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Title | Primate Scientist |
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Position Description:
OuTrop is looking for a new Primate Scientist to help oversee its Orangutan, Gibbon and Red Langur research projects in the Sabangau research station in Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. The successful candidate will work together with the Project Directors and local primate project Coordinators to help maintain and improve the scientific integrity, relevance and impact of our primate research. This will include ensuring the quality of data collected by yourself and our Coordinators and other personnel; collecting, analysing and reporting upon data as required; and training, supervising and generally supporting Coordinators, plus local and international Research Assistants, Interns, visiting students and/or volunteers working on our primate projects. The position involves both field and office duties, with the balance between these dependent upon the needs of the project at the time.
We are looking for a post-graduate primatologist, with a scientific mind and aptitude, excellent coordination and management skills, primate field research experience and experience of training (local) people in this, and a dedication to wildlife conservation. The candidate needs to be flexible, patient, amicable (good social skills), well organized, a good communicator, and physically and mentally fit. Applicants must also have the ability to cope well under stress and to readily master new skills.
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Term of Appointment: 1 year (extendable upon agreement by both parties)
Application Deadline: 19th July 2015 or until the position is filled (references can be received up to 26th July 2015).
Interviews will be conducted in August 2015, with short-listed candidates notified of exact dates in due course. The post is anticipated to begin in October 2015, permits/visas permitting.
Comments: Please send a covering letter in English detailing why you believe you are suitable for the position and where you learnt about this vacancy, plus an up-to-date CV and two reference letters (letters may be in Bahasa Indonesia) to OuTrop’s Director of Gibbon and Felid Research, Dr Susan Cheyne: scheyne@outrop.com with the position title as the subject heading.
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