NOAA’s Environmental Research Division  in collaboration with UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of Marine Science is hiring two positions in Monterey, CA to start as soon as possible and closing on August 29th. Our research interests span oceanography to ecology, particularly how science can be used to sustain healthy marine ecosystems. We are looking for both a PhD and a MSc level scientist with strong programming and statistical skills for help with ongoing projects analyzing top predator distribution and fisheries data relative to oceanographic processes. Skills working with remotely sensed or modeled oceanographic data (e.g. NetCDFs) and statistics in R or Matlab are highly preferred.
For the Specialist position, we are looking for someone with a Masters Degree and interest in scientific programming to support research goals. Please see ad here http://apo.ucsc.edu/academic_employment/jobs/JPF00372-17T.pdf and apply here https://recruit.ucsc.edu/apply/JPF00372Â
For the Project Scientist, we are looking for someone with a PhD (postdoc or beyond) to lead and collaborate on ongoing research projects. Please see ad here http://apo.ucsc.edu/academic_employment/jobs/JPF00373-17T.pdf and apply here https://recruit.ucsc.edu/apply/JPF00373
Applications are accepted via the UCSC Academic Recruit online system, and must include a letter of application that addresses how you meet the basic and preferred qualifications, a curriculum vitae, one to three writing samples (of published material), and the names and contact information for at least three individuals who we could contact for letters of recommendation. Documents/materials must be submitted as PDF files.