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Title | Orangutan Research Assistant |
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OuTrop requires an Orangutan Research Assistant to work on our Orangutan Behaviour Project at the Natural Laboratory of Peat-swamp Forest (NLPSF) research station located in Sabangau, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia (Borneo). This is a new role which will incorporate both data collection in the field (following wild orangutans) and data management. You will work within a team of Indonesian research assistants and international field interns, students and volunteers. Your primary role will be responsibility for the day-to-day management of all data collected by this project, including checking data integrity; ensuring samples (fruit/faecal/urine), datasheets, GPS downloads, photographs and videos are processed and stored properly; entering data into the on-site database; and ensuring consistency of individual animal identifications. The successful candidate will report directly to OuTrop’s Primate Scientist with whom you will work on a daily basis. You will also help supervise international interns and volunteers working on the Project, assist in research planning and overall project logistics as requested, and provide reports on your activities to the Primate Scientist and Director of Orangutan Research. The position is based at the NLPSF Research Station to reflect that the majority of your time is expected to be spent working in the field. We are looking for a field primatologist/ecologist, with enthusiasm for and ideally prior experience of tropical field research, a scientific mind and aptitude, and strong attention to detail. Personal skills required include the needs to be flexible, patient, amicable (good social skills), well organized, a good communicator, and physically and mentally fit. You must be prepared to work in a difficult field environment characterised by dense forest, wet and muddy swamp, many mosquitoes and other biting insects and long and unsociable working hours. Applicants must have the ability to cope well under stress and to readily master new skills.
Qualifications/Experience preferred:
Salary/funding:
You need to provide personal supplies and field clothing, your own health and travel insurance, and return flight to Palangka Raya.
Term of Appointment: 6-12 months minimum
Application Deadline: 15th September 2013 or until the position is filled.
Interviews will be conducted in September 2013, with short-listed candidates notified of exact dates in due course. The post is anticipated to begin in November or December 2013, permits/visas permitting.
Comments: Please send a covering letter detailing why you believe you are suitable for the position and an up-to-date CV to OuTrop’s Director of Orangutan Research, Dr Helen Morrogh-Bernard: info@outrop.com, with the job title as the subject heading.
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