Field Assistant Hawaii

Field assistant needed to monitor the survival, breeding, movements, and behavior of Millerbirds that were translocated to Laysan Island. Primary duties include resighting color-banded birds, spot mapping, nest searching and monitoring, mist-netting and banding. Field assistant will conduct data entry on Laysan, communicate effectively with ABC and USFWS supervisors in Honolulu via email and satellite phone, produce regular reports, and assist with considerable pre- and post-voyage activities. The candidate will work collaboratively with other members of the camp to maintain the field facility and assist with other restoration activities including, but not limited to, habitat restoration and monitoring Laysan Duck and Laysan Finch populations.

Location: Laysan Island, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
Duration: 7 months (early September 2013 – end March 2014).
Salary: $2,100/month, plus food and housing on Laysan.
Number of Openings: 1-2.
Application Deadline: 10 June 2013.

Applicants must be in excellent physical health with outstanding hearing and vision, be able to tolerate extreme heat and isolation, and the stress of working in a densely populated seabird colony. Applicants must be highly independent, self-motivated and comfortable living with 4–6 other people on a small, remote atoll in the Pacific with limited outside contact for 6 months. Travel to Laysan involves a 4 day sea voyage that is often difficult. Applicant must pay their own way to Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Preference given to candidates with experience working with endangered passerines and working in seabird colonies.

Contact Information:
TO APPLY: send CV, cover letter, and contact information for three references to CHRIS FARMER (EM: cfarmer AT abcbirds DOT org); please include “Millerbird Tech” as subject.