The White Memorial Conservation Center, Inc.
Job Announcement
Job Title: Wildlife Research Technician (Seasonal)
Job Description:
The White Memorial Conservation Center and Foundation are in Litchfield and Morris, Connecticut. White Memorial is guided by four principles: Research, Conservation, Recreation, and Education. The Research program focuses on conserving native biodiversity, studying the region's ecology, and restoring habitats. Prior experience with protocols for passive acoustic recording for Northeastern North American bats, including Wildlife Acoustics Song Meter SM ultrasonic recorders and their associated software, as well as Sonobat 30, will be prioritized. Prior experience identifying and working with UV light traps for emergent aquatic insect monitoring will be prioritized. This job occasionally involves working with various wildlife conservation and other natural resource monitoring projects throughout the summer season on a 4,000-acre wildlife refuge in northwestern Connecticut. Projects include mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. Working occasionally in forests, wetlands, and aquatic ecosystems. Responsibilities include data collection, specimen collection, and working with and maintaining technical equipment. Field equipment such as GPS units and other digital instruments will be used and must be maintained. This is a 40-hour-per-week paid position, working Monday through Friday, with occasional weekend and dawn/dusk hours. Position begins May 4 and ends September 26, 2026; this schedule may vary based on the applicant’s availability. This is an hourly paid position ($17.00/hr). Shared housing is available.
The Seasonal Research Technician reports directly to the Research Director.
Job Qualifications:
• Bachelor of Science in biology, ecology, natural resource management, environmental science, or other related discipline.
• Familiarity with standard protocols for data collection in a variety of environments. • Familiar with biological field research protocols and procedures.
• Able to draft short reports and social media posts describing technical work for a general audience. • Have a valid driver’s license
• Be able to drive a pick-up truck (automatic transmission and occasionally in 4WD off-road) • Be able to manage volunteers, consisting of adults, higher-education, and high school students. • Capable of working independently and as part of a team, cheerfully in all weather conditions, and with biting insects/ticks.
• Able to work with Microsoft Office Suite software and capable of learning other platforms to suit the needs of the position.
• Familiar with the proper usage and maintenance of field equipment.
• Familiarity with the proper operation of gasoline-powered watercraft and canoes is valuable. Work Environment
1. Must be able to work both independently and as part of a team consisting of volunteers and visiting investigators.
2. Position involves functioning in both field and office environments.
3. Ability to work outdoors, in all weather conditions, on varying terrain, with biting insect and ticks, potentially exposed to poison ivy, sun, and other environmental hazards, early morning and late evening hours, with or without accommodation.
4. Prior knowledge of working with wildlife and the health risks that it poses to personnel and native wildlife populations, such as transmission of disease and nonnative invasive species, is important.
5. The office environment has moderate noise levels and is a non-smoking environment. 6. The ability to function and thrive in the role of internal consultant with a complex, multi-goal (research, conservation, education, recreation) organization with diverse professional staff (administration, education, operation, marketing, and public relations) is crucial.
Physical Demands:
1. Must be able to carry field equipment at times, with or without accommodation. Must occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty pounds.
2. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
3. Hearing abilities for this job include the ability to perceive speech communication, sound detection, and localization of calling birds, amphibians, etc.
4. Willingness to work during early morning (pre-dawn) and evening (nighttime) hours.
Please send a copy of your resume and contact information for two references to:
James Fischer
Research Director
The White Memorial Conservation Center, Inc.
P.O. Box 368
80 Whitehall Rd.
Litchfield, CT 06759
e-mail: james@whitememorialcc.org
phone: 860-567-0857
www.whitememorialcc.org
Application Period: Open until filled. The application period begins on January 6, 2026, and ends on February 15, 2026.
