Here are some links
- http://physicaloxy.com/ – focus on physical and Earth sciences
- https://www.higheredjobs.com/search/ – the leading site in USA
- http://www.jobs.ac.uk/ – leading site in UK, with some positions in Ireland as well
- https://www.universityaffairs.ca/search-job – leading site in Canada
- ResearchGate is increasingly popular because it is free.
- You can also set up automatic notices with journals like Nature and Science.
- If you are targeting particular employers then you can sometimes register online to get automatic notices of new positions, or at least save the website links to check manually at intervals.
- Many email lists occasionally have advertisements posted, such as British Ecological Society BES-ECOL-AQUATIC and Macroecology lists, Taxacom (taxonomy and related topics), and others exist for crustaceans Crust-L, molluscs, algae Algae-L and more.
- Marine biology and biodiversity-related: MARINE-B, the MArine Research Information NEtwork on Biodiversity, is for communication-related to marine biodiversity research. From 2010 it is the official email network of the International Association for Biological Oceanography iabo.org. The archive of list messages is at https://listserv.heanet.ie/marine-b.html. Attachments are prohibited to prevent virus transmission. To join send message “SUBSCRIBE MARINE-B firstname surname” to listserv@listserv.heanet.ie (to leave say UNSUBSCRIBE). Omit your signature and anything else you may normally add. You will get an automated response.
- National organisations also advertise positions, such as the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society email list (see also http://nzmss.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/nzmss)
- Other social media platforms also advertise positions, notably LinkedIn, but also ResearchGate.
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Short term travel funding from OECD for travelling Fellowships and conference support, and FAO Fellowships.
There are upsides and costs to moving to another country for work. Here, five scientists explain how they decided whether to move to another country for their work or studies https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00902-7.
One study reports mobile researchers gain 17% more citations, perhaps because they have more collaborators, and/or they benefit from gaining experience of more ideas and approaches to research. People who move less may also benefit from short-term research experiences overseas, such as on sabbaticals. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07499-3
Jobs at IUCN
Also consider fellowships, even if they only cover your travel, accommodation and some temporary living costs:
at FAO
Nippon Foundation related Scholarships and Fellowships for Global Ocean Issues
Consider the benefits of working remotely, especially for short-term contracts. See “Ten simple rules for a successful remote postdoc”
Jobs and internships with BirdLife International
https://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/jobs-and-opportunities-birdlife-international
When writing to a prospective employer, do your research on what they do. Then you can outline how your skills can help them. This applies for internships, post-doc’s and graduate studies as well. While many employers and supervisors would like to help people further their careers, simple template letters asking for a job do not help them to help you. Even if they cannot help immediately, your letter should plant a seed of how you could help them, their research group, department or institution. See your letter as part of building a network. Later, you may end up meeting them at a conference, or corresponding again or collaborating.
A range of PhD and short and longer-term postdoc fellowships, prizes and awards primarily for people from or going to Developing Countries are available at The World Academy of Sciences