Summer Field Assistant

The Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory seeks a
full-time summer field assistants to work on a joint project with the
Massachusetts Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) evaluating conservation and
management of native shrubland and grassland ecosystems on the island of
Marthas Vineyard.

This position requires availability from June 2
through Sept. 19.

Duties:

The successful applicants will participate in field and
laboratory research examining the consequences of vegetation management and land
use change on soil processes, vegetation change and soil and groundwater
nutrient dynamics at a field site on the island of Marthas Vineyard,
Massachusetts.

Responsibilities:

• collecting rainfall, groundwater, and soil samples;
• processing soil and water samples and conducting laboratory
  chemical analyses;
• measuring changes in vegetation composition and structure
  and its relation to different land management, including prescribed fire and
  tree clearing;
• organizing, inputting and synthesizing data.

Qualifications:

Applicant will work jointly with scientists and TNC land managers. He or she should be a recent
college graduate or advanced undergraduate with a major in biology,
chemistry, environmental science or related field and should be interested in
biogeochemistry, vegetation development and ecological
research.

Applicants should have experience working under field
conditions and strong analytical and laboratory skills. Experience with
environmental or nutrient laboratory analyses, plant identification and vegetation
monitoring and soil sampling desired.

Experience identifying plants of the northeastern U.S. a plus.

Conditions Of Employment:

Applicants should be attentive to details,
well organized, able to work independently, and be capable of long hours of
work under field conditions in which mosquitoes, ticks and poison ivy are
encountered daily. Successful applicants will be required to live
full-time at TNC field station on Marthas Vineyard where cooperation
and consideration of others is essential. Applicants should have a valid
drivers license.

Physical Requirements:

Applicants must be capable of working long
hours under some difficult field conditions including sampling in dense brush
and during inclement weather.

Closing Date:Until suitable a candidate is identified.

Application Instructions:

To apply, please send a resume, copy of transcripts, names,
addresses, telephone number and email addresses, if available of
three references by fax, email or post to:

Marine Biological Laboratory,
ATTN: Human Resources
reference code [SFA TNC],
7 MBL Street,
Woods Hole, MA 02543

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer/Non-smoking workplace.