Employer: University of Georgia

Description:FOREST FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
DANIEL B. WARNELL SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

POSITION: The Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources of the University of Georgia seeks to fill a tenure-track position in forest financial management. The position will involve research, teaching, and advising graduate and undergraduate students.

Location: Athens

Qualifications: Successful candidates must have expertise in the analysis of forest sector structure, organization and performance; commercial forestry investments; and the effects of economic conditions, markets, taxation, and risk on such investments. The successful candidate must be capable of teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in both the Warnell School and Terry College of Business including courses in forest finance or forest management, to develop a nationally recognized research program leading to publication in appropriate scientific journals and attraction of extramural funding, to periodically teach continuing education courses, and to cooperate with private firms, public agencies, and conservation groups. QUALIFICATIONS: The candidate should have an earned doctorate with at least one degree in finance or a closely related field. One degree in forestry and some experience in managing timberland, conducting research, or classroom instruction are highly desirable. Strong analytical skills are required.

Misc: THE UNIVERSITY: The University of Georgia (www.uga.edu), founded in 1785, is a land grant/sea grant institution comprised of 16 schools and colleges. Enrollment includes approximately 33,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.
The Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, founded in 1905, is a professional school with 54 faculty, 200 undergraduates, and 160 graduate students (www.warnell.uga.edu). The School offers Bachelor of Science, Master of Forest Resources, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Majors in the School include forestry, fisheries, natural resources recreation and tourism, water and soil resources, and wildlife. The School has a 740-acre forest less than 10 minutes from campus and 23,000 acres of forestland across the state for teaching and research.
The Center for Forest Business, (www.warnell.uga.edu/h/centers/cfb/), housed in the Warnell School, was established in 1997 to integrate the business aspects of forest production and processing with the biological and ecological requirements of sustainable production. The Center provides timely, relevant education, research and service programs to business and industry leaders, forest landowners, and students. Its mission is to provide national leadership in education, research and service to forest industry and private landowners in these areas: the integration of sound forest business principles and practices with contemporary biological and quantitative methods to achieve sustainable forest production; the investigation of forest resources and forest industry alternatives that are economically competitive in the global marketplace; and the proposal of market-based solutions to forest resource problems and opportunities.
The Terry College of Business, (www.terry.uga.edu/ ), founded in 1912 as the School of Commerce, is the flagship business school in the state of Georgia and one of 16 schools and colleges at the oldest state-chartered university in the country. The Terry College's outstanding faculty, numbering more than 140, provides world-class research and scholarship for the academic and business communities.

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Address: APPLICATIONS AND AVAILABILITY: The position will be available to be filled by August, 2008. Applications received by March 15, 2008 will be assured of full review. Applicants should send a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, graduate and undergraduate transcripts, and at least three references to:

Chair
Forest Financial Management Search Committee
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of Georgia
180 East Green Street
Athens, Georgia 30602-2152
www.warnell.uga.edu

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Salary: Salary and rank will be commensurate with education and experience.

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Deadline: March 15, 2008