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Adriana Ortiz
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Title: FIELD ASSISTANT (Troupial behavior study in Puerto Rico)
Agency: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Location: Puerto Rico
Job Description: Seeking an enthusiastic field technician to aid in graduate research in PUERTO RICO on Troupial (Icterus icterus) duets and vocal behavior. Research will take place in CABO ROJO NATIONAL PARK in the dry forests of southwestern Puerto Rico. The position will begin mid to late FEBRUARY and last until mid to late APRIL, 2012. Main duties will involve helping mist-net and band Troupials, conducting observations and helping with playback experiments, manually recording Troupial vocalizations, and setting up and maintaining automated audio recorders. Dedication to long periods of research in the field and early hours is expected. Room and board provided by the project. Applicants are expected to pay their own airfare to San Juan, Puerto Rico (usually ~$300).
Qualifications: The successful applicant must have a passion for outdoor research and wildlife, even in hot or buggy conditions. Good physical condition is important for potentially long periods of hiking and following birds. Previous research banding birds, substantial use of binoculars, and experience reading color bands preferable. Fluency in Spanish also beneficial.
Interested to get away from the cold and snow and live on a tropical island for the winter? EMAIL Karan Odom kodom1@umbc.edu with a COVERLETTER and CV (include last name at the beginning of the file name).
APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 9, 2012, but applications may be reviewed and a decision made prior to this date.
Agency: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Location: Puerto Rico
Job Description: Seeking an enthusiastic field technician to aid in graduate research in PUERTO RICO on Troupial (Icterus icterus) duets and vocal behavior. Research will take place in CABO ROJO NATIONAL PARK in the dry forests of southwestern Puerto Rico. The position will begin mid to late FEBRUARY and last until mid to late APRIL, 2012. Main duties will involve helping mist-net and band Troupials, conducting observations and helping with playback experiments, manually recording Troupial vocalizations, and setting up and maintaining automated audio recorders. Dedication to long periods of research in the field and early hours is expected. Room and board provided by the project. Applicants are expected to pay their own airfare to San Juan, Puerto Rico (usually ~$300).
Qualifications: The successful applicant must have a passion for outdoor research and wildlife, even in hot or buggy conditions. Good physical condition is important for potentially long periods of hiking and following birds. Previous research banding birds, substantial use of binoculars, and experience reading color bands preferable. Fluency in Spanish also beneficial.
Interested to get away from the cold and snow and live on a tropical island for the winter? EMAIL Karan Odom kodom1@umbc.edu with a COVERLETTER and CV (include last name at the beginning of the file name).
APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 9, 2012, but applications may be reviewed and a decision made prior to this date.
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Adriana Ortiz
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Title: Junior Field Scientist, Costa Rica
Agency: Global Vision International
Location: Tortuguero Conservation Area, Costa Rica
Job Description: We are looking for a dependable, responsible and detail oriented individual to help plan and execute ecological monitoring projects on the east coast of Costa Rica; working with sea turtles, jaguars and aquatic birds.
Manage our participants on the ground, train volunteers, and enforce our health and safety regulations and project protocols.
This role will also have the opportunity to act as a liaison between our field operations and our local partners.
This is an amazing opportunity for someone who is looking to launch their career as a biologist, or conservationist to get REAL on the ground EXPERIENCE.
This position reports directly to the Base Manager at the Biological Research Station in Jalova, Costa Rica.
Responsibilities:
Assist managing our volunteers on the program
- Enforce our health and safety regulations
- Assist with conservation and field survey techniques training
- Biological data management and report writing.
- Liaise with local partners as well as local, national and international collaborators.
- Provide administrative support to the Field Coordinator
- Translate, interpret and facilitate communication in Spanish and English.
- Be part of the staff boat driving team
We are looking for someone who believes in what we do.
Please send a cover letter describing specifically WHY you want to work fir GVI in 150 words or less... and include a CV/Resume via email to costarica@gviworld.com and christina.harnois@gviworld.com
Applicants must be fit and in good health, have normal dietary requirements, enthusiastic, flexible and hard-working, with excellent management, personnel and leadership skills.
