The South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) Egagasini Node, based in Cape Town, Western Cape, requires the services of a Top Predator Monitoring Coordinator responsible for the day-to-day operational and logistical management of the Marion Island Marine Mammal Programme (MIMMP), and the Albatross & Petrel Programme (APP), as part of the South African Polar Research Infrastructure (SAPRI).
As per job advertisement:
Key Responsibilities:
- Day-to-day responsibility for operational and logistical management of the MIMMP and APP program
- Liaising with Mammal Research Institute (University of Pretoria) to ensure successful transfer of MIMMP to SAPRI
- Liaising with Percy FitzPatrick Institute for African Ornithology (University of Cape Town) to ensure successful transfer of APP to SAPRI
- Oversight of MIMMP and APP field personnel team selection, training and supervision for continued collection of long-term monitoring data
- Raw data integrity and workflow to SAPRI – DPS oversight
- Equipment and consumable management and procurement
- Upkeeping of permits, ethics and reporting administration
Apply before: 07 November 2023
View the full job advert here:
Anche Louw, South African Polar Research Infrastructure, 26 October 2023
This post was originally compiled for the South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP) website (administered by the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa project) by Anche Louw, Digital Marketing and Communicating Manager of SAPRI and Co-Investigator of the ALSA project (link).
