Wildcat Field Internship Positions
Field Assistant
(3-6 month segments beginning in January 2012 with option to renew)
The Lamanai Field Research Center in Belize, in partnership with the University of Florida seeks a competent, self-motivated field assistant to implement and maintain a community-based landscape conservation program for wild cats which includes the jaguar, puma, ocelot, jaguarundi and margay. The internship is part of a greater effort to engage local communities in wildlife protection whilst minimizing threats to their farming operations in contact zones where people and wild animals are forced to share a landscape, for more information see website (http://crocdoc.ifas.ufl.edu/projects/belizecats/). Duties include establishing and maintaining a camera trapping grid, tracking cats using prints, scat and signs, radio telemetry, GPS surveying, vegetation sampling, data entry and some data analyses and writing. The assistant must be field-oriented and able to work in adverse field conditions (i.e., heat and bugs) on a flexible schedule but also be a people-person to interact with landowners and community-members on a regular basis. Applicants must be versed in computer skills, be able to drive manual transmission and have experience with working on field projects. Experience with ATV’s and/or off-road driving and the ability to speak Spanish, is preferred but not required. International travel and full room and board will be covered for the duration of the internship. Please send a cover letter, resume, and contact info for two (2) references to: Venetia Briggs at venetia@lamanai.org. Review of applicants will begin immediately. Internships will remain open until filled.
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