Global Vision International is an Equal Opportunity Employer, offering a supportive and friendly, yet fast-paced environment. This is a full-time position.
Be sure to include the title of the position in your correspondence.
Qualifications Required:
Fluent English and good working knowledge of Spanish
- University degree in a natural science
- Experience managing and working with people
- Boat handling and boat driving license (equivalent of RYA Powerboat level 2) highly desirable
- Demonstrated field study experience (tropical rainforest experience is preferred).
- International volunteer experience / experience working with native English-speakers.
- Current First Aid and CPR qualification.
- Ability to work as part of a team and with minimal supervision.
- Willingness to accept basic communal living and very long hours of work in hot & humid/wet conditions.
- Willingness to work during the day and night (during turtle season).
- Must be passionate about wildlife and knowledgeable about current environmental issues.
- Full command of MS Office package.
Highly desired:
- Working knowledge of other animal groups including turtles, canal birds, primates and cats
- EFR instructor qualification
PLEASE EMAIL BOTH: costarica@gviworld.com and christina.harnois@gviwo
Salary: Starting salary is US$100 per week, 3 meals a day,
Last Date to apply: December 11, 2011
Website: http://www.gviusa.com/
Contact: Stephen Meyer
E-mail: costarica@gviworld.com(Preferred)
Agency: Global Vision International
Location: Tortuguero Conservation Area, Costa Rica
Job Description: We are looking for a dependable, responsible and detail oriented individual to help plan and execute ecological monitoring projects on the east coast of Costa Rica; working with sea turtles, jaguars and aquatic birds.
Manage our participants on the ground, train volunteers, and enforce our health and safety regulations and project protocols.
This role will also have the opportunity to act as a liaison between our field operations and our local partners.
This is an amazing opportunity for someone who is looking to launch their career as a biologist, or conservationist to get REAL on the ground EXPERIENCE.
This position reports directly to the Base Manager at the Biological Research Station in Jalova, Costa Rica.
Responsibilities:
Assist managing our volunteers on the program
- Enforce our health and safety regulations
- Assist with conservation and field survey techniques training
- Biological data management and report writing.
- Liaise with local partners as well as local, national and international collaborators.
- Provide administrative support to the Field Coordinator
- Translate, interpret and facilitate communication in Spanish and English.
- Be part of the staff boat driving team
We are looking for someone who believes in what we do.
Please send a cover letter describing specifically WHY you want to work fir GVI in 150 words or less... and include a CV/Resume via email to costarica@gviworld.com and christina.harnois@gviworld.com
Applicants must be fit and in good health, have normal dietary requirements, enthusiastic, flexible and hard-working, with excellent management, personnel and leadership skills.
Global Vision International is an Equal Opportunity Employer, offering a supportive and friendly, yet fast-paced environment. This is a full-time position.
Be sure to include the title of the position in your correspondence.
Qualifications Required:
Fluent English and good working knowledge of Spanish
- University degree in a natural science
- Experience managing and working with people
- Boat handling and boat driving license (equivalent of RYA Powerboat level 2) highly desirable
- Demonstrated field study experience (tropical rainforest experience is preferred).
- International volunteer experience / experience working with native English-speakers.
- Current First Aid and CPR qualification.
- Ability to work as part of a team and with minimal supervision.
- Willingness to accept basic communal living and very long hours of work in hot & humid/wet conditions.
- Willingness to work during the day and night (during turtle season).
- Must be passionate about wildlife and knowledgeable about current environmental issues.
- Full command of MS Office package.
