Staff Scientist / Senior Staff Scientist, CA Program

🕒 September 11

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $90k - $105k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Trout Unlimited

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1959

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

📚 Education

Non-profit • Social Impact • Education

Trout Unlimited is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of freshwater streams, rivers, and watersheds, particularly those that support wild and native trout and salmon. The organization encourages community involvement and offers membership opportunities, allowing individuals to contribute to conservation efforts through donations, volunteer work, and advocacy. Trout Unlimited undertakes various projects and initiatives aimed at protecting, restoring, and reconnecting critical water systems across the United States. It seeks to build coalitions and pass legislation to safeguard aquatic environments for future generations, providing educational programs and resources to promote its mission.

📋 Description

• Provide scientific consultation on measurable objectives and response metrics for recovery of native salmon, steelhead, trout, ecosystems, and communities • Identify and evaluate habitat and ecosystem enhancement efforts, emphasizing floodplains, estuaries, and meadows • Design and conduct field monitoring using established protocols, including instream flow, water temperature, geomorphology, habitat assessments, and fish and macroinvertebrate sampling • Co-develop monitoring approaches with partners where appropriate • Manage, QA/QC, analyze, and visualize ecological and hydrologic datasets • Conduct quantitative analyses to support scientific research and planning • Review and comment on scientific content and merit of proposed projects, environmental impact assessments, and regulatory actions, including FERC relicensing, CEQA/NEPA, water rights, and instream flow proceedings • Conduct literature reviews, interviews, and field data collection related to fish and aquatic ecosystem conservation and restoration • Incorporate Traditional Ecological Knowledge when appropriate • Draft and submit grant and fundraising proposals for science-based restoration and planning projects • Represent Trout Unlimited in collaborative science forums, technical advisory groups, confidential settlement discussions, and public planning forums • Author and co-author science-based documents related to research, planning, restoration, and monitoring • Prepare and deliver oral presentations to community audiences and decision-makers • Conduct outreach to local, state, and federal decision-makers • Build reciprocal relationships with Tribes and community-based organizations • Mentor science interns, graduate students, and emerging scientists • Collaborate with Trout Unlimited’s California Science Director and science, policy, communications, and field staff, plus external partners

🎯 Requirements

• PhD or Master’s Degree and at least five (5) years of experience in salmonid ecology, fish biology, aquatic ecology, or another closely related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and lived or professional experience • Experience developing, funding, and advancing on-the-ground scientific research projects and/or science-based restoration projects • Strong analytical skills • Ability to develop and apply conceptual frameworks to large and diverse datasets • Proficiency with statistical software and GIS • Demonstrated field skills in aquatic and fisheries monitoring and data collection • Demonstrated commitment to working across difference • Ability to work respectfully and effectively with people across cultures, identities, and lived experiences • Experience or genuine interest in partnering with Tribes, frontline communities, and community-based organizations • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including communicating science to non-technical and community audiences • Strong public speaking and writing skills • Strong initiative and self-management • Creative and strategic thinking skills • Willingness to travel occasionally as necessitated by projects • Familiarity with California’s watersheds and water management system a plus • Familiarity with the regulatory structure surrounding rivers and fish a plus • Proficiency in Spanish or another language spoken in California’s watershed communities a plus • Ability to work in field conditions involving hiking over uneven terrain, wading in cold or swift water, and variable weather conditions

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage • Company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance • Company-paid life insurance • 403(b) retirement plan with employer contribution • Generous paid time off • Paid holidays • Family-friendly atmosphere