Junior Spatial Ecologist - Ottawa, Canada - Canadian Wildlife Federation

Canadian Wildlife Federation

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Ottawa, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Your Connection to Wildlife

As one of Canada's largest not for profit leaders in wildlife conservation, research, and advocacy, we are seeking to fill the following position _

Junior Spatial Ecologist:

Location:
CWF's Head Office in Ottawa, ON.

Reports to:
Spatial Ecologist

Fixed-Term for 2-years

Who we are:

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is a national not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to ensuring an appreciation of our natural world and a lasting legacy of healthy wildlife and habitat.

By spreading knowledge of human impacts on the environment, developing and delivering educational programs, conducting research, promoting the sustainable use of natural resources, and advocating for effective wildlife policy and regulation, CWF strives for a future in which Canada's wildlife is conserved for generations to come.

Position Overview:

The Junior Spatial Ecologist will support project management and delivery of freshwater watershed connectivity restoration planning (WCRP) projects.

They will oversee the technical implementation of data processing, management, and script development for geospatial modelling frameworks to quantify the connectivity status of watersheds and prioritize barriers (e.g., dams, stream crossings) to target for fish passage restoration.

This includes establishing the ecological and technical requirements for WCRP geospatial modelling frameworks, leading the development of dashboards and other web-based tools to share and display results and accept updates to the connectivity models, and writing supporting documentation for the models.

The Junior Spatial Ecologist will also contribute to strategic and work planning, support contract and budget management, day-to-day supervision of analysts and technicians, and contributing to data processing, conservation planning, and prioritization exercises.

Core Duties:

Develop and implement project processes and workflows to ensure WCRP data processing, management and model development is thorough, efficient, produces highquality data, and is sustainable over the long term.
Translate ecological requirements (e.g., species habitat requirements) for model outputs to the technical requirements needed to design and develop provincial fish passage and freshwater connectivity modelling frameworks (e.g., PEIFishPass) to support WCRP projects, including development of scripts (Python, SQL, R) to quantify and report on watershed connectivity status using hydrographic networks, barrier data, and species habitat data and prioritize barriers for rehabilitation.
Lead the development of WCRP tools, including API infrastructure, R Shiny dashboards, Quarto books, and custom tools to accept updates to the connectivity models.
Manage and maintain the WCRP documentation site to ensure project and model information is uptodate and clearly and thoroughly communicated.
Coordinate team members on a daytoday basis, including assigning tasks, managing timelines, and providing troubleshooting support.
Coordinate with contractors to support development of connectivity modelling frameworks, database management, API infrastructure, and tool development.
Work with Program Manager to define project strategic plan, milestones, and timelines.
Develop training modules to document data processing and management processes and deliver to new staff.
Support the identification, acquisition, compilation, and aggregation of aquatic barrier and fish habitat data from multiple sources and a variety of formats into standardized data structures.
Support other Conservation team members, as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS

_ Necessary_

Requires minimum Master's Degree or relevant work experience in related fields (Biology, Environmental Science or Studies, Geography, Geographic Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Technology).
Demonstrated expertise of ecological theories and concepts related to the structure and function of freshwater ecosystems, including connectivity.
Minimum oneyear work experience demonstrating the implementation of spatial analysis and modelling to solve ecological problems related to freshwater ecosystems.
Minimum oneyear work experience managing and analyzing largescale hydrographic, ecological, topographic, and land use geospatial datasets in a Geographic Information System (GIS) environment.
Minimum oneyear work experience developing and executing scripts or models for data manipulation and spatial analysis in Python, SQL, R, or other programming languages.
Minimum oneyear work experience managing spatial data and automating processes in PostgreSQL or similar relational database management system.
Experience using frontend development frameworks, including R Shiny, pure Javascript, or Javascript frameworks (e.g., Angular, React, Vue).
Experience contributing to project management activities, including work planning, contract management, and bu