[SOS-PCA] Job Posting: Project Baseline Seed Collector

[Nicole Soper Gorden]

Hi all,

Project Baseline (www.baselineseedbank.org) is looking for motivated field
botanists to fill a position collecting seeds in the 2015 seed collecting
season.  Applicants should have experience with plant identification, be
willing to drive independently or (rarely) with a small group across the
Midwest to collect seeds, be able to hike and camp, have good
organizational skills, and be excited about field work.  A driver's license
is required (but a car is not).

This position starts as soon as possible (July or early August) and lasts
until ~November.  Headquarters are in beautiful Duluth, MN, but anyone
hired will be expected to travel frequently and sometimes a long ways from
Duluth.  Seed collectors get the opportunity to see and hike some of the
most pristine prairies in the country, as well as a variety of woodland
preserves, glades, restored prairies, and other sites.

If you are interested in the position, please send a cover letter outlining
why you're interested and what experience you have, a resume or CV, and a
list of three references to Nicole at sope0007 at d.umn.edu.  See the official
job posting below.

Best,
Nicole Soper Gorden
Postdoctoral Researcher
Project Baseline:  www.baselineseedbank.org
University of Minnesota Duluth

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Job Title:  UMD-Biology-Junior Laboratory Technician
Location:  Duluth, MN
Full/Part Time:  Full Time
Regular/Temporary:  Temporary

Qualifications:
REQUIRED:  High school graduation or the equivalent with some science
courses and laboratory experience.  Equivalent combination of relevant
academic and work experience may be substituted.

***THIS IS AN AFSCME CLERICAL BARGAINING UNIT POSITION.

PLEASE NOTE:
The online application form is the official document used to determine that
the applicant meets required qualifications to be considered for the
position.  Therefore, the application itself must demonstrate the applicant
meets all required qualifications.  Other attachments such as a cover
letter or resume will not be utilized in the determination of whether
required qualifications are met.

About the Job:
OVERVIEW:  The position, located in the UMD Department of Biology, supports
the work of Dr. Julie Etterson's Project Baseline grant.  The employee will
travel to potential research sites, scout for and identify plant
populations, collect environmental data about the sites, and collect seeds.

Functions:
Seed collection (100% of job):
--travel to potential research sites, communicate with site managers, scout
for plant populations, collect environmental data about the sites, and
collect seeds.
--Work independently within the guidance of the project managers of the
grant.
--Communicate regularly with the project managers of the grant
The salary for this position is $14.70/hour

Project Baseline is an NSF-funded initiative to collect seeds from
important ecological and evolutionary plant species across a wide
geographical range.  These seed will be stored in the USDA Germplasm Bank
in Fort Collins, CO and will be available to future researchers to use in
their experiments.  This will allow the comparison of plants grown
from seeds collected now to plants from future populations, facilitating
our ability to see how plants change over time in response to strong
selective forces, such as climate change.  This is a
large-scale project covering the entire continental United States and
requiring the collection of literally millions of seeds total.
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