POSITION: SUMMER FIELD ASSISTANT
Full-time, Exempt
The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources is seeking
applicants for a summer
field assistant position on an ongoing ecological research project located at
the Toolik Field Station
in northern Alaska. Information about the Arctic Long Term Ecological Research
(LTER) project is
available at http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/ and information about the Toolik
Field Station is
available at http://www.uaf.edu/toolik/. The following position will be filled
pending funding.
DUTIES:
Streams Summer Field Assistant: The successful candidate will participate in
research on arctic
tundra stream ecosystems in the Toolik Field Station research area. Duties
include monitoring
physical parameters in streams, collection and analysis of water samples,
benthic samples, and
juvenile and adult fish. Basic laboratory skills, familiarity with spreadsheet
software, and some
knowledge of stream ecosystems preferred.
SKILLS/EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Applicants should be recent college
graduates, (BS or
MS) with substantial course work and/or field experience in environmental
sciences. Some
background in aquatic ecology, hydrology, chemistry, fish ecology and/or
ecosystems ecology
preferred.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Applicants should be in good health, capable of
rigorous outdoor
activity, and prepared to live in a field camp where cooperation with others is
essential, personal
privacy is limited, and living accommodations are spare and simple.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: Candidates for this jobs should be available to live
at Toolik Field
Station for 2-3 months during June, July and August. Travel to Toolik Field
Station is paid for by
the grant as well as the cost of room and board at the station and a salary.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 1, 2014, however, review will begin immediately
and interviews
may occur before the deadline.
To apply: Please email a single pdf labeled with your last name containing a
letter of interest,
resume, copy of transcripts, names, addresses, telephone number and email
address of 3
references to: Elissa Schuett at bwrl(at)uvm(dot)edu with your last name and
Arctic in the subject
line
An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer/Non-smoking workplace.
