Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology
Company: University of California - Davis
Location: Davis
Posted on: November 14, 2024
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Job Description:
Position overview
Salary range:
The salary range for this position is $102,200 - $125,400 (annual).
"Off-scale salaries" and other components of pay, i.e., a salary
that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the
designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet
competitive conditions, qualifications, and experience.
Application Window
Open date: September 11, 2024
Next review date: Monday, Dec 2, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the
committee.
Final date: Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but
those received after the review date will only be considered if the
position has not yet been filled.
Position description
The Department of Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology in the
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the
University of California, Davis is recruiting an Assistant
Professor of Wildlife Ecology. This is an academic year (9-month),
tenure track Assistant Professor position that includes an
appointment in the California Agricultural Experiment Station
(AES). Faculty members who hold an Agricultural Experiment Station
appointment have a responsibility to conduct research and outreach
relevant to the mission of the California Agricultural Experiment
Station. Participation in outreach programs and performance of
University service are also expected.
The appointee is expected to establish a competitively funded
research program to address critical or emerging issues in wildlife
ecology. The ecology and conservation of wildlife underpin many
public agency management and policy goals, as wildlife are often
associated with land use change, recreational and consumptive uses
of nature, human-wildlife conflict, and ecosystem responses to
global change. Wildlife ecologists must regularly contend with
challenging data analyzed with complex statistical models to
estimate wildlife population sizes, survival, behavior, species
interactions, reproduction, occupancy, density, and detectability.
The appointee will be responsible for teaching 2-3 undergraduate
courses per year, and we are especially interested in candidates
with strong quantitative skills and the ability to teach Biology
and Conservation of Wild Mammals (WFC 110/110L). Other possible
courses may include Wildlife Ecology (WFC 151), Field Research in
Wildlife Ecology (WFC 101/101L), Sampling Animal Populations (WFC
124), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (WFC 10), Natural History
of California's Wild Vertebrates (WFC 50), or an undergraduate
course in the candidate's area of expertise. The successful
applicant will train and mentor graduate students and participate
in graduate instruction within the Ecology, Population Biology,
and/or Animal Behavior graduate groups. Participation in and
development of public outreach and/or community engagement
programs, and performance of departmental and university service is
expected. This position is expected to collaborate with Cooperative
Extension specialists and advisors, partners in industry,
federal/state agencies, non-governmental organizations, or other
appropriate public stakeholders.
This recruitment is conducted at the assistant rank. The resulting
hire will be at the assistant rank, regardless of the proposed
appointee's qualifications.
Initial review of applications will be conducted using anonymized
versions of the Statement of Research Accomplishments and Interests
and the Statement of Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion. Applications demonstrating sufficient potential based on
this review will be advanced to full review.
The University of California is committed to creating and
maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application,
and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through
academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in
University programs and activities can work and learn together in a
safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment,
discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this
commitment, UC Davis conducts a reference check on all first-choice
candidates for Academic Senate Assistant Professor, Steps 4, 5, or
6 through Professor, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Steps 4, 5,
or 6 through Professor of Teaching, and Acting Professor of Law
through Professor of Law positions. The reference check involves
contacting the administration of the applicant's previous
institution(s) to ask whether there have been substantiated
findings of misconduct that would violate the University's Faculty
Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UC Davis requires all
applicants for any open search for these faculty positions to
complete, sign, and upload the form entitled "Authorization to
Release Information" into UC RECRUIT as part of their application.
If an applicant does not include the signed authorization with the
application materials, the application will be considered
incomplete, and as with any incomplete application, will not
receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty
recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists
considered for these faculty positions will be subject to reference
checks.
UC Davis supports Family-friendly recruitments. UC Davis covers
travel expenses for a second person to accompany an invited faculty
recruitment candidate who is a mother (or single parent of either
gender) of a breast or bottle-feeding child less than two years of
age.
http://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/programs/work-life/index.html
UC Davis recognizes the necessity of supporting faculty with
efforts to integrate work, family and other work-life
considerations. To recruit and retain the best faculty, the campus
sponsors a Work Life
Program that provides programs and services that support faculty as
they strive to honor their commitments to work, home and community.
http://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/programs/worklife/index.html
The UC Davis Partner Opportunities Program (POP) and Capital
Resource Network (CRN) are services designed to support departments
and Deans' offices in the recruitment and retention of outstanding
faculty. For information about POP, please visit
https://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/partner-opportunities-program-pop.
