The research assistant will support the lead scientist and the biologist by assisting field crews, managing data, and providing research assistance on current and past research projects investigating forestry and wildlife habitat. The research assistant will support seasonal field crews by providing technical and logistical assistance that may include training, preparing geospatial planning materials, programing/maintaining data recorders, and other tasks. Data management will include quality assurance/quality control, data cleaning, backup, and summary, and conducting statistical analysis (e.g., ANOVA, regression, etc.) Research assistance will support development of scientific, technical, and popular publications by conducting literature searches, creating original tables and graphs, editing photos, formatting manuscript drafts, and possibly assisting in writing and sharing authorship on publications. The research assistant will be housed at US Forest Service bunkhouses and may need to camp at some work sites. This position will include 20% field and 80% office work.

Compensation amounts:

• $315 – weekly living allowance
• $1,600 – one time RT travel allowance
• $150 – one time PPE/gear allowance
• AmeriCorps eligible ($6,195 education award and health insurance if elected)
• Housing

*All allowances subject to applicable federal, state, and local taxes

Conditions of Employment:
Beginning on 1/18/22, all new SCA volunteer program participants are required to be fully vaccinated. Full vaccination is defined as having received a booster shot six months after the Pfizer and Moderna primary series and two months after the Johnson & Johnson primary series.