Amphibian Conservation Field Technician

2 weeks ago

Surrey, Canada British Columbia Conservation Foundation Full time

**Job Title: Amphibian Conservation Field Technicians.**

**Number of Positions**: 2

**Hours**: 35 hours per week, evenings and night shifts required.

**Salary**: $25-$28 per hour - commensurate with experience and funding availability.

**Location**: Creston, BC, with travel throughout the Kootenay Boundary Region.

**Position Duties Include**:

- Deployment/retrieval of Acoustic Recording Units (ARUs).
- Monitoring of amphibian populations in wetland and riparian habitats - targeting invasive American bullfrogs for eradication.
- Nocturnal calling and eyeshine surveys, egg mass surveys, trapping, and active capture using electrofishing units, dip nets, and other methods.
- Access sites via canoe, power boat, hiking through thick brush, wading through wetlands in all weather, and at night.
- Capture and euthanasia of invasive American bullfrogs in accordance with the Canadian Council on Animal Care’s guidelines on the care and use of wildlife.
- ID and recording observations of all herpetofauna while on survey.
- Collect and record environmental data.
- Analysis of stomach contents of captured bullfrogs.
- Use of inReach communications devices and safety monitoring systems.
- Maintenance and repair of field equipment.
- Adherence to BC’s Hygiene Protocols for Amphibian Field Staff and Researchers to prevent the spread of invasive species and diseases.

**Please Note**: much of the work associated with this position occurs after dark and sometimes into the early morning hours. Flexibility in scheduling, a sharp focus, attention to detail, and safety in the field are essential.

**Minimum Qualifications/requirements**:

- Legally entitled to work in Canada
- Valid First Aid (Worksafe BC Level 1)
- Valid Class 5 BC driver’s licence
- Experience with boating and safety - canoes, kayaks and/or motorized craft
- Competent working with tablets and computers
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience working in the outdoors, in adverse weather and environmental conditions
- Competent navigating through complex terrain
- Ability to work independently, in a team, and remotely

**Asset Qualifications and skillsets**:

- Pleasure Craft Operator Card
- Valid passport
- Familiar with field survey procedures and equipment
- Ability to troubleshoot mechanical and technical challenges
- Experience in mobile data collection, use of GPS, measuring tools, dissection
- Familiarity with interior BC native frog species
- Extremely strong attention to detail
- A degree, diploma, or enrollment in the natural sciences
- A passion for conserving native herpetofauna species

**Closing Date**:Position Open Until Filled. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.

**COVID-19**:
While the BC Conservation Foundation does not currently have a mandatory COVID-19 policy, we take The BC Public Health Officer’s guidelines seriously. Many of our clients have enacted mandates that stipulate vaccination requirements be met by their workers and contractors. In light of this, we require all BC Conservation Foundation employees, our contractors and volunteers to be fully vaccinated before entering client mandated worksites, unless having a properly supported human rights exemption reflected under the provisions of the BC Human Rights Code.
- The BC Conservation Foundation respectfully acknowledges that we operate on the traditional and unceded territory of many Indigenous Peoples throughout British Columbia._

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