Two full-time research technician positions are available in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
Title: Assessing the stability of parasite communities through perturbation experiments Two full-time research technician posts are available to join a project studying the parasite communities of small mammals (wood mice) in the wild. This is part of a NERC-funded grant led by Amy Pedersen, Owen Petchey (University of Sheffield) and Andy Fenton (University of Liverpool), involving both fieldwork (small-mammal trapping) and laboratory assays. Both posts are based within the Division of Population and Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, Liverpool, and will be responsible for conducting the small-mammal trapping at our field sites on the Wirral, Merseyside. We are looking for a Senior technician (Grade 6; £25,623 - £27,183) that has extensive experience with small-mammal trapping. The Graduate technician (Grade 5; £22,126 pa) will receive training in small-mammal trapping and techniques in parasitology. Opportunities will be available for both technicians to develop their research interests within this host-parasite system. The Senior technician should have relevant experience and ideally hold a Home Office personal licence for handling small mammals. Both technicians will be required to undertake the majority of the intensive trapping on the project, and so should be familiar with organising and conducting fieldwork. Both technicians should hold valid UK driving licences. The posts are available for 3 years, starting in May 2009. Closing date for receipt of applications is 20 March 2009. For the Grade 6 Senior technician (Ref: S-569346/WWW) application and specific job description, please go to: http://www.liv.ac.uk/working/job_vacancies/technical/S-569346.htm For the Grade 5 Graduate technician (Ref: S-569345/WWW) application and specific job description, please go to: http://www.liv.ac.uk/working/job_vacancies/technical/S-569345.htm For specific information about the project, please email Amy Pedersen ([email protected]) and/or Andy Fenton ([email protected]).
