Wildlife and Ecology jobs with...GPOCP’s mission is to conserve
orangutan populations and forest habitat in and around Gunung Palung
National Park. Recognizing that most threats to orangutan survival are
human induced, we take a multi-faceted community-based approach to
orangutan conservation.
The
Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program (GPOCP) is looking for a
postgraduate researcher, or someone with equivalent experience, to lead
our orangutan nest survey project in Gunung Palung National Park (West
Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo) and the surrounding buffer zone. This
project, supported in large part by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Great
Apes Conservation Fund, consists of ground- and drone-based nest
surveys, some phenology data collection, and some GIS work. The Survey
Manager will be in charge of the entire project, including project
logistics, management of the survey team, and data analysis.
Qualifications/Experience:The successful candidate will have experience with primate surveys, ideally great ape nest surveys. As we have never trialed drone-based surveys in our landscape before, technological savvy and prior experience using drones will be looked upon favorably. Previous experience working in Asia and basic knowledge of Bahasa Indonesia is helpful but not required. He or she will work closely with GPOCP’s Program Director and Research Manager to plan and execute all data collection and coordination with local conservation partners. The candidate will be responsible for completing all analyses in accordance with a schedule set out by the Program Director. Knowledge of the program DISTANCE, as well as spatial analysis techniques (primarily in GIS) will be extremely useful. We aim to publish these analyses, with the successful candidate as a co-author on the resulting paper(s).
Interested
candidates should submit their CV and a cover letter outlining their
academic qualifications as well as scientific research and field work
experience. Candidates from all countries are welcome, but must be
fluent in English to be able to read and understand previous scientific
literature on this topic as well as to write scientific articles and
reports in English. Application materials and/or questions about the
position should be submitted to Dr. Cheryl Knott at
savegporangutans@gmail.com.
Salary/funding:
Commensurate with experience
Application Deadline:
November 15th, 2015
Contact Information:
232 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215
USA
