Description and Application
Duties & Responsibilities
- Plan, lead, and conduct surveys for terrestrial reptiles, bats, and noctuid moths.
- Conduct potential roost tree surveys within the Chicago Region and the Tollway network
- Deploy and use bat acoustic monitors within the Tollway Network
- Coordinate and collaborate with other lab experts on related projects.
- Conduct routine overnight fieldwork.
- Plan fieldwork to be cost and logistically-effective.
- Secure appropriate approvals and permits to conduct fieldwork.
- Create and maintain working relationships with State, Federal, and University partners.
- Conduct data analysis using appropriate statistical methods.
- Conduct spatial data analyses using GIS, remote sensing, and spatial methods.
- Translate scientific data into reports, peer-reviewed publications, and presentations to be delivered at conferences and professional meetings.
- Supervise, mentor, and lead hourly staff to achieve success and foster a culture of innovation and high-level performance at the individual and organizational levels, including task assignment, scheduling, ongoing performance management with coaching and feedback, and travel approval.
- Prioritize, organize, and plan to ensure projects move forward on time.
- Perform necessary administrative tasks associated with this position
- Ensure facilities and equipment are properly maintained, grant and contract obligations are fulfilled, and data quality assurance standards are met.
- Purchase and maintain field equipment and supplies needed for projects.
- Seek external funding for research projects and contribute to externally funded projects with colleagues at the Survey, PRI, and outside agencies.
- Perform other duties as needed to further the mission and goals of the Survey, PRI, and the University of Illinois.
- Keep abreast of communications and developments in this discipline.
- Represent the Survey, PRI, and the University of Illinois on committees.
Additional Physical Demands
Work in adverse field conditions (heat, humidity, biting/stinging insects, etc.), overnight travel (including driving to and from research sites and consecutive overnight stays) throughout Illinois working irregular hours. Overnight and extended stay travel will be necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of this position, particularly during the active season of terrestrial reptiles, bats, and noctuid moths. Lifting, carrying, and hiking equipment weighing up to 50 lbs. will be necessary.
