About This Role
This night-shift post on the cardiac ward pairs patient care with mentoring new nurses.
Responsibilities
- Provide daily care of captive caribou
- Lead 2 technicians in daily duties
- Conduct daily welfare and health checks
- Provision food and water to captive caribou
- Maintain and clean animal pens
- Perform facility maintenance and improvements
- Order animal feed
- Collect fecal samples from animals
- Collect behavioral observations of caribou
- Perform snow removal
- Make purchases
Requirements
- Experience supervising or leading technicians in field or trail crews
- Experience with light construction activities, including familiarity with a variety of power tools
- Experience with livestock or wildlife projects requiring manual labor (e.g., fence building, fence repair)
- Veterinary technician experience or experience with chemical immobilization of ungulates
- Experience successfully following checklists and procedures that require attention to detail
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in biology, a branch of biology, limnology, biometrics, oceanography, forestry, or natural resource management
Substitution:
- A bachelor's degree from an accredited college that includes or is supplemented by at least 24 semester hours (36 quarter hours) in biology, a branch of biology, limnology, biometrics, oceanography, forestry, or natural resource management (excluding courses that focus on agricultural husbandry techniques, human population dynamics, or the design and manipulation of landscapes), of which 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) are upper division courses; and at least 12 semester hours (16 quarter hours) in any combination of two or more of the following: chemistry, physics, mathematics, statistics
Benefits
- Opportunities to support science-based management of ungulates
- Gain experience collecting data and samples for ungulate research
Important Details
- Schedule: irregular hours, including some weekends (1-2 per month depending on seasonal staffing levels), evenings, and holidays
About the Company
The mission of the Division of Wildlife Conservation is to conserve and enhance Alaska’s wildlife and habitats and provide for a wide range of public uses and benefits. Much of its work focuses on research to inform conservation and management of large game species in an effort to support subsistence and recreational harvest opportunities. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game strives for a diverse and inclusive workforce where safety and wellbeing are paramount and employees at all levels promote a culture where everyone is valued, treated equitably, and respectfully.