For information about the CRN, please visit
https://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/capital-resource-network.
Please note eligibility for these programs may be based on policy
and funding availability.
Department: https://wfcb.ucdavis.edu/School:
https://caes.ucdavis.edu/
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Ph.D. or equivalent in a field of ecology, conservation,
environmental science, or quantitative ecology including but not
limited to ecology and management of wildlife or habitat
conservation (degree must be awarded by appointment start).
Preferred qualifications (other preferred, but not required,
qualifications for the position)
-Postdoctoral experience preferred.
-Evidence of leadership and organizational skills relevant to the
development of a successful research, teaching and outreach program
in the discipline of wildlife ecology.
-Evidence of scholarship during graduate and post-graduate
activities.
-Demonstrated ability or potential to obtain extramural support for
research activities.
-Interest, understanding, and commitment to contributing to
diversity; demonstrated ability to contribute to diversity and
inclusion of groups that are underrepresented in the academy
through extension education, research, and/or service.
Statement of Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will
be assessed by their general quality and the candidates' awareness,
contributions, and plans for future efforts related to diversity
and inclusion.
-Demonstrated ability or potential to develop and instruct
undergraduate and graduate courses
-Demonstrated ability to present information to scientific
audiences.
-Willingness and interest to advise undergraduates.
-Demonstrated ability or potential and interest to mentor M.S. and
Ph.D. students.
-Evidence of communication skills and collegiality consistent with
effective departmental, campus and professional citizenship.
-Interest, understanding, and commitment to the objectives of a
land-grant university and the Agricultural Experiment Station
including mission-oriented research and a substantive outreach
engagement programming.
Application Requirements
Document requirements
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Reference requirements
Apply link:
https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06725
Help contact: dacrum@ucdavis.edu
About UC Davis
UC Davis is a smoke and tobacco-free campus
(http://breathefree.ucdavis.edu/).
We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and
particularly encourage applications from members of historically
underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with
disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who
demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse
and inclusive community.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other
protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination
policy.
For the University of California's Affirmative Action Policy,
please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM-20
For the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy,
please visit:
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination
Under Federal law, the University of California may employ only
individuals who are legally able to work in the United States as
established by providing documents as specified in the Immigration
Reform and Control Act of 1986. Certain UC Davis positions funded
by federal contracts or sub-contracts require the selected
candidate to pass an E-Verify check. More information is available
at: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) is committed to
inclusive excellence by advancing equity, diversity and inclusion
in all that we do. UC Davis celebrates the multi-cultural diversity
of its community by creating a welcoming and inclusive environment
demonstrated through a variety of resources and programs available
to academics, staff, and students. Diversity, equity, inclusion,
and belonging are core values of UC Davis that are embedded within
our Principles of Community and are tied with how to best serve our
student population. Our excellence in research, teaching, and
service can best be fully realized by members of our academic
community who share our commitment to these values, which are
included in our Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Vision, our
strategic plan: "To Boldly Go," our Principles of Community, the
Office of Academic Affairs' Mission Statement, and the UC Board of
Regents Policy 4400: Policy on University of California Diversity
Statement. UC Davis is making important progress towards our goal
of achieving federal designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution
and an Asian American, Native American, and Pacific
Islander-Serving Institution. The Office of Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion offers a plethora of resources on their website, and the
Office of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (HEDI) has
outlined similar goals in their "Anti-Racism and DEI Action Plan."
There are a plethora of links available on the About Us webpage
where you can learn more about our Administration, Diversity and
Inclusion, Rankings, Locations, Native American Land
Acknowledgement, Sustainability, Visiting UC Davis, UC Davis
Health, and Campus Safety.
The university is consistently ranked among the top institutions in
the world for campus sustainability practices by the UI Green
Metric World University Rankings. UC Davis is focused on achieving
net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and repeatedly shown its
commitment to preserving a healthy and sustainable environment for
generations to come.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all
applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining
agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or
local government directives may impose additional requirements.
Job location
Davis, CA
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