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Upcoming Job Openings with the USGS Climate Adaptation Science Centers

By Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Informational Webinar

Want to learn more about the upcoming job opportunities with the Climate Adaptation Technical Services program? Tune in for the informational webinar Thursday June 6th, 4 - 5 PM ET.

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The National CASC will soon be hiring scientists to staff its new Climate Adaptation Technical Services (CATS) program. Check back soon for updates!

CATS Program

Upcoming Opportunities

The Department of the Interior (DOI) places a high value on diversity of experience and cultural perspectives and encourages applications from all interested eligible candidates. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) are fundamental principles that guide the Department and allow us to successfully achieve our mission. The USGS is an equal opportunity employer.  

 

Climate Adaptation Technical Services Program

The Climate Adaptation Science Centers are hiring a team of scientists with interdisciplinary expertise in climatology, hydrology, ecology, scientific translation and communication, and partner engagement to staff the new Climate Adaptation Technical Services program.
 
These scientists will work as a national team and with regional CASCs to provide advice, analysis, and scientific synthesis to support climate adaptation for Department of Interior bureaus and their state, Tribal, and NGO natural resource management partners. These positions are not designed to focus on research - they will work as a team to provide scientific support to natural resource management partners who request assistance with climate adaptation science.
 
The new CASC Climate Adaptation Technical Services (CATS) program provides timely services to resource management partners to foster access, use, and interpretation of science to support climate adaptation. This program's goals are to
  • enable customers to rapidly incorporate climate adaptation science into their plans, practices, and decisions;
  • increase customer understanding/comprehension of climate adaptation science;
  • increase customer skills in using climate adaptation science; and
  • grow trusted relationships with customers.
The CASCs intend to hire one position in June 2024, and an additional 5-7 positions in fall 2024.
 

Position Description

Coming Soon!

How to apply

Apply through USAJOBS. Please note that positions may fill quickly, so we recommend applicants apply as soon as they are able. To be considered, applicants must be U.S. citizens.  

Questions? 

Tune in to an informational webinar about the CATS job openings on Thursday June 6, 4 -5 PM ET. Join the webinar here. 

Reach out to Ryan Boyles (rboyles@usgs.gov), Senior Scientist with the National Climate Adaptation Science Center, with additional questions.

 

About the Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Map showing the states and consortium members of the 9 regional CASCs
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The CASCs were established by the Department of the Interior (DOI) in 2008 to provide objective scientific information and tools that managers of land, water, wildlife, and cultural resources in the United States can use to adapt to climate change. The DOI charged the National CASC to establish “the Department’s climate science centers which provide scientific information, tools, and techniques that land, water, wildlife, cultural resource managers, and other interested parties can apply to anticipate, monitor and adapt to climate and ecologically-driven responses at area-to-local-scales.” (120 DM 5).

Each of the nine regional CASCs is a federal-university partnership. whereby USGS awards and manages large cooperative agreements with universities to host the regional CASCs as well as conduct research. Each CASC works with Federal, Tribal, and State management agencies across the region to discern and ensure investments in science are sound and relevant to the needs of those agencies. 

Learn More about the CASCs