methods to assess collaborative progress, performance, and resilience, and supporting advancement of the science and practice of collaborative environmental governance in forest and fire contexts. The incumbent will be responsible for: 1) social science data collection, management, and analysis to support science and planning initiatives; 2) supporting the development and publication of peer-reviewed journal papers, technical reports, or other non-technical reports and presentations for diverse audiences; and 3) support and determine the collaborative planning activities and adaptive management processes to help managers and stakeholders produce and integrate social-science based knowledge into forest management decision-making. The incumbent should have a general knowledge of public forest and wildfire management concepts and issues in the western United States, and experience in collaborative governance, planning, and decision-support activities in forest or related natural resource management settings.
Spatial Analyst Decision Support Specialist:
Position Summary: The Assistant Program Manager, Spatial Analyst and Decision Support Specialist position is located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The Colorado Forest Restoration Institute is involved in multiple initiatives that require the customized development and application of spatial data analysis and modeling methods and tools to support stakeholder decision-making. These include spatial wildfire planning frameworks and processes (i.e., Potential Operational Delineations), quantitative wildfire risk assessments, vegetation condition analysis, watershed assessment and modeling, and spatial valuation, optimization, and prioritization modeling of potential wildfire mitigation and response actions. When developed, customized, and applied in a collaborative setting, stakeholders are often able to identify priority areas for actions. Spatial-analytical methods and tools are also used for tracking, assessing effectiveness, and communicating the outcomes of those treatments. Because of the collaborative nature of these initiatives, the incumbent also should have a general knowledge of the social and political dynamics surrounding western US forest ecology and forestry issues. The spatial analyst is expected to contribute to collaborative planning efforts and to the publication of peer-reviewed journal papers and non-technical products for diverse audiences.
This position is specifically tasked with contributing geospatial technical and analytical skills towards developing and customizing decision support tools that help advance collaborative forest restoration, integrated natural resource planning, and wildfire risk mitigation, response, and recovery decision-making in Colorado and the Interior West. The incumbent will be responsible for spatial data production using remote sensing and field-based technologies (GPS), spatial data management, spatial analysis to support science and planning initiatives, and written and oral communication of spatial data and results of spatial analyses to diverse audiences.
Cheers,
Brooke Simmons
She/her/hers
Research Coordinator
Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
CFRI Position_RA II Collaborative Decision Support.pdf
CFRI Position_RA II Spatial Analyst and Decision Support Specialist.pdf