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Employment and Funding
The Scientific Computing Research Unit (SCRU) (Deadline for Applications: 30 November 2013)
Endangered Wildlife Trust (Deadline for Applications: 18 November 2013)
Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Documentation Centre (Deadline for Applications: 2 December 2013)
Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, Grahamstown (Deadline for Applications: 15 January 2014)
University of KwaZulu-Natal (Applications are now open for 2014)
SANBI (Deadline for Applications: 29 November 2013)
Sustainable Coffee Bay Non Profit Organisation (Deadline for Applications: 17 December 2013)
WWF seeks to appoint a Water Source Areas Programme Manager, based in Newlands, Cape Town.
Programme for Technological Careers (PROTEC) is a national independent nonprofit educational service provider in South Africa that specialises in science, mathematics and technology education. Its main clients are provincial education departments, schools, educators and learners.
Call for registration on Research Assistants Database February - December 2014
The National Research Foundation (NRF) is responsible for the management of the DST-NRF Internship Programme, in which unemployed Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) graduates and postgraduates are offered opportunities to acquire practical work experience through mentoring and exposure to a research environment. Applications are invited for the following position:
12 month position to start May 2014 with the possibility of renewal for a further 12 months The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) have partnered to offer an exciting position. The position will fall under the School of Life Sciences (UKZN) and forms an integral part of the EWT's Operation Oxpecker Project. The study area will be in the Limpopo province.
The CREW programme KZN node is looking to fill the post of 1 year internship (funded by the National Research Fund).
SAVANNA & ARID SCIENTIFIC SERVICES UNIT Based in Twee Rivieren, Kgalagadi CLOSING DATE: 8 April 2014
Looking for a conservation ecology professional with a master's degree in Biology/Zoology or relevant Ecology field. Need a minimum of 1 years experience in the field as well as ability to oversee other employees.
Looking for a wildlife monitor with guiding, hunting or substantial bush experience. Person needs to have experience operating in rural and remote areas, as well as show potential or experience as a handyman.
Seed and seedling phenomics of native plant species Limited Term Appointment for 36 months: 1 October 2014 until 30 September 2017 *Salary is calculated under the provisions of the EU for the ESR positions in the Marie Curie Actions and is detailed on enquiry.
A tenure-track position is open in The Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes of Desert Research of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Biowatch South Africa seeks to appoint a Project Manager based in our Durban office. The Project Manager will be responsible for the overall management of the Seed and Knowledge Initiative (SKI) which Biowatch is implementing with communities in KwaZulu-Natal and with partner organisations in southern Africa. SKI is a partnership between Biowatch, the University of Cape Town and the Mupo Foundation. The goal of SKI is to support small-holder farmers in southern Africa, in particular women and the communities in which they reside, to become more seed, food and nutritionally secure through improved seed and food diversity and the application of local knowledge systems.