Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Position Title: Natural Resource Specialist 2 (Assistant Project Leader)
Application Deadline: 11/03/2024
What you will do:
• Participates in collection and management of scientific data for adult spring/summer Chinook Salmon and summer steelhead at hatcheries and streams in Northeast Oregon. Works with hatchery staff to streamline data collection, electronic data management, and summarization for the ODFW hatchery management system (HMS) and the Pacific State Fish Inventory System (FINS). Participates and lead data collection efforts for broodstock spawning and juvenile sampling at hatcheries in Northeast Oregon. Works with ODFW hatchery staff and the Pacific States FINS development core team to document data collection and data transformation steps to create reproducible workflow processes. Coordinates, provide data summaries, and participate in hatchery Coordinated Assessments. Assists in developing connections between web services and data systems to automate data summaries. Uses the HMS and ODFW Mark Recovery databases, FINS, PTAGIS, RMIS, DART, internal NE Research Excel spreadsheets and Access databases. Develops Survey123 forms, spreadsheet, databases, and models for data collection and data transfer to HMS and FINS. Updates current databases using Excel, Access, and ODFW’s HMS system.
• Performs collaborative research; gives input into planning, design, research goals and objectives; meets contract obligations. Coordinates implementation and research schedules. Analyzes data using pertinent statistical programs (e.g., R, Python, SAS, etc.) for hatchery program evaluations. Performs literature searches pertinent to research. Participates in spring/summer Chinook Salmon spawning ground surveys. Assists with and collaborate in research projects and studies as assigned. Collects juvenile and adult salmon from hatchery ponds with seines and dipnets. Measures lengths and weights of juvenile and adult salmon. Collects scales, fin rays, and genetic samples for age and origin determination.
• Tabulates and summarizes data in formats suitable for presentations and reports. Prepares and makes project presentations for professional and interagency meetings as assigned by project and program leader. Writes sections of annual progress, monthly and quarterly reports.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required.
