Start Date: 8/25/2025
End Date: 5/1/2026
Number of Positions: 2
Hours per Week: 40
Weekends Required: No
Evenings Required: No

Supervisor: Mike Akresh 

Alternate Supervisor: Amy Roy

This position allows for remote work Yes/No: Yes

Percentage of time that could be remote (0-100%): 50%, see below.

Method to assess remote work: Supervisor will be in weekly communication with the students to monitor that the work is being completed. The supervisor will also be checking that the data is being collected and entered on a shared Google Sheet. Through the above communication and checking, the supervisor will be able to assess if the work hours on task are accurately represented (given the amount of time it should take to complete the work). See outcomes below.

Job Description

• Assistants are needed to help with ongoing research on wildlife-habitat relationships in the Northeastern USA.
• The research assistants will work with AUNE faculty and collaborators at state or federal agencies and other universities.
• One potential task entails examining the structure and composition of bird nests, collected from western Massachusetts.
• Assistants will measure, deconstruct, and weigh bird nests of various species, enter data in excel, and potentially assist with statistical analyses and manuscript writing (20 hours/wk).
• Additional work will be listening to audio files collected from field recordings in NH, and detecting bird calls in these audio files (10 hours/week).
• Lastly, some work will be pinning insect specimens, photographing insects, and uploading these pictures to i Naturalist (10 hours/week). Outcomes will be completed and organized datasets, analysis results, and written work if applicable.

Qualifications

• Interest in research that focuses on wildlife-habitat relationships
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Excellent data management and organizational skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Federal work study funds
  

How to Apply: Send a short cover letter of interest and your CV to Mike Akresh.

Email: [email protected]

Position Type: Work Study

Department: ES