Great Opportunity

WILDLIFE PRESERVATION CANADA is searching for a “New Noah”, an enthusiastic young Canadian scientist willing to participate in a rigorous eight-month professional training program, with the possibility of a six month Canadian internship placement to follow, to learn the methods of endangered species management pioneered in Europe by the late author and naturalist Gerald Durrell.

CANADA'S NEW NOAHS will be offered scholarship funding to travel and work first on the island of Jersey in the English Channel, at the Trust's International Training Centre. Here they will receive five weeks of training working along side zoo staff members and receive hands-on experience in the methods of captive breeding and management with the unique collection of endangered animals being bred at the zoological facility of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. Following this formal training, the New Noah will journey to the island of Mauritius

in the Indian Ocean, once the home of the ill-fated Dodo. On Mauritius, they will work for six to seven months as field assistant to the Trust's on-going in situ field research, captive breeding and re-introduction programs with endangered birds in Mauritius. A six-month Canadian internship placement, working with Canadian endangered species, may follow the return from Mauritius.

What does it take to become one of Canada's New Noahs?

• Post secondary degree in biology, zoology, veterinary or related studies

• A passionate interest in wildlife conservation

• A natural talent with animals and experience in observing and caring for them

• Ability to work closely with others as part of a team

• Ability to work independently when necessary with a minimum of direction

• Ability to be flexible and open-minded

• Ability to laugh at oneself -- even while struggling to save the world

• Excellent health, climbing skills and a love of hiking

• Good written and oral communications skills

• Fluency in French an advantage, but not a requirement

NOTE: The successful applicant will be expected to be available from July 2012 to March 2013

to participate in this program.

DEAD LINE for applying is December 16 th , 2011
More information at http://www.wildlifepreservation.ca/programs/cnn.php