Apply To Be a CERA Summer Restoration Assistant

2018 Job Description

Summer restoration assistants will conduct ecological restoration, wildlife monitoring, and education/outreach at Grinnell College's 365-acre Conard Environmental Research Area (CERA) and on urban prairies in Grinnell.

The positions require willingness to work independently and outside under adverse conditions (humidity, heat, biting insects), but rewards are numerous on the prairie!

Summer restoration assistants are supervised by CERA manager Elizabeth Hill.

Job Duties

• Conduct ecological restoration activities at CERA and urban prairies
• Propagate and out-plant prairie, savanna, wetland plant species
• Conduct plant surveys and animal population monitoring
• Conduct annual trail maintenance
• Assist with harvest and storage of prairie seed
• Assist with prairie and conservation education activities

Schedule

May 29–July 21, 2018: $9.00/hour, 40 hours/week.

Application

Please merge the following materials into one document and send by email to Elizabeth Hill or bring to Macy House, Room 209 by Monday, March 12, 2018.

1. Cover letter describing your background and interests and what you hope to gain from the apprenticeship experience
2. Résumé listing relevant work and research experiences
3. Contact information for two references

Deadline to Apply

Application materials are due on Monday, March 12, 2018