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Project Background:   The Advancing Capacity for the Environment (ACE) program supports USAID’s work in the areas of climate change, environment, energy, and infrastructure. The ACE program primarily focuses on providing support and services to DAI’s client - the Center for Environment, Energy, and Infrastructure (EEI) within the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI). The program objective is to enhance USAID’s effectiveness, leading to positive and sustainable development outcomes globally in the above sectors through activities under four key tasks areas: communications, training, knowledge management, and facilitation/organizational development. The program provides these comprehensive services and support across EEI as a collective Center, but also dedicated services and support to each of its three Branches—Climate & Cross-Sectoral Strategy, Natural...

Project Background: The Advancing Capacity for the Environment (ACE) program will support USAID’s work in the areas of climate change, environment, energy, and infrastructure work. The ACE program will primarily focus on providing support and services to DAI’s client - the Center for Environment, Energy, and Infrastructure (EEI) within the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI). The program objective is to enhance USAID’s effectiveness, leading to positive and sustainable development outcomes globally in the above sectors through activities under four key tasks areas: communications, training, knowledge management, and facilitation/organizational development. The program will provide these comprehensive services and support across EEI as a collective Center, but also dedicated services and support to each of its three Branches—Climate & Cross-Sectoral Strategy, Natural...

SUMMARY OF JOB The Botanist develops, reviews, and revises information relating to the conservation status of native plant species, primarily rare species, throughout the United States and Canada. Much of the work centers on compiling data on geographical distribution, abundance, threats, trends, habitat requirements, natural history, and management needs, followed by application of NatureServe criteria to synthesize this information into a standardized estimate of conservation status. This work requires extensive communication and collaboration with state, federal, academic, and independent botanists, as well as searching and synthesis of published scientific literature. The position is project oriented, with some projects directed to meeting specific data needs of U.S. federal land-management agencies, while other work supports the information needs of the NatureServe Network (e.g. state Natural Heritage Programs, Conservation Data Centers, and other entities). The...

SUMMARY OF JOB The Invertebrate Zoologist is responsible for researching, drafting, and revising the global information fields in NatureServe’s Biotics biodiversity database for invertebrate species occurring in the United States and Canada. Taxonomic coverage is broad, centering on freshwater and pollinator species. Biotics is a major source for the NatureServe Explorer and Explorer Pro online searchable conservation databases ( https://explorer.natureserve.org ), relied on by most US and Canadian government land management agencies and many other users. Major responsibilities of the Invertebrate Zoologist are to review global conservation status rankings and evaluate and recommend taxonomic and nomenclatural changes, with opportunities to collaborate on habitat suitability modeling and biodiversity analysis projects. The position also supports fund raising and project management. It is project oriented, with some projects directed to meeting specific data needs of U.S....