Job Description: Surveying, monitoring, and management of migratory shorebirds and beach nesting birds within Hereford Inlet in Cape May County, New Jersey. The primary sites that will be monitored are Stone Harbor Point, Champagne Island, and North Wildwood. Shorebird duties will include weekly shorebird surveys and intensive band resighting effort, as well as assisting with fencing and posting critical areas for foraging and resting. Beach nesting bird duties will involve assisting team members already in place in locating and monitoring piping plover and American oystercatcher nests and broods; erecting predator exclosures, fencing, posting; patrolling nesting areas; and monitoring human disturbance. Twice monthly surveys of colonial nesting birds, including black skimmer, least tern, common tern, and royal tern will be conducted.

The employee will conduct public outreach, including on-site education of beachgoers. He/she will also help coordinate work for several volunteers during the fall period, as well as assist with data entry. The work-week will consist of 35 hours (over 5 days), including most weekends, except for a Monday-Friday schedule during the month of May.

Requirements: Applicants should have a degree in wildlife biology, ecology, or related field and should also be in good physical condition, able and willing to work independently and with a team, organized and disciplined, and enthusiastic in dealing with the public. Ability to identify shorebirds preferred. Experience handling a small boat or kayak is helpful. Applicants will primarily need to provide their own transportation, to and from sites (all within 5 miles of one another), including the ability to occasionally transport equipment and materials (posts, signs, rope, post-hole digger, etc.). Ownership or access to a computer is necessary.

Compensation: Salary +/- $12.50 per hour (depending on education, experience and job responsibility). Housing is NOT provided.

To Apply: Submit a letter of interest and resume including 3 references to:

Todd Pover
NJ DFW - Endangered and Nongame Species Program
2201 Rt. 631
Woodbine, NJ 08270
or
BNB@hughes.net