INTERPRETIVE NATURALISTS (3) for fall migration monitoring project at New Jersey Audubon's Cape May Bird Observatory, Cape May, NJ. August 25-October 31. Cape May is renowned as one of the world's greatest hot spots for bird migration. Successful applicants will work at the Cap May Hawkwatch, Avalon Seawatch, and Morning Flight Songbird Count. Duties include teaching visitors bird identification and natural history, offering general assistance, conducting workshops, and assisting migration counter when needed. Applicants should have experience interacting with the public and excellent interpersonal skills. Familiarity with bird migration and experience identifying passerines, raptor, and/or seabirds is preferred. All applicants must have their own vehicle and a valid, clean driver's license. Salary for positions $900/month; housing and reimbursement for gas is provided. Send over letter indicating position of interest, resume outlining relevant experience and three references (including email addresses and phone numbers) as a single PDF document by email to hr.cmboseasonal@njaudubon.org. Please indicate in the Subject line the position for which you are applying. Application deadline July 15, 2016.
MONARCH FIELD NATURALIST INTERN (2) to assist with ongoing Monarch butterfly migration project at New Jersey Audubon's Cape May Bird Observatory, August 25-October 31. Duties include daily road censuses of migrating Monarch butterflies, tagging, data entry, and educating the public about the project and monarch biology. Successful applicant will be expected to work irregular hours during peak Monarch flights. Careful data collection and entry skills, and excellent interpersonal skills a must; familiarity with insect ecology and migration a plus but not required. Must have own vehicle, and a valid, clean driver's license. Salary for positions $900/month; housing and reimbursement for gas is provided. Send over letter indicating position of interest, resume outlining relevant experience and three references (including email addresses and phone numbers) as a single PDF document by email to hr.cmboseasonal@njaudubon.org. Please indicate in the Subject line the position for which you are applying. Application deadline July 8, 2016.
MIGRATION COUNT COORDINATOR for fall migration monitoring projects at New Jersey Audubon's Cape May Bird Observatory (CMBO), Cape May, NJ 16 August 2016-31 January 2017. Cape May is one of the premier fall migration hot spots in the country. Along with coordinating the migration projects, successful candidate will also provide day-off relief at each of the 3 migration sites (Cape May Hawkwatch, Avalon Seawatch and Cape May Morning Flight Songbird Project), and enter data. Applicants should have a strong background identifying raptors, seabirds, and songbirds in flight. Duties include providing training for migration counters, acting as liaison to online count platform and supervise data uploading, and oversee creation of regular summaries, highlights and notable bird sightings for web posting. Careful data collecting and data entry skills, a willingness to work long hours, and excellent interpersonal skills are a must. Applicants should have some experience with MS Excel. Coordinator will be responsible for providing at least 1 lecture and/or field workshop at the Cap May Autumn Festival, and oversee summary reports at the end of the season for NJ Audubon publications. All applicants must have their own vehicle and a valid, clean driver's license. Salary for positions $2100/month; housing and reimbursement for gas is provided. Send over letter indicating position of interest, resume outlining relevant experience and three references (including email addresses and phone numbers) as a single PDF document by email to hr.cmboseasonal@njaudubon.org. Please indicate in the Subject line the position for which you are applying. Application deadline July 15, 2016.
Thank you,
Rene
René Buccinna, Admin. Asst.
NJ Audubon Center for Research & Education
600 Route 47 North
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
(609) 400-3852 (609) 861-1651 Fx
rene.buccinna@njaudubon.org
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