Bryophyte traineeship
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is offering an 18-month bryophyte traineeship to facilitate the development of a career as a specialist bryophyte surveyor or freelance ecologist.
This is a rare opportunity for a highly motivated individual to gain extensive practical skills in bryophyte identification, field ecology, recording and surveying, backed up with a sound knowledge of bryophyte biology and basic herbarium practices. The bryophytes are the mosses, liverworts and hornworts, which together form a key component of Scotland’s botanical diversity. This traineeship aims to facilitate the development of a career as a specialist bryophyte surveyor or freelance ecologist, and is an 18-month full-time position based in Edinburgh involving regular travel for fieldwork within Scotland.
Deadline midday 6 June