Biologist ; Marine​/Trainee - NY HELPS

Overview

This job title has a diverse set of responsibilities, revolving around marine fisheries, shellfisheries, marine habitat management, and fishery data and quota management. The incumbent will assume administrative, supervisory, and technical responsibilities which support the programs within the Division of Marine Resources and division outreach programs as well. Specific assignments could change based upon circumstances and the needs of the Division.

• Carrying out activities that promote the protection, management, and restoration of New York State’s marine species and their habitats.
• Participation in the collection, processing, management, and analysis of fishery harvest data and commercial fishing quota management.
• Administration and oversight of commercial harvester compliance and reporting programs.
• Interacting with commercial fishing stakeholders.
• Administration of commercial fisheries reporting programs, including Vessel Trip Reports (VTRs) and electronic reporting systems.
• Validation, quality assurance, and quality control (QA/QC) of fisheries data.
• Management, maintenance, and analysis of fisheries databases and information systems.
• Development of data summaries, reports, and analytical products to support fisheries management and quota monitoring.
• Administration of fishery tagging and monitoring program.
• Acting as a representative for New York State on Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP) committees and participating in other Marine Resources programs.
• Management of marine fish and shellfish resources in State waters
  • Conducting fish surveys and biological sampling programs.
  • Management of State aquaculture programs.
• Protection of public health by monitoring the sanitary status of local shellfish growing areas
  • Collection of water and shellfish samples.
• Providing input and analyses on the impacts of major projects on marine fisheries and habitat resources within the Marine and Coastal District, including offshore wind development, pipeline placement, and dredging.
• Participation in a variety of Division of Marine Resources program tasks
  • Representing New York State on various fishery management agencies in the development of interstate fishery management plans.
• Miscellaneous tasks may include
  • Preparation of reports.
  • Staff supervision.
  • Participation in meetings.
  • Development and maintenance of data management procedures and workflows.
  • Responding to data requests.
  • Aiding, as needed, in the work of other Marine Resources units.
• Undertaking training that will enhance skills pertinent to job responsibilities.

• Minimum Qualifications: This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination.
  
  Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.
• Non‑Competitive
  
  Qualifications:
  
  A bachelor's or higher degree including or supplemented by 18 semester credit hours in algal ecology, apex predators, aquaculture mariculture, aquatic community ecology, biology of algae, biological oceanography, biology of commercially valuable seaweeds, biology of fishes, biology of marine plankton, biology of marine plankton ecology, biology of marine plankton physiology, biology of marine plankton taxonomy, biology and conservation of marine birds, biology and conservation of sea turtles, chemical oceanography, coastal botany, coastal ecology, coastal estuarine process, coastal oceanography, conservation and management of marine resources, conservation biology and marine biodiversity, crustacean biology and management, diseases of marine organisms, ecology of fishes, ecology, utilization and management of marine fishes, effects of powerplants, dredging, marine construction, pollutants, climate, etc.,
  
  on marine biota and/or ecology, environmental microbiology, environmental toxicology and public health, estuarine processes, estuarine wetlands biology, estuarine wetlands ecology, estuarine wetlands management, experimental marine biology, field or lab method in fisheries, marine science, marine biology, fish biology (marine), fish disease and disorders, fish physiology, fisheries economics, fisheries management, fisheries oceanography, fisheries population dynamics, fisheries science, fisheries sociology, fishery biology, fishery biology seminars, geological oceanography, ichthyology, internship in marine…