October 16, 2024

IAIA South Africa

Cape Town

OTHER

Vacancy – Faunal Specialist – Cape Town / Remote – Permanent

Job type: Permanent
Company name: Biodiversity Africa
Location: Cape Town / Remote
Closing Dates: 29 November 2024
Job description:
Do you want to work for a company that understands the importance and value of playing to an individual’s strengths and believes that it’s good business to focus on growing their staff both professionally and personally?

Qualifications/Experience Required:
You:

Have strong birding skills and an interest in learning
Are equally interested in the environment as you are in growing professionally and personally
Appreciate a good debate, even with your boss
Figure out how to fix a problem instead of who to blame
Paid for your own belongings when you were a teenager/student
Want work that excites you on a Monday morning
Have an Honours or Master’s degree in the zoological or ecological sciences
Excited to travel extensively throughout South Africa, often to remote areas
Have field experience doing faunal surveys and good research skills
Experience using QGis
Excellent communication skills and able to work with a range of people from government authorities to landowners and developers
Want to grow professionally as a faunal specialist

We:

Love what we do and who we work with
Like real food and exercise
Believe that rest is important for productivity
Value innovation, fun, trust, honesty, integrity and respect
Enjoy a good debate
Value our staff and want to play to their strengths

We are a dynamic team looking to grow our service offering and looking for an ecologist with strong birding skills to join our team. We would like you to be SACNASP registered either professionally or as a candidate scientist.
Although our team is situated in Cape Town, we work remotely. If you are self-motivated and are someone who works well from home, we don’t mind where you are located provided you have a driver’s licence and access to a vehicle.
Please send your CV and covering letter telling us who you are and why we should hire you, to carol@biodiversityafrica.com. Please include a copy of your SACNASP certificate (if applicable) and a copy of your highest degree.
Salary range: Will be market related and dependent on experience and qualifications.
Contact email: carol@biodiversityafrica.com