Dear Colleagues,

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Please find following Pacific Vacancies - Announcement No. 2001 / 158. For those who intend to apply: Good luck!

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Wilco Liebregts

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Position: Brown Treesnake Rapid Response Team Coordinator (Information Management Specialist)

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Johnson Controls World Services, Inc. has a technical services support contract with the US Geological Survey's? (USGS) Midcontinent Ecological Science Center that provides support to the Brown Treesnake Program.? A new interagency program, The Brown Treesnake Rapid Response Team, is being initiated by the USGS and supported by the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs to address issues relating to extralimital introductions of the brown treesnake.? It has caused irreparable damage to the island of Guam. The snake is responsible for the destruction of Guam's ecological community through the extirpation of most of the island's birds, bats, and lizards, impacts the agricultural community through the loss of domestic stock, causes millions of dollars in power outages and associated lost revenue, and is a threat to human health.? As a result, containment of snakes on Guam and prevention of establishment elsewhere is a high priority.

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The team will provide a brown treesnake detection resource to island governments where invasion is highly likely.? The team coordinator will be based in Guam and is? responsible to the greater ecological community in facilitating the discovery as well as ultimate eradication of incipient populations on US associated islands of the Pacific.? Team actions will include rapid deployment to areas of credible snake reports.? Nighttime visual searching, daytime trapping, and rodent prey reduction will be used to capture snakes and delimit new brown treesnake colonizations.

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The team coordinator will develop an awareness program to educate residents of high-risk islands on the brown treesnake problem.? Efforts designed by the coordinator in cooperation with local brown treesnake control programs may include education workshops and distribution of materials such as posters, CDs, pamphlets, etc. The goal of the outreach component will be to heighten snake awareness, particularly with those working in the cargo shipment/handling industry, to ensure those likely to encounter BTS are able to respond accordingly (i.e., capture and/or kill any snake sighted). Developing relationships with recipient island governments will be vital to facilitate communication of snake sightings.

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The coordinator is expected to arrange for the necessary interagency cooperation and prepare any agreements with either governmental or non-governmental agencies which will need to be in place before deployment of the Team to snake sightings.? A high degree of coordination and cooperation is expected with USGS, USDA, USFWS, CNMI Division of Fish and Wildlife, other US associated island governments and the travel industry. Volunteer snake searchers will be trained and deployed as available.

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For the snake searching team, the coordinator will be responsible for assisting recruiting and training team members.? Protocols will be developed for response and deployment by the coordinator.? Nighttime snake searches will be led by the coordinator.

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For the initial year, the coordinator's time will be devoted to the development of the Rapid Response Team; however, future duties will include contributing to the research projects developed by the USGS brown treesnake program.? The program focuses on biological research in support of activities for snake control and containment, including but not limited to, population biology, reproduction, trapping and barrier technologies, snake behavior and activity, and physiology.

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Qualifications: Minimum of a B.S./B.A. with training in biology, ecology, communication or related field.? Demonstrated skill in effective communication and ability to work with people of diverse backgrounds. Ability to coordinate with several different government and non-governmental entities. Willingness to perform visual searches to capture snakes in tropical forests at night.? Basic skills in reptile identification desirable.? Must have proper credentials (US citizen, green card, work authorization, work visa, etc.) to work in the US.

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Location:? Position will be based in Guam; however, candidate should be willing and able to travel several times a year to snake sighting locations.? Travel will inherently be unpredictable and with little advance notice.

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Compensation: Johnson Controls world Services offers this full time position the following: salary of $39k plus an excellent benefit package. They include: first day health, dental, and vision coverage; flexible spending plan; two weeks vacation; one week sick leave; ten paid holidays; 3% contributory 401k; matching gift program; administrative leave (jury duty, witness duty, bereavement, military leave and emergency); and educational assistance.

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Please send cover letter and resume to:

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Dr. Gerald Horak

Johnson Controls World Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 270308

Fort Collins, CO 80527

gerry_horak@...

Fax 970-226-9455

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