John England
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All: this is a unique job opportunity – please share with your colleagues (apologies for cross posting)
From: Veatch, William C (Will) CIV USARMY CEHQ (USA) <William.C.Veatch@usace.army.mil>
Dear USACE Climate Preparedness and Resilience Community,
Huge news! The announcement for the position of USACE Chief Climate Scientist is now open and applications are being accepted through 15 Jun! For those of you who remember Dr. Jeff Arnold, this is the position he used to hold with USACE, but with a few key adjustments to reflect the present emphasis on and posture toward climate preparedness, both at USACE and in the Administration broadly.
USACE requires a Chief Climate Scientist to serve as the agency’s principal expert on the state of climate science, including which aspects of that field are ready to move from the domain of research into piloting and ultimately mainstreaming into USACE missions. This expert will also advise both senior leadership and project teams on technical aspects of climate science, identify and address knowledge gaps and other research needs, and interface with key academic, interagency, and international partners.
Please note that this announcement is open to all candidates - all US Citizens and Federal employees and the duty station is negotiable upon selection.
The announcement is available here – details and how to apply: Interdisciplinary
Duties
About the Position: This is a permanent position with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Institute for Water Resources (IWR), Water Resources Center (WRC) located in Alexandria, VA.
The actual duty station will be negotiated upon selection. Salary will vary depending on duty station location.
Thank you,
Will Veatch, PhD, PH
Lead, Climate Preparedness and Resilience Community of Practice
US Army Corps of Engineers
(202)761-7755
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John F. England, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., P.H., D.WRE, F.ASCE
Lead Civil Engineer - Hydrologic Hazards
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Risk Management Center
12596 W. Bayaud Ave. Suite 400
Lakewood, CO 80228
Office: 303-963-4524
Cell: 720-215-1503
john.f.england@usace.army.mil
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From: Veatch, William C (Will) CIV USARMY CEHQ (USA) <William.C.Veatch@usace.army.mil>
Dear USACE Climate Preparedness and Resilience Community,
Huge news! The announcement for the position of USACE Chief Climate Scientist is now open and applications are being accepted through 15 Jun! For those of you who remember Dr. Jeff Arnold, this is the position he used to hold with USACE, but with a few key adjustments to reflect the present emphasis on and posture toward climate preparedness, both at USACE and in the Administration broadly.
USACE requires a Chief Climate Scientist to serve as the agency’s principal expert on the state of climate science, including which aspects of that field are ready to move from the domain of research into piloting and ultimately mainstreaming into USACE missions. This expert will also advise both senior leadership and project teams on technical aspects of climate science, identify and address knowledge gaps and other research needs, and interface with key academic, interagency, and international partners.
Please note that this announcement is open to all candidates - all US Citizens and Federal employees and the duty station is negotiable upon selection.
The announcement is available here – details and how to apply: Interdisciplinary
Duties
- Serve as a national technical and subject matter expert to provide broad guidance regarding climate science and climate resilience and adaptation to the Institute for Water Research programs and assigned Communities of Practice (CoPs).
- Provide technical advice in a highly specialized field to senior subject matter experts and agency officials both within and external to USACE.
- Identify scientific research needs and existing science relevant to organizational missions and programs to support operational objectives.
- Utilize complex scientific research to develop, extract, and interpret findings from structured and unstructured data sets, analysis, government reports, peer reviewed research and other sources.
- Develop operating plans and justifications for personnel, funds, and allocation adjustments to accomplish program missions.
- Utilize professional knowledge of climate science and resilience to construct new processes for modeling, interpreting, and reporting quantitative and/or qualitative information, trends, relationships, and correlations among or within data sets.
- Author technical studies or peer reviewed papers to support climate science and resilience techniques.
- Advise unit and organizational management on complex, controversial, and/or significant issues involving assigned technical and scientific subjects often resulting in agency guidance, procedures, or policy recommendations.
- Lead organization in the development and application of actionable science and practices related to climate, extreme weather, resilience, and adaptation engineering.
- Collaborate with other Department of Defense units, other federal agencies, local governments, and other relevant organizations to develop and advance guidance, recommendations, and scientific findings.
- Maintain productive relationships within agency at all levels and with external governmental and non-governmental organizations to advise, stimulate mutual exchange, and promote agency priorities.
- Utilize professional knowledge of climate science and resilience to construct new processes for modeling, interpreting, and reporting quantitative and/or qualitative information, trends, relationships, and correlations among or within data sets.
- Manage program projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs and work to align with organizational goals.
- Develop operating plans and justifications for projects, including team leadership, personnel, funds, and allocation adjustments to accomplish program missions.
- Coordinating work on contracts or performed via interagency agreement to accomplish program objectives.
About the Position: This is a permanent position with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Institute for Water Resources (IWR), Water Resources Center (WRC) located in Alexandria, VA.
The actual duty station will be negotiated upon selection. Salary will vary depending on duty station location.
Thank you,
Will Veatch, PhD, PH
Lead, Climate Preparedness and Resilience Community of Practice
US Army Corps of Engineers
(202)761-7755
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John F. England, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., P.H., D.WRE, F.ASCE
Lead Civil Engineer - Hydrologic Hazards
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Risk Management Center
12596 W. Bayaud Ave. Suite 400
Lakewood, CO 80228
Office: 303-963-4524
Cell: 720-215-1503
john.f.england@usace.army.mil
John England
John F. England, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., P.H., D.WRE, F.ASCE I work as a Lead Civil Engineer (Hydrologic Hazards) at the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, Risk Management Center, located in Lakewood, Colorado.