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Job announcement Ecology- UNLV Research Technician positions, spring 2019 The Applied Ecology Laboratory at the University of Nevada Las Vegas is hiring a full-time field and laboratory TECHNICIAN for March and April 2019 (2 mo) and a full-time BOTANIST March-May 2019 (3 mo). All applicants must be a United States citizen, have a valid driver’s license, and have at least a bachelor’s degree in biology or environmental science or a related degree, or equivalent years' experience (3-4 yrs). Both positions are salaried positions. Please review the position descriptions below and include in your application and email subject line which position you are applying. To apply, please send a statement of interest, a CV or resume, and a short list of references to Lindsay Chiquoine [email protected] For BOTH POSITIONS we suggest that applicants have outdoor or field experience (e.g., camping, hiking) and experience operating a 4WD truck or vehicle. All applicants are encouraged to review climate and spring weather conditions for the southern Nevada region. Field vehicles are provided for all local and out-of-state travel. Most field work days are day trips to field sites with some hiking. For some field sites in southeastern California and our field site in Texas, camping is required. All camping will be car camping. Per diem applies to specific, but not all, out-of-state projects only. No housing is provided. The TECHNICIAN will assist research staff and graduate students with a range of greenhouse, laboratory, and field projects in the southern Nevada and southeastern California regions and possibly southwest Texas. This is an entry level position and a great opportunity to expand a resume. The position starts no later than Monday, March 4, 2019 and ends Tuesday, April 30, 2019 with the potential to extend through May 2019 and possibly re-hire in fall 2019. The applicant is encouraged to be available for paperwork before March 1, 2019 (i.e., phone and email) to prevent delays in monthly salary payments. Duties will include: -maintaining assigned greenhouse and laboratory studies (plant and seed ecology), -assisting botanists and graduate students to conduct plant surveys at research sites (field ecology), -assisting students conducting pollinator research (pollinator ecology), and -assisting with data entry and maintaining a site photographic archive (project management). The technician position does not require botany experience, although experience with plant identification and using dichotomous keys is suggested (e.g., college level botany). There will be opportunities to gain plant identification experience. Previous invertebrate experience is not required. Previous field and laboratory experience or outdoor experience is strongly suggested (e.g., camping, hiking). The BOTANIST will assist research staff with a range of field projects in the southern Nevada and southeastern California regions and possibly southwest Texas and occasionally provide plant identification expertise and assistance to graduate students. The position starts no later than Monday, March 4, 2019 and ends Friday, May 31, 2019 with the opportunity for re-hire in spring 2020. The applicant is encouraged to be available for paperwork before March 1, 2019 (i.e., phone and email) to prevent delays in monthly salary payments. Duties include: -organize and conduct plant surveys (2-person team) at long-term monitoring sites in the southern Nevada region, -manage the long-term monitoring site database (QA/QC tabular data, photographic archive), -conduct surveys at experimental field sites in southern Nevada, southeastern California, and southwest Texas, -assist graduate students with plant identification, and -assist with maintaining greenhouse studies. To qualify for this position, previous field and outdoor experience (navigating to sites using compass, maps and GPS; camping; 4WD) and botany experience (using dichotomous keys and other plant identification resources) is necessary. Previous southern California and southwest plant identification experience is not necessary although strongly suggested. Experience with ArcGIS and Google Earth is also suggested. See link below for more information about the Applied Ecology lab at University of Nevada Las Vegas https://abellaappliedecologylab.wordpress.com/
