AnthroJobs

An interesting opportunity came across the radar this week, worth having a look for the right candidate. Crea Comunidades de Emprendedores Sociales, A.C. is a Mexican non-profit founded in 2008 that develops and implements unique and customized programs to empower and strengthen women entrepreneurs and businesswomen from socially and economically marginalized areas in Mexico. The…

For those of you missing all the career and job discussions at the AAA meeting going on these past few days, here is a position on the opposite coast from DC: The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, operated by Battelle in Richland, WA, is looking for a Cultural Resources Scientist to manage its Cultural Resources Management Program for…

Normally, we post a job or two here that call specifically for an anthropology degree and related experience. Today we are going with another strategy, which will be noting a resource of interest to those considering international development jobs. The Devex website (www.devex.com) lists all kinds of jobs in the field, across the globe. These…

OK, if this job doesn’t appeal to you, you might not be an anthropologist after all… The Andes Amazon Fund (AAF), created as a multi-donor grant-making initiative to support the conservation of the Andes-Amazon region, is looking for a Program Officer to be based out of Washington, DC.  Requirements include a Master’s degree or higher…

So, how about a job with the other AAA, the one dealing with automobiles? The AAA of northern California (office in Oakland) is looking for a Qualitative User Experience Researcher. The position calls for lots of quantitative and lots and lots of detailed computer skills, as well as 6 years of marketing and other relevant experience,…

Here is a splendid opportunity for an MA/MS anthropologist with Federal experience, but you will need to act quickly. A Cultural Resources Program Support Specialist position is being offered by the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML) out of Colorado State U. The full-time position will be based at McGuire Air Force Base, near Trenton, New…

Yes Virginia, there are jobs out there for anthropologists. Here is another posting looking specifically for a Qualitative Analyst. ILLUME Advising is looking for an MA or PhD with  5 years of interdisciplinary research experience, with a focus on qualitative and human-centered techniques and demonstrated experience in qualitative research methods including interviewing, ethnographic research, surveys, group…

Here is one of those entry-level jobs that don’t come around every day: The Field Museum in Chicago has a full-time but short term opening (Nov. 2017 to May 2018)  for a Collections Assistant in Anthropology. Yes, it actually says “anthropology” in the job title. The assistant will help move collections from one storage area to…

Two jobs in the Heartland are on tap today for the AnthroJobs happy hour. It is always nice to see job openings beyond the usual coastal locations, so be sure to send us any job listings you happen to come across from, well, anywhere, actually! St Louis welcomes you to apply for a Senior User…

The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) in Alexandria, VA, is seeking a PhD-level social or behavioral scientist with a background in qualitative methods. Both early and mid-career applicants are welcome. IDA is a federally funded research and development center supporting the US Department of Defense and other federal agencies that require rigorous and objective analysis of national…

One aspect of the future of anthropological practice is reflected in a posting for a contract-status Human Factors Researcher in Mountain View, CA.  Human factors research looks at how consumer products fit with the lifestyles of users by being “intuitive, purposeful and comfortable to use,” in the words of the posting. The research is used…

Climate change got you down? Consider getting out of the summer heat and heading to Alaska through Camp Fire’s Rural Alaska Program. Anthropologists wanted, but the deadline is almost here: https://www.campfireak.org/rural-program-jobs/ Not really into the rural thing? On the other end of the location spectrum is a great gig in NYC, especially for a combined…