Highly desired:
- Working knowledge of other animal groups including turtles, canal birds, primates and cats
- EFR instructor qualification
PLEASE EMAIL BOTH: costarica@gviworld.com and christina.harnois@gviwo
Salary: Starting salary is US$100 per week, 3 meals a day,
Last Date to apply: December 11, 2011
Website: http://www.gviusa.com/
Contact: Stephen Meyer
E-mail: costarica@gviworld.com(Preferred)
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Position Description:
We’re looking for volunteer field assistants to help with ongoing research as part of the Primate & Predator Project based within the Soutpansberg Mountains of South Africa. Our study site has an abundance of all five species of South African primate: chacma baboon (Papio ursinus), vervet monkey (Cercopithcus aethiops), samango monkey (Cercopithecus mitis erythrarchcus), thick-tailed bushbaby (Otolemur crassicaudatus) and southern lesser bushbaby (Galago moholi). We are also fortunate that this montane environment supports one of the highest densities of leopard (Panthera pardus) recorded anywhere in Africa, and the leopard population, alongside other predators, is also an important focus of our research.
A major objective of our research is to examine the behavioural ecology of predator-prey interactions focussing on diurnal primates and their predators as a model system. Chacma baboons, vervet monkey and samango monkeys are all the focus on ongoing research at the site, with samango monkeys an important focus at present. However, volunteers may be involved with work on all three species. Volunteers will work alongside an experienced team of field biologists and will be involved in the following tasks:
1. Behavioural observations of habituated primates through full day follows and collection of standardized behavioural and demographic data from our study troops.
2. Experimental titrations of predation risk based on giving-up densities or predator detection experiments using predator models.
3. Habituation of new groups, sometimes tracking via VHF receivers to maintain contact.
4. Monitoring of primate groups via GPS collars. This will be a new element of our research in 2012 and volunteers may play an important role in setting and monitoring traps, tracking via VHF receivers, data download, and collar retrieval.
5. Phenological transects to estimate primate food availability.
6. General data entry and analysis and preparation of reports and papers for publication.
7. Volunteers may also have the opportunity to work on the predator element of the project and engage in camera trapping, GPS collar, or scat/dietary analysis.
The precise activities will vary depending on our recent requirements at the time. Please get in touch if you have specific interests in particular techniques or aspects of our research, since not all activities will be ongoing at all times.
Qualifications/Experience:
We are looking for volunteer research assistants with the following experience:
1. A background in biology/zoology/ecology or related field and an interest in the behaviour, ecology and conservation of primates and other mammals.
2. Physically fit, and capable of undertaking fieldwork in a mountainous environment, in hot temperatures at certain times of year. You should be able to comfortable cover 10-15km per day (often more) over rough and often steep terrain and capable of carrying a day pack these distances while collecting data.
3. Capable of working well as part of a team, under the authority of field research coordinators, and be a valuable team member.
4. Reliable, responsible and motivated when it comes to following research protocols and methodologies, and an ability to work at unsociable hours when necessary.
5. Relevant experience of the project’s field techniques and of working in southern Africa is desirable but not essential.
Salary/funding:
No salary is provided, although payment for contributing to certain elements of our research project may be possible on an ad hoc basis. At other times you will need to cover your own food and accommodation costs at the research station. All research equipment will be provided. Volunteer research assistants will also be responsible for their own airfare and travel to South Africa and medical/travel insurance.
Support provided for internship/volunteer positions (travel, meals, lodging):
Housing is available at the Lajuma Research Centre which is equipped with hot showers, flush toilets, a gas stove, fridge, tapped water, washing machine, gas, firewood and electricity (220V). Volunteers my join the town trip to Louis Trichardt (Makhado) once a week for shopping, visits to an internet café, landline phone calls, etc.
Term of Appointment:
Positions are available immediately. We are looking for volunteers who are able to commit for a minimum of 3 months, although positions may be held for up to 12 months or longer, depending on availability. Volunteers able to contribute for a minimum of 6 months may take responsibility for certain sub-projects, including data analysis and publication where appropriate.
Application Deadline:
To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter to the project email address (primate.predator@durham.ac.uk) outlining your suitability for the role, relevant experience and duration and timing of your availability. There is no specific deadline and applications will be accepted until positions are filled.
