Job announcements
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University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna
application deadline: 1.3.2010
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1st announcement:
Two field assistants in Reproductive Behaviour in birds (Great Tits) needed
(April-July 2010)
Two field assistant positions are available in an international long-term research project on reproductive biology in response to predation, climate and altitudes. This study is part of the alpine biodiversity project run by Sabine Hille.
Fieldwork will be done from 10th of April to 20th of July 2010, at the Vienna forest in Austria.
We are looking for two field assistants, with catching, handling and ringing experience in small passerines. Candidates should preferably have a background in biological sciences. Field assistants will participate in systematic monitoring of breeding performance, individual growth patterns, parasite loads in fledglings in a nest box population. Field assistants will be responsible for the logistic organisation of the nest checks. Skills in ladder climbing and creative thinking and planning to catch the adult Great Tits are expected. A European Driving license is required. Motivation will play a key role; the work is hard and demanding, takes place in changing weather and requires long hours at times. Timing of field work is fully to be adapted to the breeding activity of the birds and requires all May full day working hours. Work includes also entering data in a database. Knowledge in oracle or at least access is required.
Field assistants will receive 1000-1500 euros per month, depending on qualification. Applicants are expected to stay for the entire field season. The language at the study sites will be English. Accommodation during fieldwork will be provided near the site.
The positions will be filled as soon as possible. Applications should be in English and should include, in one single pdf or word file, a curriculum vitae and a letter of motivation. Bird ringers should indicate their level of experience and include their ringing licences into the application. Please provide names and email addresses of two persons who are willing to write a letter of recommendation, and send applications by email to the following addresses:
Dr. Sabine Marlene Hille
Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
Gregor Mendel-Straße 33
1180 Vienna Austria
Tel.: +431 47654 4463 Fax.: +431 47654 4459
Closing date: 1st March 2010
Second announcement:
Two field assistants in small mammal biodiversity:
Two field assistant positions are available in an international long-term research project on reproductive biology of small mammals in the Alps. This study is part of the alpine biodiversity project run by Sabine Hille
Fieldwork will be done from 25th of June until 30the of September 2010 at the Alpine field site at the Ötscher mountain.
We are looking for two field assistants with intensive skills in trapping, identifying and handling small mammals. Both will work in a team to survey small mammal populations in different altitudes on 6ha at the Ötscher mountain. Candidates should preferably have a background in biological sciences. Field assistants will establish a trapping set of Sherman traps in a mountain forest, will handle, measure, mark and release the mammals. Work includes also entering data in a database. A background in oracle or at least in access is required. Field work will include intensive hiking through mountain forests and field assistants are expected to work in the mountain only in groups and in the early morning hours in all weathers.
Field assistants will receive 1000 - 1500 euros per month depending on qualification. Applicants are expected to stay for the entire field season. The language at the study sites will be English. Accommodation during fieldwork is provided at the primitive field station hut at Ötscher mountain. Driving licence is required, car will be provided.
The positions will be filled as soon as possible. Applications should be in English and should include, in one single pdf or word file, a curriculum vitae and a letter of motivation. Please provide names and email addresses of two persons who are willing to write a letter of recommendation, and send applications by email to the following addresses:
Dr. Sabine Marlene Hille
Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
Gregor Mendel-Straße 33
1180 Vienna Austria
Tel.: +431 47654 4463 Fax.: +431 47654 4459
Closing date: 1st March 2010
