National Forest Research Assistant

Requisition ID: 2024-8042

of Openings: 2

Location: Category: Research (non-Faculty) Position Type: Non-benefited (hourly) Full-Time Job Classification: Non-Benefited College: Quinney College of Natural Resourcs Department: Environment and Society Advertised Salary: $20.00 Per hour

Overview Starting at $20.00/hour. This position also provides housing (if needed) and a vehicle for work-related travel.

Located in the beautiful Boise National Forests in Idaho, this position assists in collecting data for the USDA National Forest Service's National Visitor Use Monitoring Program. The data collected through these surveys are used by the USDA National Forest Service to track visitation patterns and trends, estimate visitors' economic impact, evaluate the condition of national forests and their recreation infrastructure, and estimate the amount of annual visitation of each national forest. We are looking for people to work between July through August, with full-time opportunities until the end of October. This is a year-round data collection effort, and there are opportunities to work part-time in the winter and full-time in May through October.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TO BE GAINED This position will provide many opportunities to learn about recreational use on national forest lands, data collection methodologies, and national forest management.

Responsibilities Duties will include conducting on-site surveys with national forest visitors at various recreation access points including trailheads, campgrounds, lakes/reservoirs, resorts, etc. Survey locations and use levels change each day, so this position provides a great opportunity to see and explore national forest lands and interact with diverse national forest visitors.

Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: * Applicants must be motivated, organized, self-sufficient, great problem solvers, safety conscious, and enjoy talking and interacting with people whom they are unfamiliar. The bulk of work is interacting with national forest visitors and conducting face-to-face interviews, sometimes as many as forty per day-the average is around 6-8 surveys per-day. This is not akin to cold-call telemarketing. National forest visitors are generally interested and eager to provide feedback to aid in the management of the areas they use and love. * This position occasionally requires the research assistant to spend time alone, sometimes in very remote areas in varying weather conditions. This position may also require the research assistant to camp alone in remote areas for multiple days. Because of these factors, it is imperative that the research assistant be able to navigate through remote, unfamiliar, and sometimes rough areas, and be comfortable camping alone and spending multiple days in the field.

Required Documents Along with the online application, please attach:

• Resume to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under "Resume/CV"
• Cover letter to be typed/pasted at the end of your application

Document size may not exceed 10 MB.

Advertised Salary $20.00 Per hour

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