Senior Forest Resource Analyst

at  University of Alberta

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• M.Sc. in forestry, forest science, or related discipline
• Knowledge of forest ecology, silviculture, growth and yield, and forest management principles
• At least 2-4 years of experience, beyond the M.Sc., in project management and data analysis
• Training in applied statistical methods for analysis of forest science data
• Record of publication in the peer-reviewed literature

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Registration, or eligibility for registration, with the Alberta Association of Forest Management Professionals
• Experience with field data collection in forested ecosystems
• Strong skills in data science including programming in SAS, R, or Python
• Demonstrated attention to detail and high level of accuracy
• Skill in application of geospatial technologies including GNSS and GIS
• Record of preparation and delivery of knowledge transfer (extension) activities
• Full (non-GDL) Class 5 Alberta Driver’s License
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• Project and proposal development and management
• Forest data collection, curation, summary, analysis, visualization
• Synthesis of current knowledge from peer and professional literature
• Assessing and interpreting the significance of results
• Report and paper writing
• Stakeholder engagement and knowledge transfer activities