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Land Acquisition Manager, Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota
Deadline: July 30, 2009
The Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota's land acquisition manager will successfully coordinate, develop, plan and implement land acquisition efforts for Minnesota's leading not-for-profit parks and trails advocate. Primary focus will be on: land acquisition planning and mapping; coordinating with volunteer project managers and attorneys, other park and trail groups and government agencies; working with land acquisition committee, board and project managers to facilitate land acquisitions; providing land acquisition information for communications and fundraising; representing and speaking on behalf of Parks & Trails and its, mission, vision and programs, focusing on land acquisition, at meetings with groups and individuals; and providing staff support for the land acquisition committee. To apply: Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, contact information for three references, and salary requirements via e-mail to Executive Director Beth Coleman at bcoleman@parksandtrails.org with "Land Acquisition Manager" in the subject line. The application deadline is July 30, 2009. For a complete job description, please visit http://www.parksandtrails.org/ (posted 7/3/09)
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Ohio
Editor - Natural Areas Journal, Natural Areas Association
Deadline: open until filled
The Natural Areas Association (NAA) (www.naturalarea.org) is seeking an editor for its Natural Areas Journal (NAJ). This contracted, part-time position requires up to 8 hours/week and will commence on 30 July 2009. Experience/Qualifications I. A Ph.D. in applied natural resource management or environmental science is desired, but not mandatory. II. Currently engaged in conducting research in applied natural resource management or environmental science is desired, but not mandatory. III. Possess excellent and proven oral and written communication skills IV. Possess demonstrated editorial skills. V. Possess excellent organizational skills VI. Knowledge of natural areas, resource management, conservation biology VII. Familiarity with the Natural Areas Association is strongly preferred. VIII. Institution or agency support desired. Responsibilities 1. Maintain current, and recruit as necessary, an active Editorial Board that will provide subject matter expertise to complement all areas of interest represented in the NAJ. 2. Review the suitability of all submitted papers to the NAJ 3. Maintain an active database of submitted papers to track review, revisions and acceptance/rejection of papers. Timeliness of responses and feedback to authors and reviewers is critical. 4. Identify, contact and submit papers to appropriate reviewers. The editor may use some members of the Editorial Board as paper reviewers, however most members of the Editorial Board consolidate the reviews of no more than 3 papers per year. 5. Coordinate the receipt of reviewed papers. 6. Read the paper, evaluate review comments, and correspond with the author about the comments. If a revision is an option, describe the necessary conditions and appropriate guidelines for resubmitting the paper. 7. Evaluate the resubmitted paper, communicate with the author regarding its acceptance or revision, and make a final decision on the paper. 8. Correspond with the external reviewers to inform them of the final disposition of the paper and thank them for their review. 9. For all accepted papers, provide the Managing Editor with a hard copy and digital version of the accepted paper as well as any pertinent correspondence with the author. 10. Work to maintain a balance in the range of articles and relevant topics within the NAJ as guided by the NAA mission. 11. When necessary, solicit papers or reviews on particular topic areas of relevance to NAJ. 12. Write “From the Editor” pieces as needed. 13. Coordinate activities with the Executive Director or appropriate staff of the NAA. 14. Communicate regularly and in a timely fashion with editorial board and authors to foster NAA engagement of these constituents. 15. Attend the annual Natural Areas Conference (fall) and fall Board of Directors meeting, and the spring board meeting as requested by the BOD, to present to the NAA Board of Directors an overview of journal activities and issues. 16. Serve as a non-voting member by appointment to the NAA Board of Directors. 17. Be a member of and promote the mission of the NAA. Interested applicants, send cover letter and resume/curriculum vitae to NAA Board Member Renee Boronka (address below). Please include two examples of published articles. If sending electronically, send in .pdf format. Renee Boronka Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Drive Cleveland, OH 44106 216-231-4600 ext. 3505 216-231-5919 fax rboronka@cmnh.org (posted 5/15/2009)
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