Assistant Bird Banding Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Location: Bismarck, ND
Salary: $20.00/Hour starting; Partially paid health insurance
Closing Date: July 12, 2026 - or until filled.
Start Date: Early to mid-August 2026
Status: Temporary, Year-round
Job Duration
Position is 40 hours per week and year-round. Applicants must be able to work weekends and evenings during busy seasons. Overnight travel will also occur.
Summary of Work
Essential Functions
Primarily Reports to: Migratory Bird Management Supervisor
Secondarily provides support to: Migratory Bird Biologist
General Job Duties

• Assist with, and coordinate migratory game bird capture, handling, and banding of migratory game birds, including operational Canada goose, dove, and duck banding.
• Coordinate Special Canada Goose Permit program; processing applications; issuing permits and correspondence, compiling report data and producing reports.
• Assist in collecting and compiling migratory game bird population and harvest survey data, data entry, preparing data tables and figures. Assist in proofing data, drafting and proofreading P-R project annual reports, and other population and harvest survey reports, documents, and presentations. Prepare, organize and file data, literature, paper and GIS-based maps, reports, and other records.
• Assist with production of mass mailings to state and federal field personnel and the public regarding surveys, projects, questionnaires, etc.
• Maintain vehicles, prepare, repair, purchase, load, haul, unload, clean and store equipment.
• Handle phone calls, visitors, messages, and public information requests.
• Disease work including: disease monitoring and collection and shipment of specimens to appropriate diagnostic facilities, CWD deer head collections, and processing of specimens.
• Maintain computer files and records. Assist with computer projects such as: data entry, data management, archiving, etc.
• Other duties as assigned: at various times, the Waterfowl Management Technician assists with a variety of other tasks within the Department.

Minimum Qualifications
Requires a minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in wildlife biology or management or closely related natural resource science degree.
Must have or be able to obtain a Class D North Dakota drivers license. Must be able to lift at least 70 pounds and be willing to travel occasionally throughout the year. Applicant must be capable of working long and/or irregular hours outdoors under varying weather conditions. Applicants must be able to swim.
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Application Procedures

Applicants must complete the online application.

Applicants must upload a resume, transcripts, and cover letter.

Please indicate any affiliations you have with professional and college level organizations and any certifications that you hold, such as a Commercial Driver's License, CPR Training, etc.

Applicants should save their applications frequently to avoid any loss of information. The online application system will time you out after 40 minutes and you will lose any information that is not saved.
Applicants must submit all documents above. It is very important to be thorough and detailed on all your application materials. If the Department's human resource officer cannot determine that you meet the minimum qualifications or verify your answers to the questionnaire questions you will not be given credit.
Applications must be completed by 11:59pm on the posted closing date.
For information about the position or for persons needing accommodation or assistance in the application or interview process, contact John Palarski, Migratory Game Bird Management Supervisor at 701-595-6859.
For troubles or questions about applying on the online system, contact recruiter@nd.gov .
ND Relay Number 1-800-366-6888
The North Dakota Game & Fish Department makes reasonable accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with an applicant's ability to compete in the recruitment and selection process or with an employee's ability to perform essential duties of the job. It is the applicant's responsibility to make known any needs for accommodation.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.
As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. § 23-12-10.