Research Technician (2023PILIFRUA274)

Job position

We are seeking to appoint a part-time technician to work on the TIME-LINES project (Island TIME-LINES to quantify biodiversity change), funded under the ERC Consolidator 2021 call. We are looking for technician with demonstrated research expertise and interest in palaeoecology and willing to learn quantitative skills.

The main goal of TIME-LINES is to quantify on islands, ~5000 years of ranges of variability at local and global scale, with the ultimate aim to uncover geographical variation in plant biodiversity, both taxonomically and functionally, and the drivers of this change.

The TIME-LINES team is interested in island ecology and specially bringing palaeoecology and biogeography together to quantify how fast, where, and why biodiversity is changing. From these findings, we hope to address to what degree historically informed baselines and change trajectories have utility for sustainable biodiversity management.

Job position requirements (skills/languages/required experience)

BSc in Environmental Biology/ Biology/Environmental Science or a related discipline.

Previous experience in Microsoft office and data management. Desirable to have experience with R.

Fluent in English.

International Experience.

Other requirements: Ability to create and contribute to a wellfunctioning,inclusive and productive research environment.

Desirable to have previous experience working on palaeoecological laboratory and on carrying out fieldwork. Willingness to travel abroad, if necessary.

Benefits:

We offer a 1 year Research Assistant part-time (17,5 hours/week) initially with possibility of 1 year extension. There is going to be a 3 months probational period.

Eligibility criteria:

• Academic record (50)

Bachelor (15), BSc (Grau) in Environmental Biology/ Biology/ Environmental Science or a related discipline (50).

• Relevant experience (30)

Experience in palaeoecological laboratory support research: < 1 year (25); >2 years (30);

• Languages (10)

English B2 (10), B1 (5)

• Motivation (10)

Cover letter

Selection process:

The candidates must apply through the website: https://seleccio.uab.cat/

The documents required are:

• ID / Passport

• Degree

• A brief motivation letter detailing how your research profile and interest relate to the project.

• CV

In addition, candidates can send their applications as one integrated PDF file to Dr. Sandra Nogué s.nogue@creaf.uab.cat.

Please write TIME-LINES part-time tecnician in subject line.

Informal enquiries should be directed in the first instance to Dr. Sandra Nogué (s.nogue@creaf.uab.cat)

Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.