Internship - Right Whale Research Program
Provincetown, MA - USA
The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) is seeking right whale interns for the upcoming 2016 winter/spring season (approximately January 1st to May 15th, 2016).
This person will work with both the aerial and habitat survey teams documenting the abundance, distribution, and behavior of North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay. The intern will assist staff members in the field with photographing right whales and collecting behavioral and environmental data while on the waters of Cape Cod Bay. The successful applicant will also be responsible for a number of lab-based tasks including database entry, downloading and cataloging images, and photo-identification matching of images to known animals. Interns are required to work a minimum of four full days per week and must be available for the full field season.
Requirements:
A degree: preferably in biological/environmental sciences.
Experience with digital SLR cameras.
Data entry: basic computer skills in programs such as Office.
Detail-oriented.
Experience working on boats and ability to withstand harsh elements.
Must work and live well in a team.
Enthusiasm and willingness to learn field and lab based research methods.
A valid US drivers license and personal transportation would be beneficial but is not essential.
Shared housing will be provided along with a small stipend to cover general living expenses. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone wishing to expand their skills in marine mammal survey techniques and will offer the successful applicant the unique chance to work with a critically endangered cetacean species, the North Atlantic right whale. This internship will afford the successful applicant an invaluable opportunity to work within a well-established institution, with highly-qualified scientists, and to gain experience in photo-identification, matching, data entry, and analysis. Experience in oceanographic sampling will also be gained.
CCS has a long history of conservation and research work with the North Atlantic right whale, information about the CCS Right Whale Research Program is available at:
http://coastalstudies.org/right-whale-research
Please submit cover letter, resume, college transcripts (unofficial are sufficient), and contact information for two professional references together in one PDF document by October 15, 2015 to:
Stephanie Richardson
Human Resource Manager
Email: srichardson@coastalstudies.org
115 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657