JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

August 1, 2020 - January 31, 2021

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

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Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
Sustainable Agricultural Water Systems Unit (SAWS)
Agricultural Water Resource Economist

JOE ID Number: 2020-02_111466369
Date Posted: 12/29/2020
Date Inactive: 01/31/2021
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Agricultural Water Resource Economist
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: Davis, California, UNITED STATES
JEL Classification: Q -- Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics
Keywords:
Agricultural Water
Agricultural Economist
Sustainability
Water Resource Economist
Salary Range: GS-12 / GS-13
Full Text of JOE Listing:

The USDA, ARS, Sustainable Agricultural Water Systems Unit in Davis, CA seeks to hire an Agricultural Water Resource Economist. This individual will be a member of an interdisciplinary team of scientists charged with maintaining and enhancing agricultural productivity in the face of diminished water availability. Special focus areas of this unit include managed aquifer recharge and remote sensing of evapotranspiration of vine and tree orchard crops. The hire will provide economic expertise within the water-energy-food nexus by developing irrigation, water conservation, and managed aquifer recharge technologies and strategies that reduce economic risks and increase farm profitability, improve soil quality and productivity, enhance carbon storage in soils, reduce the effects of short-term drought, and sustain groundwater management for irrigated agriculture. He/She will identify problem areas and formulate research strategies in response to stakeholder needs, initiate plans, execute economic research, conduct mathematical modeling, and publish peer reviewed articles. In addition, he/she will organize and analyze large, complex data streams for long-term agricultural research (LTAR) networks. The formal job announcement for this position is expected to be posted on https://www.usajobs.gov/ from December 22, 2020 to January 22, 2021. However, interested candidates may also email Scott.Bradford@usda.gov for additional information.

Application Requirements:
  • External Application Link
Application deadline: 02/01/2021