Job Opportunity: SE NABat Hub Coordinator: South Carolina

Position: Southeastern Bat Hub Coordinator

Location: Clemson, SC

Term: 2 years with possible extension

Start Date: April, 2022

Closing Date: March 9

Salary: $54,000 Year 1, $58,000 Year 2 plus health insurance and other benefits.

Essential Functions:

The Southeastern (SE) Bat Hub includes the land areas of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The objectives of the SE Bat Hub are to coordinate existing partners and bring in new partners to: (1) increase efficiencies of standardized bat population monitoring data collection and maximize data collection and timely data delivery for NABat priority cells; (2) establish a central data management and processing center for the southeast region; (3) ensure consistent manual vetting of acoustic bat calls across the Southeast region; (4) ensure long-term sustainability of NABat across the region; (5) assist SE partners with data calls from state and federal agencies for species recovery and classification assessments; and (6) provide data for use in State Wildlife Action Plans and regional assessments.

Responsibilities

· Program management, including the implementation or supervision of field work, and building and fostering effective collaborations to execute work.

· Writing proposals and grants, managing program budgets, tracking program deliverables.

· Engage with existing partners and volunteers to ensure continued support and participation in NABat.

· Identify and engage new NABat partners and volunteers where appropriate.

· Serve as a resource to answer questions and provide information about the SE Bat Hub and NABat to SE states and other partners not currently participating in NABat monitoring.