Jobs in Anchorage, AK

About the role

Colorado State University and CEMML is hiring a wildlife biologist to support Cook Inlet beluga whale prey and habitat monitoring at JBER under the direction of a JBER Natural Resources Program Manager. The position will support an integrated monitoring program focused on beluga occurrence, habitat conditions, prey resources, ice dynamics, underwater acoustics, and related environmental data. The biologist will have a wide range of field, analysis, reporting, and supervisory responsibilities.

What you'll bring

• B.S. in Biology, Marine Biology, Wildlife Biology, Ecology, Fisheries, Natural Resources, Environmental Science, Oceanography, Bioacoustics, or a closely related scientific field.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant marine mammal monitoring, wildlife biology, aquatic ecology, fisheries, natural resources, bioacoustics, environmental monitoring, or field biology experience.
• Demonstrated experience conducting biological or environmental fieldwork in Alaska or comparable northern, remote, cold-weather, coastal, riverine, tidal, ice-affected, or logistically complex field settings.
• Experience conducting or supporting marine mammal, wildlife, aquatic, or environmental monitoring using standardized field protocols.
• Experience with passive acoustic monitoring, soundscape monitoring, remote environmental sensors, camera systems, GPS units, field tablets, or related monitoring equipment.
• Ability to collect, manage, review, and summarize biological and environmental field data, including observational, acoustic, geospatial, photographic, laboratory, metadata, and/or long-term monitoring data.
• Ability to use GPS units, tablets, field data forms, radios, cameras, and related equipment to collect accurate field and geospatial data.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and working knowledge of GIS software such as ArcGIS, QGIS, or a similar GIS platform.
• Experience contributing to or preparing technical reports, work plans, progress reports, data summaries, maps, tables, figures, comment-response matrices, metadata, or other project deliverables.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a field team in inclement weather, cold conditions, bear country, tidal areas, shoreline and vessel-based settings, rough terrain, and active military training areas.
• To apply, please upload the following applicant documents.
• Please note, applicants may redact information from their application materials that identifies their age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.