Student Researcher for Arctic Microbe Project

REPORTS TO: Associate Professor of Biology and Chemistry

WORK SCHEDULE: up to 20 hours per week

COMPENSATION: $21/hour, Part-Time Temporary Grant-Funded Position

LOCATION: Utqiagvik, AK and Remote

CLOSING DATE: Until Filled

Iḷisaġvik College is rooted in the ancestral homeland of the Iñupiat. As an institution, we are “Unapologetically Iñupiaq.” This means exercising the sovereign inherent freedom to educate our community through and supported by our Iñupiaq worldview, values, knowledge, and protocols. The Iñupiaq way of life is woven into our curriculum, programs, activities, and daily interactions within Iḷisaġvik College and our community partners.

SUMMARY OF POSITIONS: 

Study chemicals in the snow in the winter | Study bacteria in a warming climate

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collect snow samples
  
• Chemically analyze samples
• Attend local and national conferences
• Collect soil and permafrost
• Culture and grow bacteria in the lab
• Extract DNA
• Sequence DNA to determine species
  
• Input data into spreadsheet

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• Strong mathematic skills
  
• Strong scientific knowledge
• Ability to be organized and observant
• Demonstrated ability to interact effectively in a multicultural team environment, including working with various cultural organizations.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment background check.
• Demonstrated knowledge in one or more of the following areas: post-secondary educational systems, North Slope Borough [NSB] institutions and organizations; Iñupiat culture, language, values, and traditions.
• Ability to interpret and represent North Slope community values, customs, and beliefs for the College.
• Ability to interpret and represent College actions and western institutions to the North Slope community.
• Ability to support Iḷisaġvik College’s mission.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATES/EXPERIENCE [Required]:

• Must be an Ilisagvik Student enrolled in at least one course
  
  

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATES/TRAINING [Preferred]:

• Valid driver’s license

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear; The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, and may occasionally drive a vehicle. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: The environmental conditions described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and the employee is regularly required to work indoors with a usually moderate noise level in the work environment.

 [If any questions, please contact
linda.nicholas-figueroa@ilisagvik.edu
]

IỊisaġvik College is a Drug Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer