Postdoc researcher in: evaluating africa’s marine biodiversity, carbon sequestration potential, and expected livelihood outcomes

Organization

University of Cape Town

Department

African Climate and Development Initiative

Organization URL

Job Location Type

IN_OFFICE

Job Location

Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa    

Applicant Location Requirements

No Applicant Location Requirements Specified.

Application Deadline

Until Filled

● A PhD, awarded within the previous five years, in a related discipline (e.g. biology, climate change, economics, ecology, geography).
● Demonstrated ability to produce peer-reviewed research articles in international journals.
● Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
● Desire and ability to work in an interdisciplinary research team setting.
● Experience of handling large datasets
● Experience of researching marine social-ecological systems
● Excellent technical ability to code in R, Python, and/or other statistical programming language, ideally including analysis of carbon, biodiversity and livelihoods data, and/or other geospatial datasets.

Special Requirements
● Experience in building and maintaining databases. ● Interest and experience in engagement with decision-makers ● Experience in giving oral presentations and interest in public communication of science. ● Experience of source control of computer code and working in collaborations using GitHub and RStudio. ● Excellent data visualization skills ● Project management skills.

Apply online or via email

farai.kapfudzaruwa@uct.ac.za