Job Opening: Field Assistant (HI)
Archipelago Research and Conservation LLC (ARC) is hiring a nine-month full time position based on Kaua‘i to help with the recovery of endangered Newell’s Shearwater, Hawaiian Petrel, and Band-rumped Storm-petrel. Deadline to apply: 1/15/2022.
Archipelago Research and Conservation LLC (ARC) is a conservation consulting company focused on research and management activities for the recovery of native fauna in the Pacific, with a particular focus on the endangered Newell’s Shearwater (Puffinus newelli), Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis), and Band-rumped Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro) on the island of Kaua‘i.
This is an exciting nine-month full time position to join our team in some of the most beautiful and challenging mountain locations in the Pacific. Continuation of employment may be possible, dependent upon availability of funds, work performance, and operational considerations.
Key duties will include accessing field sites on multi-day remote camping trips to carry out: 1) surveys to document distribution and relative abundance of seabirds across Kaua‘i, 2) burrow checks, camera deployments and song meter deployments to monitor breeding success 3) management tasks, possibly including social attraction site maintenance and predator control; 4) data entry and analyses of field data.
The position reports to the ARC Science Director and ARC Field Crew Leader. Start date is 4/4/2022.
Questions? Email Helen Raine at helenraine@arckauai.com.
For more information and to apply, click here. Email applications to info@arckauai.com.