Contact Information:
Dr Russell Hill
Department of Anthropology, Durham University, Science Site
Durham DH1 3LE
United Kingdom
Website:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.a.hill/primate_and_predator_project.htm
E-mail Address:
primate.predator@durham.ac.uk
We’re looking for volunteer field assistants to help with ongoing research as part of the Primate & Predator Project based within the Soutpansberg Mountains of South Africa. Our study site has an abundance of all five species of South African primate: chacma baboon (Papio ursinus), vervet monkey (Cercopithcus aethiops), samango monkey (Cercopithecus mitis erythrarchcus), thick-tailed bushbaby (Otolemur crassicaudatus) and southern lesser bushbaby (Galago moholi). We are also fortunate that this montane environment supports one of the highest densities of leopard (Panthera pardus) recorded anywhere in Africa, and the leopard population, alongside other predators, is also an important focus of our research.
A major objective of our research is to examine the behavioural ecology of predator-prey interactions focussing on diurnal primates and their predators as a model system. Chacma baboons, vervet monkey and samango monkeys are all the focus on ongoing research at the site, with samango monkeys an important focus at present. However, volunteers may be involved with work on all three species. Volunteers will work alongside an experienced team of field biologists and will be involved in the following tasks:
1. Behavioural observations of habituated primates through full day follows and collection of standardized behavioural and demographic data from our study troops.
2. Experimental titrations of predation risk based on giving-up densities or predator detection experiments using predator models.
3. Habituation of new groups, sometimes tracking via VHF receivers to maintain contact.
4. Monitoring of primate groups via GPS collars. This will be a new element of our research in 2012 and volunteers may play an important role in setting and monitoring traps, tracking via VHF receivers, data download, and collar retrieval.
5. Phenological transects to estimate primate food availability.
6. General data entry and analysis and preparation of reports and papers for publication.
7. Volunteers may also have the opportunity to work on the predator element of the project and engage in camera trapping, GPS collar, or scat/dietary analysis.
The precise activities will vary depending on our recent requirements at the time. Please get in touch if you have specific interests in particular techniques or aspects of our research, since not all activities will be ongoing at all times.
Qualifications/Experience:
We are looking for volunteer research assistants with the following experience:
1. A background in biology/zoology/ecology or related field and an interest in the behaviour, ecology and conservation of primates and other mammals.
2. Physically fit, and capable of undertaking fieldwork in a mountainous environment, in hot temperatures at certain times of year. You should be able to comfortable cover 10-15km per day (often more) over rough and often steep terrain and capable of carrying a day pack these distances while collecting data.
3. Capable of working well as part of a team, under the authority of field research coordinators, and be a valuable team member.
4. Reliable, responsible and motivated when it comes to following research protocols and methodologies, and an ability to work at unsociable hours when necessary.
5. Relevant experience of the project’s field techniques and of working in southern Africa is desirable but not essential.
Salary/funding:
No salary is provided, although payment for contributing to certain elements of our research project may be possible on an ad hoc basis. At other times you will need to cover your own food and accommodation costs at the research station. All research equipment will be provided. Volunteer research assistants will also be responsible for their own airfare and travel to South Africa and medical/travel insurance.
Support provided for internship/volunteer positions (travel, meals, lodging):
Housing is available at the Lajuma Research Centre which is equipped with hot showers, flush toilets, a gas stove, fridge, tapped water, washing machine, gas, firewood and electricity (220V). Volunteers my join the town trip to Louis Trichardt (Makhado) once a week for shopping, visits to an internet café, landline phone calls, etc.
Term of Appointment:
Positions are available immediately. We are looking for volunteers who are able to commit for a minimum of 3 months, although positions may be held for up to 12 months or longer, depending on availability. Volunteers able to contribute for a minimum of 6 months may take responsibility for certain sub-projects, including data analysis and publication where appropriate.
Application Deadline:
To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter to the project email address (primate.predator@durham.ac.uk) outlining your suitability for the role, relevant experience and duration and timing of your availability. There is no specific deadline and applications will be accepted until positions are filled.
Contact Information:
Dr Russell Hill
Department of Anthropology, Durham University, Science Site
Durham DH1 3LE
United Kingdom
Website:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.a.hill/primate_and_predator_project.htm
E-mail Address:
primate.predator@durham.ac.uk
