Environmental Control Technician III- Shorebird

State of Delaware•Dover, DE

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Seasonal position with Delaware's Species Conservation and Research Program to assist the Delaware Shorebird Project, a decades-long effort to study long distance migrating shorebirds as they make their annual stop in the Delaware Bay. Primary responsibilities of the position will be to recruit, schedule, train, and manage volunteers of varying experience levels to collect migratory shorebird data during the May field season, as well as also participating extensively in that field work, such as walking and boat surveys, flag resighting, and large cannon-net captures for banding, tagging, and satellite tag deployment. Duties outside the May field season include data entry and management, assisting with other wildlife projects including colonial waterbird surveys and American oystercatcher capture and banding, and preparing reports and outreach materials for volunteers and the general public using GIS, Excel, RStudio, and Access. Applicants must be available for irregular work hours during the peak field season from May 1-June 3, including willingness to work on holidays, weekends, and outside of typical work hours, though a maximum five-day work week would be maintained, likely Sunday through Thursday. Willingness to work long hours with paid overtime within that five-day work week is required. On-site housing and communal meals with the shorebird volunteer team in Slaughter Beach, DE would be provided through the work week during this period, though biological aides are not required to stay on site. Housing is only available during the field season, and work schedule returns to a standard Monday to Friday work after the first week of June, though start times and day lengths vary throughout the summer. Good candidates should have experience relevant to some or all of the listed field skills and particularly those relating to team management and scheduling. Flexibility and good communication are a must during this short, highly productive field season, and diligence and attention to detail vital to the data processing and dissemination that follows.

Requirements

Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:
Six months experience in conducting field work to collect environmental or ecological samples and survey data.
Six months experience in analyzing and evaluating data.
Six months experience in math such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, or decimals.
Six months experience in interpreting laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
Six months experience in narrative report writing.
Six months experience in using an automated information system to enter, update, modify, delete, retrieve/inquire and report on data.
Possession of a valid Driver's License (not suspended, revoked or cancelled, or disqualified from driving).

Responsibilities

Provides technical support in studies, surveys, inspections and research projects.
Survey and monitor bird populations.
Trapping and banding.
Work cooperatively with other seasonals, volunteers and Division of Fish and Wildlife staff.
Provides technical information and assistance to the public.
Maintains accurate records and prepares reports.
Assists in data entry.
Maintains records and reports detailing daily activities.
Must be able to demonstrate responsibility, dependability and good communication skills.
Other duties as assigned.