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The WildCRU is eager to welcome new colleagues in various roles. Any available DPhil posts or field assistant positions will be advertised here as and when they occur.

Occasionally we need volunteer field workers. Our experience has been that most of our volunteers have been successful in using us as a stepping stone to career advancement.

  • Because we have very many applicants, we restrict acceptance to those volunteers with (or currently undertaking) at least a first degree in an appropriate Natural Science.
  • Generally, we do not accept people for less than three months and generally a driving license is essential.
  • We maintain a dossier of people wishing to be considered for either or both short-term field assistantships or volunteer work.
  • To make sure we find the best roles for people, we ask them to fill in a questionnaire regarding their skills, interests and availability.

If you wish to be considered in this context the first step is to complete the questionnaire form.
Current Vacancies
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Support Positions
 
 
DPhil

 

Mink Phd based at The University of Aberdeen

Invasive American mink on the west coast of Scotland: importance of the marine
environment, factors affecting their spread and dispersal, and management
implications

This project is supervised by Prof Xavier Lambin (University of Aberdeen) and
Prof David Macdonald (Oxford University)

For more details click here

 

 

 
Post Doctoral Researchers
 

No current vacancies

 
 

Volunteers

Orangutan Tropical Peatland Research Project Volunteers Wanted

The Orangutan Tropical Peatland Research Project works to protect one of the most important areas of tropical rainforest in Borneo - the Sebangau Forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. We monitor the distribution, population status, behaviour and ecology of the forest's flagship ape species, carry out biodiversity and forestry research, and work with local partners to implement conservation solutions.


Our research and eco-volunteer program is a focus for conservation efforts, provides much-needed employment and financial benefits for the local community and has replaced illegal logging as the main activity and source of income in the northern Sebangau Forest.


A limited number of volunteer places are available each year to participate in the research programmes of the Forest Dynamics and Biodiversity Monitoring Teams. This would particularly suit recent graduates or undergraduates wishing to gain fieldwork experience in a tropical forest environment. A willingness to work long hours in the field, a good level of fitness, and basic biological/ecological knowledge is advantageous. There are also several opportunities for students to undertake research for part of their undergraduate honours project or post graduate masters thesis. For more information please visit http://www.orangutantrop.com or e-mail info@orangutantrop.com

OTHER POSITIONS

Occasionally, we advertise posts at other institutions:

VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR KALAHARI MEERKAT PROJECT
The Kalahari Meerkat Project is a long term field project run by the large animal research group at Cambridge University. The study is based in the South African Kalahari close to the Botswana border and volunteers are needed for a minimum of 12 months.