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| Title | Coordinator at Soropta Beach |
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The Endangered Wildlife Trust is inviting applications for Field Coordinators and Field Assistants (FAs) to join the conservation projects in Costa Rica and Panama for the 2011 nesting season of the critically endangered Leatherback turtle. FIELD COORDINATOR DUTIES: A. COORDINATOR OF THE MARINE TURTLE PROTECTION AND RESEARCH PROJECT AT THE PACUARE RESERVE To be in overall charge of the turtle program and, in particular, to direct and coordinate the following:
- Beach patrolling leading volunteer and student groups
- Talks and workshops with students and volunteers
- At the end of the season, write and present a report detailing the work of the project and the results obtained from the data collected throughout the season.
B. ASSISTANT TO THE FIELD COORDINATOR OF THE MARINE TURTLE PROTECTION PROJECT AT PACUARE RESERVE
The job is to support and assist the Coordinator in the activities listed above and in practical matters to do with student groups, volunteers and other people involved in the project. - Most activities of the Assistant of the Field Coordinator will take place in the North Station at Pacuare Reserve. C. FIELD COORDINATOR OF THE MARINE TURTLE PROTECTION AND RESEARCH PROJECT AT PLAYA SOROPTA AND PLAYA LARGA To be in overall charge of the turtle program and, in particular, to direct and coordinate the following: - The work of the Field Assistants in monitoring the turtle activity on the beach - The taking of data on the beach - The analysis of this data - Environmental Education activities
REQUIREMENTS: The successful applicants: - Must be biologists with experience of working with Marine Turtles, especially Leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea) - They should be fluent in English and Spanish - They must be able to lead a team but also be part of it, and be prepared for living and working in remote areas, sometimes in difficult conditions - Independent, positive and adaptable to unexpected situations - Ability to undertake physical labour during night and day in heat and rain
BENEFITS/COSTS: FIELD ASSISTANTS: We want to build a team of young people deeply interested in conservation, who could be students or graduates in biology or a related subject, but this is not essential. - Speak good Spanish and English at time of application. We need people who are motivated and adaptable, good team members, hard working and happy to live in a small isolated community. The work of the FAs includes leading night patrols on the beach to identify, measure and tag adult turtles, relocate nests into hatcheries or mark them in situ, daily early morning walks to count the turtle tracks and check status of in situ nests, monitor hatcheries, release hatchlings and conduct post-hatching excavations. This means long hours and hard work. At the Panama stations, FAs should also be prepared to help in collecting food supplies, some cooking duties (at Playa Larga only) and camp upkeep and construction which can be physically demanding. Volunteers come to all three beaches to participate in the beach programmes and at Pacuare we receive many student groups. FAs are expected to escort volunteers and students on the beach at night. At the Pacuare Reserve only, FAs are required to do a personal research project of their choice. There are 6 kms of beach and 2000 acres of forest from which to choose a subject. Projects in 2011 should include: Accommodation for FAs is basic but adequate. They have a bed or bunk (with sheets and pillow) in a room which they will share with one or two other FAs. There are showers and flushing toilets (except for Playa Larga, Panama, which offers a Robinson Crusoe lifestyle). FAs have four free days a month. They are not paid but receive free food and lodging throughout their stay at the project sites. The periods for which Coordinators and FAs are needed are as follows Coordinators: For Costa Rica: 23 February to 30 September. For Panamá: 23 February to 15 July Field Assistants: For Costa Rica 26 February to 30th June. For Panama: March 1st to July 15th Field coordinators and Field Assistants will be chosen by the end of November 2010. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to work in a team with people from different parts of the world, to live by a remote turtle nesting beach surrounded by diverse flora and fauna, to participate in the conservation of a critically endangered species, to gain academic and leadership experience and to test yourself physically and mentally as never before!
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