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SNRI faculty and researchers, please share with your networks and potential applicants. </div>
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<div id="m_-540831543718714518divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Tapan Pathak <<a href="mailto:tpathak@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">tpathak@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 6, 2022 9:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> SNRI Requests <<a href="mailto:snrirequests@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">snrirequests@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Project Scientist – Climate and Agriculture (UC Merced) AP# 21-62</font>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Could you please distribute this project scientist vacancy announcement? Project scientist will be recruited through ANR and based at UC Merced. Detailed vacancy announcement is attached below. Please let me know
if you have any questions.<span> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Thanks,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Tapan</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Tapan Pathak, Ph.D.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist, Climate Adaptation in Ag</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">UC Merced</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/5200+N.+Lake+Rd.+%0D%0AMerced,+CA+95343?entry=gmail&source=g">5200 N. Lake Rd.</a><span> </span><br><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/5200+N.+Lake+Rd.+%0D%0AMerced,+CA+95343?entry=gmail&source=g">
Merced, CA 95343</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">(209) 355-6658<span> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e;font-weight:normal">Project Scientist – Climate and Agriculture (UC Merced) AP# 21-62</span><span style="color:black"></span></h1>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">Job Description</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">:<span> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://ucanr.edu/publicFiles/jobs/2100.pdf" title="https://ucanr.edu/publicFiles/jobs/2100.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0068d6">Download</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e;font-weight:normal">Location Headquarters: UC Merced, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, Merced, CA</span><span style="color:black"></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e;font-weight:normal">Position Overview</span><span style="color:black"></span></h2>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">Purpose:</span></strong><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">The Project Scientist will lead research and development of locally relevant, agricultural decision support tools that can effectively integrate weather and climate information.
The Project Scientist will also assist project team to disseminate tools to give California agriculture a competitive edge in increasing resilience and reducing risks associated with climate variability and change. The Project Scientist will work closely with
project investigators at UC ANR, UC Merced, USDA California Climate Hub, USDA Agricultural Research Service, and partners at the UC Davis to develop an ensemble of decision support tools and resources in collaboration with Informatics and GIS (IGIS) team to
help growers make strategic decisions such as managing and preparing for weather and climate extremes, pests and disease management decisions, irrigation decisions, and decisions based on crop specific agroclimatic indicators.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">The Project Scientist will routinely publish research findings related to climate science applications in agriculture and development of decision support tools in high-ranking
peer-reviewed journals in collaboration with project investigators. Additionally, the Project Scientist is expected to assist project investigators in developing proposals for funding from federal, state agencies, and other funding organizations such as commodity
boards. The UCANR project scientist will be located at and affiliated with the UC Merced, with substantial multi- UC campus multi-institutional collaborations.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">Major Responsibilities:</span></strong><span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">To
be successful, a Project Scientist requires skills in the following:</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">Programmatic Competence</span></strong><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Research related to agriculture and climate interactions and development of web-based decision support tools through effective integration of historic and projected climate and weather information for agricultural
decisions</span></li><li style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e;background:white;box-sizing:border-box">
<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Analyze data and publish manuscripts in peer reviewed journals in collaboration with project investigators as well as in non-technical formats.</span></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">Communication</span></strong><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Present research at professional society meetings.</span></li><li style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e;background:white;box-sizing:border-box">
<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Coordinate outreach and extension around research in cooperation with project directors.</span></li><li style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e;background:white;box-sizing:border-box">
<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Develop resources in formats such as fact sheets, short videos for web-based agroclimate information portal</span></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">Collaboration, Teamwork & Flexibility</span></strong><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Collaborate with stakeholder, commodity boards, project steering committee, ANR academics, and state and federal agencies to understand and document types of decision support tools needed.</span></li><li style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e;background:white;box-sizing:border-box">
<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Assist project investigators in writing grants and soliciting external funding.</span></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">Professional Development & Lifelong Learning</span></strong><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Maintain a program of continuous self-improvement by participating in in-service training, seminars, workshops, work group & program team meetings, short courses, professional society meetings and other relevant
opportunities.</span></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">Reporting Relationship</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">: The Project Scientist is administratively responsible
to the Climate Adaptation in Agriculture CE Specialist located at the UC Merced – Sierra Nevada Research Institute.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e;font-weight:normal">Qualifications and Skills Required </span></u><span style="color:black"></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e;font-weight:normal">Required Qualifications</span><span style="color:black"></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">An earned Ph.D. in agricultural engineering, climate science, biometeorology, irrigation, agronomy, crop sciences, data science, or closely related field is required at the time of appointment.</span></li><li style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e;background:white;box-sizing:border-box">
<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Strong statistical and quantitative skills</span></li><li style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e;background:white;box-sizing:border-box">
<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Experience publishing peer-reviewed research in high impact journals is required</span></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">Desired Qualifications:</span></strong><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Experience and/or knowledge in computer programming skills with applications in climate and agricultural sciences</span></li><li style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e;background:white;box-sizing:border-box">
<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Skills to integrate a variety of climate, ecosystem, and crop models</span></li><li style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e;background:white;box-sizing:border-box">
<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Sound understanding and familiarity with California’s agriculture</span></li></ul>
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<u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e;font-weight:normal">Salary & Benefits</span></u><span style="color:black"></span></h2>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">SALARY: </span></strong><span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">Beginning
salary will be in the Assistant Project Scientist Rank, Step 1 ($65,700/annually). For information regarding the Project series salary scales, please refer to: <span> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2022/july-2021-scales/t37-b.pdf" title="https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2022/july-2021-scales/t37-b.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0068d6">https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2022/july-2021-scales/t37-b.pdf</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">.
This is a represented position.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">The Assistant Project Scientist position is non-career track position. The position is a one-year renewable term appointment (up to 2 years total) with a merit cycle every two
years. The performance in the position will be evaluated annually. The position will be extended beyond the two years, based on performance and availability of funding.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">Benefits</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">: The University of California offers comprehensive benefits
including health insurance, retirement plans, two days per month paid vacation, one day per month paid sick leave, and approximately thirteen paid holidays per year. ANR is part of UC’s Family-Friendly Policies. For more information, refer to the UC Benefits
website at:<span> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html" title="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0068d6">https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html</span></a></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e;font-weight:normal">How to Apply</span></u><span style="color:black"></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">If interested in this position, please visit:<span> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://recruit.ucanr.edu/" title="https://recruit.ucanr.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0068d6">https://recruit.ucanr.edu/</span></a></span><span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">and
choose “applicants” (refer to position<span> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">#21-62</span></strong>)</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">Closing Date:</span></strong><span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">To
assure full consideration, application packets must be received by<span> </span></span><strong><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#990000">May 16, 2022</span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">–
open until filled</span></strong><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">Contact Alma Jackson; email:<span> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:ajackson@ucanr.edu" title="mailto:ajackson@ucanr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0068d6">ajackson@ucanr.edu</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">Applicants may wish to explore the UC Davis Services for International Students and Scholars web page at<span> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://siss.ucdavis.edu/" title="https://siss.ucdavis.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#0068d6">https://siss.ucdavis.edu/</span></a></span><span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1a1d1e">as
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