SDSU is working in collaboration with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to establish an Innovation Landscape in the southern California (SoCal) region to advance climate-informed conservation science in service of implementing climate adaptation through partnership-driven land stewardship and natural resource management programs and projects. The SoCal Innovation Landscape is part of integrated regional (the Southwest Innovation Network, or SWILN) and national initiative that seeks to co-develop, implement, and test nature-based adaptation solutions.The broader Innovation Landscapes Network (ILN) is a collaboration between the Department of Defense (DoD), the USGS, and other partner research and land management agencies that collectively seeks to increase the pace and scale of innovation in conservation management, leverage existing projects and capacities, reduce duplicative efforts, and transfer new technologies across representative federal landscapes.The goal of the SoCalInnovation Landscape is to advance our development and facilitation of critical science-management partnerships by fostering coordination and collaboration across federal, state, local, and Tribal governments as well as non-profit organizations within southern California to accelerate community-supported, landscape-level climate adaptation and resilience.

The objectives of the Southern California Innovation Landscape are to:

• Strengthen and expand place-based science-management partnerships for knowledge exchange and to accelerate climate adaptive management;
• Advance analytical frameworks, data availability, and technology transfer to support climate-adapted conservation decision making;
• Foster an inclusive community of practice to accelerate development and adoption of science-based management and adaptation strategies; and
• Leverage the resources of the university environment across multiple programs, projects and departments, advancing robust collaborations among federal agencies, including USGS and DoD, and San Diego State University.

The position is open until filled, but the first round of applicant review begins September 16 and the first round of interviews are scheduled for September 23 .

Please visit the website for more information: https://careers-sdsurf.icims.com/jobs/17770/program-specialist-ii/job?mobile=false&width=1200&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-480&jun1offset=-420