The Marmot Recovery Foundation is a small charity whose mission is to deliver on-the-ground recovery actions for the Vancouver Island Marmot. Job opportunities will be posted here when they are available.

Current Job Opportunities:

2 Post-Doctoral Fellow Positions at the University of Northern British Columbia

Deadline: April 11th, 2025

We invite applications for TWO Postdoctoral Fellows in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) with a start date in Summer 2025. One position will focus on Population Growth and Viability Modelling and the other on Conservation Genomics. Both positions are full-time for a term of 2 years with the possibility of extension to 3 years.

The Postdocs will work in partnership with the Marmot Recovery Foundation, a charitable organization whose mission is to recover the wild population of the endemic and critically endangered Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis). MRF has been collecting population data for over 25 years and has DNA samples from ~1,000 individuals.

We seek candidates who will contribute novel applied research to advance marmot conservation by studying historical population trends, building population viability models to directly guide in-the-wild recovery efforts, sequencing genomes to estimate diversity/inbreeding/relatedness, and developing the first genotype-informed conservation breeding program in Canada. The successful candidates will play integral roles in shaping ongoing conservation actions and be part of a multidisciplinary team composed of academics, veterinarians, managers, and conservation biologists from UNBC, Vancouver Island University, Marmot Recovery Foundation, Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo, and Provincial and Federal Governments.

Applicants must have completed a Ph.D., within the previous four years or will be awarded within three months of beginning the Fellowship, in biology or a closely related discipline and have demonstrated experience with population modelling or population/conservation genomics. The successful candidates will have fluency in written and verbal English and a growing record of scholarly activity related to their field, while evidence of collaborating with partners and implementing applied management solutions resulting from research would be an asset.

Postdoctoral Fellows will receive annual salaries of $60,000, 4% vacation pay, competitive health benefits, and be based at the Prince George campus with opportunities for summer fieldwork on Vancouver Island. For more information, including separate job descriptions for each Postdoctoral Fellow position, please visit the pages below:

Population Growth and Viability Modelling Post-Doctoral Fellow Job Description

Conservation Genomics Post-Doctoral Fellow Job Description

Applications received by April 11th, 2025 will receive full consideration.

Closed Postings

The Hybrid Wildlife Technician-Marmot Keeper posting and the part-time Marmot Keeper posting closed Feb 20th, 2025. Thank you to everyone who applied.