Job Openings: Field Team Leader and Field Officer (Gough Island)
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is looking to recruit a Field Team Leader and Field Officer to carry out bird monitoring and other field work on Gough Island, including the control of an invasive plant Sagina procumbens and activities following the unsuccessful mouse eradication operation on the island in 2021. Deadline to apply: ASAP! Interviews start in early May 2022.
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The RSPB is looking to recruit a Field Team Leader to carry out bird monitoring and other field work on Gough Island, including the control of an invasive plant Sagina procumbens and activities following the unsuccessful mouse eradication operation on the island in 2021. Both posts will be for a period of ~17 months, consisting of pre-deployment training and ~15 months deployment on Gough Island (please note, precise shipping schedules vary from year to year).
Gough Island (6,500 ha) is located in the South Atlantic and forms part of the UK Overseas Territory of Tristan da Cunha, widely considered as one of the world’s most important seabird breeding sites.
These positions offer a unique opportunity for a highly motivated and disciplined individual with relevant fieldwork skills and a keen interest in wildlife, who can adapt well to small island living in a challenging and remote sub-Antarctic environment.
Work during the seabird breeding season is very intense, with frequent long hours of fieldwork and data entry and management, so it is important to be well organized. Data are managed using databases and checked by creating and inspecting reports on a monthly basis, observing deadlines at frequent intervals. The results underpin efforts to restore the Gough Island World Heritage Site.
The successful applicants for the Field Team Leader and Field Officer positions will be joining the South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP) over-wintering team of seven meteorologists and support staff, bringing the total team size to nine people. The successful applicants will be required to work within the requirements of SANAP’s over-wintering teams, including sharing cooking and cleaning duties in communal living quarters.
The ideal candidate will be able to cope with the above tasks and will be confident in remote and challenging field conditions. Applicants should have good awareness of safety issues and be comfortable living in close quarters with other people from a diverse range of cultures. The successful applicant will be highly driven, self-motivated, and be able to get along with other team members.
Due to the isolated nature of these contracts, we welcome applications from candidates for the two available positions (Field Team Leader/Field Officer) who are already known to one another, although this is by no means essential.
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position in early May 2022. For further information please contact antje.steinfurth@rspb.org.uk
