Field Team Leader - Gough Island
The Rspb
Field Team Leader - Gough Island
£31347
The Rspb, Whitby, North Yorkshire
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 17 Apr | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 637608f62ba944ae80884c23f823cd32
Full Job Description
- A science degree or equivalent experience in a relevant subject
- Knowledge of small mammal - preferably rodent - ecology and experience of monitoring, trapping, handling and captive trials.
- Wild bird/animal handling and monitoring experience in the field
- Data collection/data management skills
- Leadership, management skills
- Able to manage a work programme and deploy resources efficiently
- Interpersonal skills with the tact, diplomacy, respect and negotiating skills to manage staff and develop and maintain good relations with the SANAP Team and the Tristan da Cunha Conservation Department and wider Tristan community
- Knowledge of practical requirements for ensuring health and safety of staff working in challenging field conditions and living remotely.
- Able to work in extreme conditions, sometimes for prolonged periods in the field, including by being physically fit and capable of carrying out fieldwork in very rugged terrain and inclement weather conditions in remote locations.
- Report writing, including proficiency in standard software packages (MS Office, including Access), fluency in written and spoken English language.
The RSPB is looking to recruit a Field Team Leader to carry out research on Gough Island. This work will primarily include 1) field and captive trials assessing House Mouse Mus musculus behaviour and the effectiveness of eradication measures, and 2) the monitoring of the two land birds (Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri and