[Srm] FW: Ecomail--> Kremen lab: Pollination service jobs available (1 full time and 5 spring/summer assistant positions)

Thu Feb 2 17:02:10 MST 2012

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From: ecomaillist-bounces at lists.berkeley.edu [ecomaillist-bounces at lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Claire Kremen [ckremen at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 12:03 PM
To: ecomaillist at berkeley.edu
Subject: Ecomail--> Kremen lab: Pollination service jobs available (1 full time and 5 spring/summer assistant positions)

1 permanent lab manager position and 5 temporary research assistant
positions working on pollination services in
agroecosystems are available in the Kremen lab at UC Berkeley.

The permanent lab manager will start mid-March, 2012.  Duties will include
managing laboratory equipment, organizing lab activities, overseeing
summer field experiments, hiring, training and supervising field and
laboratory assistants, landowner relations, field data collection, specimen
processing, data entry, and database management.  Required qualifications
include a bachelors degree in biology or related field, field
data collection experience, experience processing insect specimens,
experience entering data and managing large datasets, ability to supervise
assistants, an interest and experience in conservation and/or restoration
ecology, physically fit, plant identification, ability to work in hot, dry
conditions.  Desired additional qualifications include any of: experience collecting and/or
curation of bee specimens, field project managment, supervisory
experience, restoration ecology experience, GIS, Masters degree in biology
or related field, experience identifying California plants.  See full
description below.

The summer positions will start mid-April 2011 until August 2011.  The
successful candidates will be working on one of three main projects (or
may work on more than one project).  Responsibilities will include:
collecting insects and surveying vegetation using established protocols,
processing insect specimens, seed counting, data entry, working in hot,
dry conditions. Knowledge of spanish is an asset.  The three projects
are:
1. Effects of native plant hedgerow restoration on pollinator communities
and pollination services.
2. Effects of native plant hedgerow restoration on nesting frequency of ground-nesting bees
3. Local and landscape vegetative diversity effects on strawberry
pollination by native bees.

TO APPLY

Applicants need to apply through the UC Employment website (please do not
reply to this email):

http://jobs.berkeley.edu. To view the job descriptions, click link under
"Apply Now!"  and look for Job ID #13440 (Permanent lab manager;
Laboratory assistant II #13440) OR Job ID #13436 (Summer assistants;
Laboratory assistant I #13436), posted Jan 25, 2012.

To apply, you must post your application through this website (after you
create an account). We will be screening applications as they come in,
beginning February 8.

The positions will be based out of Berkeley, Davis, and Santa Cruz and
will require the successful applicants to live in Berkeley, Davis, OR Santa
Cruz depending on which of the 5 positions they are hired for.  See below
for full description of the temporary summer positions.

LABORATORY ASSISTANT II: PERMANENT LABORATORY MANAGER
Departmental Overview
 We are assessing how re-diversifying farming landscapes through hedgerow
restoration can bring back pollinator communities and pollination
services into intensively farmed landscapes. We are hiring someone to  lead

the field component, specimen processing, data management, and assistant
supervision.  After initial training, the successful candidate will lead
field collection in hedgerow restorations and control sites in an
agricultural setting.  They will help to locate field sites and will
maintain landowner relations throughout the summer.  They will work
independently and help to supervise entry level assistant in field
collection of insects.  They will organize the data collection schedule
and be responsible for maintaining high quality field work.  They will
organize and process specimens and manage data entry and databases.
During the fall and winter months, the laboratory technician will be
responsible for general laboratory managerial tasks such as taking care
of equipment, organizing the lab space, and preparing the lab for safety
inspections.

Responsibilities
 -Collecting and monitoring bees and other insects in hot, dry conditions
during the summer in Yolo County
-Vegetation and habitat surveys in restoration and control sites
-Processing insect and plant specimens in the lab, data entry,
digitization in arcgis
-Locating and driving among field sites, maintaining landowner relations,
supervising entry level assistant, managing field equipment
-Laboratory management duties such as chemical storage and safety inspections

Required Qualifications
 Degree in biology or related field, entomology and/or plant sciences
courses, conservation courses, previous field work experience
 Ability to work in hot, dry conditions, physically fit, attention to
detail, experience in conservation biology, knowledge of Microsoft word
and excel, field data collection, previous plant and insect
identification experience, ability to work as a team and independently,
problem solving ability, creative thinker, ability to supervise
assistants.
 Preferred Qualifications
 Previous lab manager experience, research development and implementation,
arcgis experience.

