About This Role
This statistician position involves providing statistical analysis to inform management decisions, particularly concerning migrating salmon in river systems. The role focuses on analyzing spatial and temporal variability in processes affecting salmon, developing probabilistic models, and offering statistical support to researchers.
Responsibilities
- Provide statistical analysis to inform management decisions
- Statistically analyze spatial and temporal variability in processes experienced by migrating salmon in river systems, especially survival and migration patterns through hydropower systems and across life cycles
- Analyze and generate relationships between fish responses (density, growth, survival, migration rate) and stressors in particular life stages
- Develop novel probabilistic mathematical and simulation models representing complex ecological and behavioral processes with modern statistical methods
- Provide statistical support to other researchers during study design and analysis
- Organize and curate ecological datasets relevant to mark-recapture modeling
- Document and share reproducible workflows and analytical protocols
- Publish reports and scientific papers and present at regional/national meetings and conferences
- Assist with field collection of fish and environmental data as needed (may involve riding in vehicles and/or boats)
- Conduct all analyses with accepted methods and QA/QC
- Document reproducible analytical workflows; share statistical scripts and methodologies via open-science platforms (e.g., Git Hub)
- Archive analysis products accessibly; share final data and models via public scientific repositories or interactive research dashboards
- Publish scientific papers and reports; maintain regular communication with team members
- Provide written status reports and other ad hoc communications; participate in field tasks as needed
Requirements
- PhD from an accredited college/university with a major related to the task order, with emphasis in statistics, mathematics, fisheries, ecology, or the natural sciences
- Strong quantitative background with a solid foundation and extensive coursework in statistics and probability
- Ten (10) or more years of experience related to the task order, including familiarity with the species and habitats managed by NOAA Fisheries in the West Coast region
- Valid U.S. driver's license - required and maintained throughout the period of performance
- Public trust suitability; background investigation cleared prior to beginning performance
- Government-required training to be completed within 5 business days of start: NOAA IT Security, NOAA Safety, Sexual Assault/Sexual Harassment Prevention & Response (NAM (b)(6)), and Records Management 101
