Position: Conservation and Environmental Anthropologist
Please contact: Alaka Wali, awali@fmh.org, for additional information about this position.
This two-year grant-funded position focuses on working with partners and communities in
The Center for Cultural Understanding and Change (CCUC) is part of the Environment, Culture and Conservation (ECCo) Division of The Field Museum. We work closely with the department of Environment and Conservation Programs (ECP) to identify, establish and sustain protected areas and their buffer zones. With our collaborators in ECP, we give equal consideration to the protection of biological and cultural diversity and the promotion of sustainable livelihoods for local communities. Our goal is to put specific knowledge to work for conservation of large tracts of wilderness while providing sustainable livelihoods for people in the surrounding communities.
Job Duties
Responsibilities include:
- Train, resource-use map duties and assess social characteristics of communities
- Work collaboratively with local South American partners to imlpement conservation programs
- Contribute to grant writing, technical reports, publications and other materials for dissemination
Qualifications
A qualified candidate must have:
- a Ph.D
- Five years minimum field experience (may include dissertation research) working in community-based conservation
- Fluency in spoken and written Spanish
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent writing skills
Please direct them to www.fieldmuseum.org or send CV and cover letter to awali@fmnh.org
Applications will be accepted until February 28, 2007.
Thank you,
Alaka Wali
John Nuveen Curator of Anthropology
Director, Center for Cultural Understanding and Change
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