Position Description & Application
Position Description:
This individual placement is meant to facilitate personal growth and professional development and promotes exposure to land management agencies and networking with agency professionals. This could include gaining experience in a variety of conservation fields and/or shadowing different work groups.
Members will primarily assist with monitoring and management of salt marsh, as well as data management tasks. Members will travel to nearby refuges to assist with work. Members will also have the opportunity to participate in other activities on the refuge.
Primary Duties include:
- Completing assigned tasks related to information and data collection, acquisition, entry, organization and management
- Biological data entry into regional FWS databases
- Carrying out management activities
- Supporting biological surveys and monitoring
- Conducting reconnaissance surveys of salt marshes
- Participate in the installation of beach closures for breeding shorebirds
- Assist with other refuge projects including biological surveys, refuge outreach events, and other refuge duties.
Physical Requirements: This position requires physical exertion such as walking long distances over wet and rough surfaces while carrying up to 40 lbs.; bending, crouching, stooping, lifting or reaching. Hand and finger dexterity and physical coordination may involve fine and precise procedures, delicate adjustments or exact measurements.
Qualifications:
Required
- Willing and able to represent ACE and the partner organization in a professional, positive, and enthusiastic manner.
- Ability to be both self-directed/work alone, and be a positive, contributing member of a group.
- U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
- A valid driver's license, an insurable driving record (documentation to be provided upon request), and a personal vehicle.
- Willing to undergo and must pass required criminal history checks.
- Ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.
Preferred
- Holding or pursuing a 2-year or 4-year college degree (education or experience in natural resources, biology, ecology or a related subject preferred)
- Able to walk and stand for long periods
- Able to physically pull or remove invasive plants with hand tools
- Familiarity with GPS and iPads
- Ensure quality of the data collected
- Drive a vehicle and navigate to new destinations
- Familiarity with salt marsh habitats and ability to learn
- Ability to work in a team and accept guidance from supervisor and other refuge staff
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to live communally in a clean and respectful manner
- Willingness to work in field conditions which will include insects, cold, rain
- Willingness to participate in training
