Employer Tall Timbers Albany Quail Project Job Description, Responsibilities and Required Qualifications or Skills TITLE: BOBWHITE QUAIL RESEARCH TECHNICIAN, FULL TIMEDIVISION: ALBANY QUAIL PROJECTSUPERVISOR: LEAD BIOLOGISTSTART DATE: MAY 2026Description:This position provides field and extension support for a research and monitoring program focused exclusively on wild quail that has been ongoing since 1992 under the Tall Timbers Albany Quail Project. The Tall Timbers Albany Quail Project focuses on collaborating with the owners and managers of 300,000 acres of privately-owned wild quail hunting properties, conducting management-oriented research to increase wild quail populations and improving hunting success. This technician position will help achieve the goals of the project and will include a work vehicle, on-site housing, and medical benefits. Pay will be based on experience. Location is the field office in Baker County, Georgia on a privately-owned quail hunting plantation. This position will include the following responsibilities:• Capturing, radio-tagging, and monitoring a sample of radio-tagged bobwhite quail year-round on an intensively-managed bobwhite quail hunting plantation.• Responsible for proper collection and storage of data related to telemetry activities, long-term demographic data, research projects, and providing the director and biologists with regular updates.• Assist with monitoring regional bobwhite populations via spring whistle counts, fall covey counts, through the use of bird dogs to locate coveys on constituent properties.• Monitoring meso-mammal, small-mammal, raptor, and insect populations.• Assist biologists with providing extension services for constituent properties including but not limited to technical assistance, development of management plans, population monitoring, and habitat mapping services.• Assist with capturing and transporting wild quail for state permitted translocation projects.• Other duties as assigned by supervisor. Requirements:• Obtains or is working towards obtaining an associates or bachelors degree in wildlife, forestry, natural resources, biology, or closely related field.• Must have philosophical agreement with consumptive uses of wildlife resources.• Experience with telemetry preferred but not necessary.• Must have clean driving record.• Capable of working independently in the field under variable weather conditions. Job Field: Forestry Wildlife Job Type: Full Time Location Detail: Newton, GA Job Benefits: To apply, please send resume with references from previous employers to Justin Rectenwald at jrectenwald@talltimbers.org Application Deadline: Wed, 04/15/2026 - 12:00pm
