Job Details

Niwot Field Lead

Position Number: 6102542
Location: Boulder, CO
Position Type: Agriculture - Environmental Science, Ecology & Forestry

Niwot Field Lead

Requisition Number: 63044
Location: Boulder Colorado
Employment Type: Research Faculty
Schedule: Part Time
Posting Close Date: 27-Mar-2025
Date Posted:

Job Summary

We are seeking a Niwot LTER field lead for summer 2025. The successful applicant will design and lead a field experiment using turf transplants that will disentangle the effects of environmental conditions from intraspecific and interspecific species interactions on key demographic rates (e.g., growth, survival, reproduction), species persistence, and coexistence among community members. The successful applicant will additionally assist in data collection at the ITEX experimental warming site, including site set up and management, demography, and community composition data collection.
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

As the University's oldest institute, INSTAAR has a long history of responding to pressing environmental issues including climate change. Our traditional focus has been on alpine, Arctic, and Antarctic regions, where effects of global change are especially pronounced. In recent decades, our research has broadened to include environmental challenges that span local, regional, and global scales. INSTAAR's research activities integrate field studies, state-of-the-art laboratory experiments, sample analysis, and numerical and laboratory modeling. Our field sites are located across all seven continents and the world's oceans.

Our expertise across disciplines helps us generate influential science that can inform public and policy decisions and move us toward a more sustainable society. INSTAAR's national and international research leadership is augmented by exceptional strength in graduate education and bringing undergraduates into the research process.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

Designing an experimental protocol that will be implemented to disentangle environmental effects from species interactions on alpine plant demography, species persistence, and coexistence in turf transplant communities.
Leading turf transplant data collection and experimental implementation.
Mentoring an undergraduate field technician in alpine data collection.
Assisting with ITEX data collection, including plot set-up, community composition, and monitoring Trollius transplant demography.

What We Can Offer

$40/hour - $42.25/hour.

Benefits

Temporary positions at the University of Colorado are not benefits-eligible, however, all positions are eligible for paid sick leave.

Be Statements

Be ambitious. Be groundbreaking. Be Boulder.

What We Require

Bachelors degree or higher in ecology, evolution, environmental studies, biology or a related field.

What You Will Need

Previous experience working in alpine ecosystems.
Background in plant demography.
Previous experience designing and implementing a field experiment.

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials:

Resume/CV.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until 3/27/25.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, applications must be submitted through CU Boulder Jobs.

To apply, visit https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Niwot-Field-Lead/63044