Salary & Benefits
 For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the
University visit:

http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/forms_pubs/misc/benefits_of_belonging.pdf

Annual: $30708 - 34548

LABORATORY ASSISTANT I: SUMMER FIELD POSITIONS
 Departmental Overview
 We are assessing if hedgerow restoration in intense agricultural
landscapes enhances beneficial insect populations and services.
Specifically we are interested in assessing pollinator and natural enemy
insects in restored hedgerow and control sites and pollination and pest
control into adjacent agricultural fields.  This is a summer position to
assist with field work and laboratory processing of field-collected
insect specimens.
 Responsibilities
 Field monitoring and collection of pollinators, pests, and natural enemy
insects
Processing insect specimens including separating insects and vegetation
from sweep samples, pinning bees, labeling samples
Data entry into excel spreadsheets
Field pollination experiments
 Required Qualifications
 Interest in botany, entomology, conservation biology and field ecology
Previous experience growing plants
Attention to detail (will be collecting and working with original data)
Highly motivated and able to work independently
Basic computer skills (Word, Excel)
Ability to work in field under hot sunny conditions for long hours
 Preferred Qualifications
 Previous experience with pollinators, especially native bees and/or
monitoring other insect populations
An interest in, or experience with, habitat restoration
Previous field or lab experience or coursework related to botany and/or
entomology, experience in California highly desirable
 Salary & Benefits
 For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the
University visit:

http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/forms_pubs/misc/benefits_of_belonging.pdf

Hourly: 13.15 - 15.24
Monthly: 2288 - 2651

--
Claire Kremen
Associate Professor and Chair, Graduate Program Committee
Environmental Sciences Policy and Management
130 Mulford Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114

510-643-6339<tel:510-643-6339>
Fax 510-643-5438<tel:510-643-5438>
http://nature.berkeley.edu/kremenlab/

http://www.stockholmresilience.org/seminarandevents/seminarandeventvideos/pollinationservicesandagroecosystems.5.7f0b194e12b15a0bce78000508.html

http://sciencenotes.ucsc.edu/2011/pages/bees/bees.html

http://www.baycitizen.org/wildlife/story/native-bees-worth-billions-dollars-year/

<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?entry_id=91423>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/12/MNU710263B.DTL

http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/view/434

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/04/10_madagascar.shtml

--
Claire Kremen
Associate Professor and Chair, Graduate Program Committee
Environmental Sciences Policy and Management
130 Mulford Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114

510-643-6339<tel:510-643-6339>
Fax 510-643-5438<tel:510-643-5438>
http://nature.berkeley.edu/kremenlab/

http://www.stockholmresilience.org/seminarandevents/seminarandeventvideos/pollinationservicesandagroecosystems.5.7f0b194e12b15a0bce78000508.html

http://sciencenotes.ucsc.edu/2011/pages/bees/bees.html

http://www.baycitizen.org/wildlife/story/native-bees-worth-billions-dollars-year/

<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?entry_id=91423>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/12/MNU710263B.DTL

http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/view/434

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/04/10_madagascar.shtml

--
Claire Kremen
Associate Professor and Chair, Graduate Program Committee
Environmental Sciences Policy and Management
130 Mulford Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114

510-643-6339
Fax 510-643-5438
http://nature.berkeley.edu/kremenlab/

http://www.stockholmresilience.org/seminarandevents/seminarandeventvideos/pollinationservicesandagroecosystems.5.7f0b194e12b15a0bce78000508.html

http://sciencenotes.ucsc.edu/2011/pages/bees/bees.html

http://www.baycitizen.org/wildlife/story/native-bees-worth-billions-dollars-year/

<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?entry_id=91423>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/12/MNU710263B.DTL

http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/view/434

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/04/10_madagascar.shtml

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