Field Research Assistant
Position Summary
Requirements - Skills, Qualifications, Experience
Type: 6-months determined contract, with possibility to extent if both parties agree
Department: Jahoo Research
Reports to: Jahoo Research Manager
Benefits:
- Health and life insurance
- Competitive salary
- Fuel and phone card allowance
- NSSF
- Seniority pay
- Work moto
- Primary focus on collecting behavioural data on two habituated groups of wild gibbons and assisting in the habituation of three additional groups.
- Additional responsibilities include assisting with biodiversity monitoring, vegetation surveys, and camera trap deployments, as well as downloading, cleaning, and entering collected data.
- This role requires a high level of patience and long hours in the forest, with frequent encounters with wildlife, including forest elephants and primates.
- A recently graduated candidate with at least a bachelor's degree in conservation, biology, or a related field is preferred. A strong scientific background, with a keen interest in conservation and primatology, is essential.
- Proficiency in English and Khmer, both reading and writing.
- Strong computer skills, including data entry and management (MS Office). Knowledge of GIS would be a plus.
