Job No. 155886
- Job Title:
- Graduate Assistant Assistant-Biology
- Employer:
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Columbus State University
- Location:
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Columbus , GA
- Posting Date:
- 16-Jul-2025
- Description:
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Job Summary
Work as a member of a team to collect data on stream conditions in the Bull Creek watershed of Columbus, GA. Work will be conducted outside in local streams that must be accessed by traversing steep embankments. Lab work will involve sorting through samples and identifying macroinvertebrates as part of a team of researchers.
Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities include overseeing field work by organizing and preparing field gear and paperwork, managing undergraduate students during field work, overseeing sample preservation, storage, and processing. Duties also include identifying and enumerating macroinvertebrate taxa to species.
Required Qualifications
B.S. in Biology or Environmental Science
Preferred Qualifications (Optional)
Experience doing freshwater ecology and identifying macroinvertebrates.
Proposed Salary
The salary is commensurate with education and experience. This position can work up to 19 hours per week.
Work Schedule
Variable and flexible
Required Documents to Attach
Resume
Cover Letter
Contact Information
If you have any questions, please contact the Human Resources Office at 706-507-8920 or e-mail to [email protected].
USG Core Values
The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.
Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.
Institutional Values
Excellence: Actively engaging outstanding methods in teaching, academic discovery, creative pursuits, student success, cultural enrichment and the overall campus community.
Creativity: Pursuing distinction through inquiry and innovation, challenging convention and focusing on solutions.
Engagement: Dynamic civic involvement and participation of students, faculty, staff and alumni in the university experience.
Sustainability: Advancing fiscal responsibility, well-being, innovation, lifelong learning and environmental stewardship.
Inclusion: Cultivating and championing a campus environment that welcomes diverse backgrounds, ideas, perspectives and practices.
Servant Leadership: Leading through ethical empowerment and service.
Conditions of Employment
All selected candidates are required to submit and successfully pass a background investigation to include reference checks and verification of academic credentials (if applicable). Other additional requirements may be required based upon specific position duties:
A credit check completed for Positions of Trust and or approved departmental Purchase Card usage;
Pre-employment drug testing for positions with high-risk responsibilities.
Motor vehicle reports are required for positions that are required to drive a Columbus State University fleet vehicle or other vehicle designated as a fleet vehicle. A successful drug screening will be required as a condition of employment a randomly thereafter.
- Contact information:
- Columbus State University
- Columbus, GA 31907
- United States
- Employer's Website:
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