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<b>Project Assistant and Offshore Wind Liaison</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Position Description</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Coonamessett Farm Foundation, Inc. (CFF) is a small non-profit organization located in East Falmouth, MA that conducts and supports scientific research and educational activities that promote sustainable fisheries
operations, local small-scale agriculture and aquaculture, and renewable energy sources. CFF is at the forefront of developing state-of-the-art optical survey methods for studying marine habitats. We are seeking a motivated research project assistant to work
on a multiyear project to evaluate the impacts of offshore wind development on commercial fish species and benthic habitats and communities. This individual will work closely with the project lead principal investigator to manage all aspects of the project.
They will also work with all project principal investigators on all phases of the research as needed, including technology development to prepare for offshore research cruises and participating in data analysis. Additional work responsibilities will include
acting as CFF’s liaison with wind companies and keeping CFF scientists up to date with the rapidly changing status of offshore wind development. This position will be full time, and salary will be commensurate with experience.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Primary Project</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">CFF was awarded a grant from the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to evaluate the impacts of offshore wind development on commercial
fish species and benthic habitats and communities using a suite of state-of-the-art, non-lethal survey tools. During this project, we will be conducting surveys using our towed off-bottom optical survey vehicle HabCam v3, an open cod-end video trawl, and anchored
and ropeless stationary camera systems. In addition to conducting offshore surveys using multiple gear types, we will be developing automated detection models for fish and marine invertebrate species using the survey imagery to train deep learning models.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Primary Responsibilities</i></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Assist with managing all aspects of the offshore wind survey project</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Maintain regular contact with project stakeholders and attend project meetings</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Participate in project research trips (32 days-at-sea per year)</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Maintain project research inventory and prepare supplies and equipment for research trips</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Assist with project database development and data analysis</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Assist with project server planning and installation</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Annotate and train automated detection models from imagery collected during HabCam and stationary camera surveys</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Copyedit project reports and manuscripts</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Additional Responsibilities</i></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Keep up with offshore wind information resources and research by attending offshore wind meetings in person and virtually</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Review government and private monitoring and research plans for wind energy areas (WEAs)</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Identify sampling strategies and sampling tools being used in different WEAs</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Identify data products from and data users for WEA fisheries and geophysical surveys</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Update CFF staff about emerging issues in offshore wind at weekly team meetings</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Qualifications</i></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Bachelor’s or master’s degree in an appropriate discipline (e.g., marine science, environmental science, oceanography, or fisheries management)</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Highly organized and detail-oriented</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Experience working at sea</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ability to manage a heavy workload and participate in four- to eight-day research trips as needed</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Excellent writing, communication, and interpersonal skills</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Must be able to lift 50 lbs, bend, stretch, and stand for extended periods of time</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Preferred Qualifications</i></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Interest in renewable energy and offshore wind development</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Experience handling offshore survey or fishing gear</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Interest in machine learning and artificial intelligence</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Working knowledge of R, ArcGIS, and Microsoft Access</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Benefits</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">CFF offers a competitive benefits package including company-sponsored health and dental insurance, 401k retirement opportunity, and paid vacation, sick, and holiday time.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Application</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Please submit cover letter and CV to
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="mailto:contact@cfarm.org" id="OWA07dc32f7-d80c-4ae6-33d5-b877890985a1" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-loopstyle="linkonly">contact@cfarm.org</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br>
The proposed start date for this position is August 5, 2025</span></p>
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<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Justin Potter</div>
<div style="direction: ltr;">Project Coordinator </div>
<div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="color: rgb(7, 55, 99);"><b>Coonamessett Farm Foundation</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b></span></div>
<div style="direction: ltr;">Mailing: 277 Hatchville Road East Falmouth, MA 02536</div>
<div style="direction: ltr;">Office Location: 233 Hatchville Road East Falmouth, MA 02536</div>
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