DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 7 March 2002, 5:00pm (Alaska Time)
Research Director Position Available
(Statewide Program Manager, Range 22, Juneau)
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence
Here is an opportunity to work in a highly significant applied
multidisciplinary venue directing social research throughout Alaska on
the importance of hunting, fishing, and gathering to Alaskans for
policy, regulatory, and legislative decision making.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence is
seeking applicants for the position of Research Director (Statewide
Program Manager, Range 22, Juneau). Applications may be submitted
through Workplace Alaska at http://www.state.ak.us/local/jobs.html or
call 907-465-4147 for additional information.
The Research Director oversees the statewide research program of the
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence. The
position trains and advises the Division's staff of professional
researchers in applied social science research methodology (including
household surveys, key respondent interviews, and participant
observation techniques), statistical survey design, quantitative and
qualitative data analysis, and interpretation of findings. The position
oversees the research program through review of research designs and
research reports, projects budget development, and research funding
proposal development. The position analyzes and summarizes subsistence
information from research projects and the statewide subsistence
databases. The position prepares written findings to address a wide
range of resource management and subsistence issues at the local,
regional, and statewide levels. The position also assists with special
projects as assigned by the Division Director, such as data analysis and
interpretation to address legal and policy issues affecting subsistence
uses in Alaska. Qualified applicants will demonstrate proficiency in
applied social science research in cross-cultural and multidisciplinary
contexts.
The Division of Subsistence is the research branch of the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game responsible for providing comprehensive
information on the customary and traditional uses of wild resources in
Alaska. It is the only such agency in the nation, enabled by state
legislation with a federal mandate. The division furnishes this
information to meet resource management goals, aid in regulation
development for hunting, fishing, and gathering, facilitate
collaborative agreements, assess environmental impacts and nutritional
contributions of wild resources, and to describe the unique role of wild
resources in the lives, communities, and cultures of Alaskans. Please
see the division's web site for more information at:
http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/subsist/subhome.htm
Juneau, Alaska's capital city, has a population of about 31,000, and an
economy based on government (state, federal, municipal), tourism,
mining, and fishing. Located in the temperate rainforest of Southeast
Alaska, 900 air miles north of Seattle, the climate is moist, yet fairly
mild, with highs in the mid 30s in winter and high 60s in summer. Juneau
is surrounded by the natural beauty of the Tongass National Forest.
Wildlife viewing opportunities abound in the nearby mountains, wetlands,
and marine environment, and the abundant fisheries resources have long
been important to the Tlingit Indians, the Indigenous people, as well as
more recent settlers. Information about Juneau, living in Alaska, and
the cost of living can be accessed through a variety of web sites, such
as http://www.juneau.org/ and related links.