{"id":6929,"date":"2018-03-26T21:18:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=6929"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:19:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:19:10","slug":"vancouver-avian-research-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2018\/03\/26\/vancouver-avian-research-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Avian Research Centre is hiring!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/03\/logo_varc.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6930\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/03\/logo_varc.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/03\/logo_varc.gif 140w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/03\/logo_varc-45x45.gif 45w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/03\/logo_varc-65x65.gif 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdvancouver.com\/\">Vancouver Avian Research<\/a> Centre has 2 full-time Research Assistant positions and 1 full-time Outreach Assistant for students who are returning to (full-time) school in the fall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Title:<\/strong> Avian Research Assistant (2 positions available)<br \/>\n<strong>Period:<\/strong> April 1st \u2013 September 2nd<br \/>\n<strong>Hours<\/strong> \u2013 5-days per week (7 hours each day)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Description:<\/strong><br \/>\nSuccessful candidates will have some previous banding experience and will be expected to attend VARC\u2019s<br \/>\nbanding station 3-days each week to assist our permitted banding staff and volunteers in all aspects of the bird<br \/>\nmonitoring and banding program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Banding activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>banding and taking biometric measurements<\/li>\n<li>ageing and sexing of passerines<\/li>\n<li>net extraction<\/li>\n<li>Tree Swallow nest box monitoring<\/li>\n<li>daily census<\/li>\n<li>station maintenance including trail and net lane clearing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Administrative duties:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>including data entry, data analysis, report writing and visitor coordination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other duties:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assisting with our bluebird nest box monitoring program in Merritt, BC<\/li>\n<li>Presenting our Youth and Schools Public Outreach program to various groups in locations in the lower mainland throughout the summer months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Job Title<\/strong>: Outreach Assistant (1 position available)<br \/>\n<strong>Period<\/strong>: April 15th \u2013 September 2nd<br \/>\n<strong>Hours<\/strong> \u2013 5-days per week (7 hours each day)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Building on the success of our existing program, we require a student to present our structured Schools and Youth program in various locations around the lower mainland at schools, SPCA Kids camps and other venues.<\/p>\n<p>A vehicle will be required (gas allowance provided)<\/p>\n<p>Please note that both of these positions could be extended on a part-time basis through September.<\/p>\n<p>Please send a CV to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Carol@birdvancouver.com\">Carol@birdvancouver.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Avian Research Centre has 2 full-time Research Assistant positions and 1 full-time Outreach Assistant for students who are returning to (full-time) school in the fall. Job Title: Avian Research Assistant (2 positions available) Period: April 1st \u2013 September 2nd Hours \u2013 5-days per week (7 hours each day) Job Description: Successful candidates will &#8230; <a title=\"Vancouver Avian Research Centre is hiring!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2018\/03\/26\/vancouver-avian-research-centre\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":6930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,7,65,5,9],"tags":[180,229],"class_list":["post-6929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-chemistry","category-deans-office","category-job-board","category-mathstats","category-physical-geography","tag-biology","tag-job-opportunity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6929"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6934,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6929\/revisions\/6934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}