The University of California, Irvine Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position as a Lecturer with Potential for Security of Employment. This individual will be responsible for developing and teaching courses in ecology and sustainability studies, including those in the Interdisciplinary Minor in Global Sustainability, and for helping to create a new Professional Master's Program in Conservation and Restoration Science. We seek outstanding candidates with a Ph.D. in biology or a related scientific discipline and demonstrated excellence in teaching, course development, and scientific writing. The successful applicant will preferably have training or experience in an ecology-related field, such as ecological restoration, conservation biology, sustainability science, or global change biology.

Applicants should submit the following via http://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF02124: a curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching interests, and three letters of reference. Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2013, and the position will remain open until filled.

Applications due by: 11/01/2013
The University of California, Irvine is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity and strongly encourages applications from all qualified applicants, including women and minorities. UCI is responsive to the needs of dual career couples, is dedicated to work-life balance through an array of family-friendly policies, and is the recipient of an NSF ADVANCE Award for gender equity.

UC Santa Barbara Santa Cruz Island Reserve (SCIR) Field Station on Santa Cruz Island, CA

General Description of Duties:
Perform custodial duties to maintain kitchen, dining, dormitory, bathrooms, administrative, and research facilities at the UC Santa Barbara Santa Cruz Island Reserve (SCIR) Field Station on Santa Cruz Island, CA. The island is approximately 25 miles offshore of Santa Barbara and travel is by boat to and from Ventura Harbor in Ventura, CA.

Field station facilities include 6 private rooms, 8 bunkrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen area, computer lab, science lab, classroom and library area, and living and dining areas.

Job Description:

• Bunk Rooms and Private Rooms: strip sheets off beds, wash sheets, hang to dry and replace, sweep, dust, vacuum blinds, wash windows, clear under beds, check drawer space for discarded or left items, remove spider webs.
• Bathrooms: clean/disinfect bathrooms, scrub showers (4) and toilets (4); mop/scrub floors, sinks.
• Kitchen and Dining areas: clean refrigerators/freezers (4), clean ovens and stovetops (2) in kitchen. Wipe down cabinets and pots and pans storage. Organize kitchen equipment. Wipe out metal cabinets, discard left-over food. Mop kitchen and dining area floors.
• Miscellaneous Living Space: dust, sweep and mop field station living area floors, clean out fireplace. Sweep deck, sweep spider webs around building, clean windows. Sweep, dust, clear spider webs, wipe down counters in lab rooms.  Sweep, dust, wipe down tables and chairs in classroom.
• Other cleaning duties as assigned.

Time Frame:
Approximately every 5 to 6 weeks (about 8-10 times per year) spend 3 consecutive days/two nights at the UC Santa Cruz Island Reserve Field Station. Work may not be scheduled/conducted between December 1st and February 1st of each year. Travel to the Island via Island Packers boat transportation from Ventura to Prisoners’ Harbor on Santa Cruz Island.  Island Packers boat generally leaves either at 8AM or 9AM and returns to Ventura Harbor at approximately 5PM. Travel on dirt road by 4-wheel drive truck to Santa Cruz Island Reserve Field Station.  Arrive on island late morning or early afternoon boat, depending on schedule and weather, leave on late afternoon of departure day for return to Ventura Harbor, arriving at about 5 pm.

Hours :
Four hours of cleaning work will be required on both travel days and 8 hours of work on full day schedule. 2 hours of compensation will be paid in addition to work hours for travel to and from Santa Cruz Island.  Total work hours including travel hours; 20. Boat transportation will be paid by employer. Base hourly rate is $16.30 per hour.

Special Conditions of Job:
SCIR is a remote location with no medical facilities.  Dirt roads.  Rustic conditions.  Can be a dirty job. Applicant must be able to tolerate boat travel. Must be able to work relatively unsupervised and speak English.  Requires satisfactory completion of a DOJ background check. Signed liability waivers for UC and TNC by applicant and adherence to rules and restrictions imposed by TNC, UC and other island partners.

Contact: Lynn McLaren by email with resume: mclaren@nrs.ucsb.edu