Description

Description

The Spatial Wildlife Ecology Lab at Southern Illinois University is seeking a Lead Researcher to supervise a variety of tasks and projects.

Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience, while also considering internal equity.

Examples of Duties

• Lead logistics, hire staffs, and provide training on various field efforts including white-tailed deer and other mammals captures.
• This position will be responsible for hiring, training and supervising several teams of technicians and student workers, often involving over 20 temporary staff yearly.
• The Lead Researcher will also lead and train teams conducting fieldwork associated to white-tailed deer captures and monitoring. The candidate will also be overseeing all the other logistics associated to this fieldwork, including securing lodging, vehicles, equipment, and organizing data.
• Manage equipment and inventories.
• Supervise student workers and technicians involve in data processing such as camera trapping.
• Assist with general project management including data management and processing, hiring, project reporting, and other general project logistics.
• Assist in data analyses and writing.
• Collaborate with partners at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and US Department of Agriculture.
• The candidate will work directly under the supervision of Dr. Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS in Wildlife Ecology, Conservation Biology, or a closely related field with additional experience in wildlife project management and supervision.
• Direct experience with white-tailed deer capture.
• Ability to perform fieldwork in difficult settings
• Previous experience with GIS
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Previous experience with reporting and scientific publications
• Motivated, organized and with an excellent work ethic
• Leadership skills including ability to supervise technicians and students
• Valid driver's license

Required Documents: Please submit a letter of application, CV, and 3 references.

Contact: Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau, gbr@siu.edu

Supplemental Information

The Mission of the Center for Wildlife Sustainability Research is to develop and communicate the information required to balance the needs of a growing human population with the needs of wildlife dependent on natural resources.

Benefits

University employees may be eligible for a variety of State of Illinois benefits. These benefits are administered through the Illinois Department of Central Management Service (CMS). These benefits include: Health Insurance plans (HMOs, OAPs, QCHP and CDHP), Dental Insurance, Vision Plan, Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Supplemental Long Term Disability (LTD), Flex Spending Accounts, MCAP and DCAP, and 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan.

Eligible employees are required to participate in the State Universities Retirement System (SURS). SURS is the retirement administrator for employees in public higher education in the State of Illinois.

Other benefits available to eligible employees include: Generous paid time-off, 403(b) Supplemental Retirement Plans, and Employee Assistance Program.
SIUC also provides extensive tuition benefits for its employees and their families such as: tuition waiver/application fee waiver for the employee and their dependents , a Legacy tuition rate for children of SIU Alumni , and Civil Service Employee Counsel (CSEC) Education Assistance Program (EAP) .

For more information please visit: https://hr.siu.edu/benefits/