Temporary Nonexempt

This position provides seasonal research and operational support at the Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories. Responsibilities include serving as an on-site point of contact for visiting researchers and program leads and assisting with research/instructional space, laboratory, equipment, and supply inventories and winterization (30%); maintaining biological collections, watercraft, research instruments, and monitoring equipment (15%); collecting, entering, and submitting long-term environmental monitoring data, including water, ice, and climate data (20%); assisting with laboratory safety inspections, chemical inventories, regulatory reporting, and DNR permit activities (15%); preparing station facilities and research equipment for winter and assisting with ordering and supplies (15%); and compiling research information and other documentation for station reports, researcher communications, and preparation for the upcoming research season (5%).

Required Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree in biology, ecology or related scientific field, and two years of relevant experience; or a combination of education and relevant work experience to equal at least 6 years.
• Demonstrated experience doing field research and maintaining field and laboratory equipment, specifically on lakes with boats, trailering, and lake ice sampling
• Demonstrated experience handling data using digital technologies
• A record of working collaboratively within a team environment under general supervision.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Four years of relevant field-based experience
• Experience doing field work in boreal forests

Pay Range: $26.44/hour depending on education/qualifications/experience.

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