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
