Coral Husbandry and Probiotic Research Technician

Coral Husbandry and Probiotic Research Technician

This position is time-limited with the possibility of continuation pending availability of funds and department need.

This posting will close at 11:59PM (Eastern time) on the posted closing date.

This position is being recruited at the Journey level. If no applicants apply who meet the required competency and training & experience requirements, then management may consider other applicants. Salary would be determined based on competencies, equity, budget, and market considerations.

Recruitment Range $41,061 - $46,000

Recruitment Range Details The salary range advertised is the designated recruitment range for this classification. Final salary offers will be determined by the candidate’s education, relevant experience, internal equity alignment, and departmental budgetary parameters.

Vacancy Number S02894

Position Title Research Technician

Working Title Coral Husbandry and Probiotic Research Technician

Competency Level Journey

Home Department Center for Marine Science - 30600

The University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Center for Marine Science ( CMS ) is recognized both nationally and internationally for conducting research that contributes to the understanding of environmental processes and problems. CMS strives to engage communities to address societal issues and promote use-inspired innovations. Through research, education and outreach, the Center strives to increase knowledge about coastal and marine sciences and cultivate community engagement in coastal resilience.

This includes a variety of fields such as physical oceanography; marine and coastal biology; marine, atmospheric and natural products chemistry; marine geology; aquaculture; environmental sciences, marine policy, human health, and sociology. Currently there are more than 100 active research programs supported by CMS and over 140 scientists, staff and students broadly associated with the unit. The teaching and research facility located on the Intracoastal Waterway in southeastern North Carolina features state of the art core facilities in spectrometry and spectroscopy, light stable isotopes, biotechnology, aquaculture, DNA and water quality analysis as well as running seawater systems, a coastal workboat fleet and a wide range of oceanographic equipment that are available to all CMS researchers.

CMS supports educational programs related to marine science, including the Applied Coastal and Ocean Science Ph.D. program and MS Marine Science degree as well as courses and students from various marine-science related academic departments across the breadth of UNCW . It also supports several outreach entities, including NC Sea Grant, the NC National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Marine Quest, among others.

College Center for Marine Science - 306 College

The University of North Carolina Wilmington, the state’s coastal university, is dedicated to the integration of teaching, mentoring, research and service. Widely acknowledged for its world-class faculty and staff and continuously recognized at a national level for scholarly excellence and affordability, UNCW offers a powerful academic experience that stimulates creative inquiry and critical thinking. A public institution with nearly 18,000 students, UNCW offers a full range of baccalaureate- and graduate-level programs, as well as doctoral degrees in educational leadership, marine biology, nursing practice and psychology;

and many distance learning options, including clinical research, an accelerated RN-to- BSN program, an Executive M.B.A. program structured for working professionals, and the nation’s only bachelor’s degree program focused on coastal engineering. The university’s efforts to advance research and scholarly activities have earned UNCW the elevated designation of "Doctoral Universities:
High Research Activity" institution (R2 University) by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. UNCW has been part of the University of North Carolina System since 1969.

Location of Workplace CMS Myrtle Grove

The Coral Husbandry and Probiotic Research Technician position is responsible for providing specialized support to the principal investigator in the areas of coral husbandry and juvenile coral care for restoration and research objectives (for more information see ). The research technician will be primarily involved in supporting experimental research conducted in the laboratory, including studies focused on coral probiotic development. Responsibilities include the isolation and culturing of bacterial strains from coral species to identify potential probiotic candidates, preparing and applying inoculants to coral larvae and recruits, and monitoring and quantifying coral survivorship and growth over time.

The position will also involve collecting, entering, and managing experimental data, including routine survival counts and imaging of coral recruits using microscopy and image analysis software. Additional…