Description
Position Summary: Join the growing team of the Monarch Joint Venture, a nonprofit dedicated to conserving the monarch butterfly migration across North America. We are hiring two teams of field technicians to study monarch butterfly breeding habitat on California Bureau of Land Management (BLM) sites in 2021. Positions will be offered upon finalization of a funding agreement that supports this work.
• Project 1: March 1 – September 30 (possible extension into October). This 2-person field crew will be based within and travel extensively throughout California. Includes a 1-2-week, unpaid pause in July, to be coordinated among team members.
• Project 2: March 1 – May 27 (possible extension into June). This 2-person field crew will be based within and travel extensively throughout California.
Positions are full time, approximately 40 hours per week. Field technicians must be able to commit to the full monitoring season, drive long distances, and live away from home during project dates. Pay is $600/week. Field vehicle, fuel, and lodging costs are provided (technicians are responsible for food arrangements and additional personal travel). Field season lodging will include a variety of hotels, houses (e.g., refuge bunkhouses, Airbnbs), and camping throughout the sampling region. When interacting with others such as biologists, landowners, or volunteers, technicians will be expected to follow CDC recommendations on preventing the spread of communicable disease (e.g., limited group size, facial coverings).
Please view https://monarchjointventure.org/about-us/job-opportunities for the full description and details to apply.
Requirements
Essential Skills: Field technicians must have experience in the fields of biology, botany, wildlife, or another related field. Technicians must be able to work independently and also collaborate closely with a partner. Work will entail long days of driving and collecting plant and insect data in direct sunlight, high temperatures, and buggy conditions. Technicians must be comfortable interacting with private landowners and available to spend overnights in distant or remote locations. The positions require excellent verbal communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to enter data accurately onto a mobile device and computer.
Desired Skills: Experience collecting plant and insect data. Knowledge of California milkweed species and flora. Experience with GIS. Coursework or experience identifying plants and insects. Valid driver’s license.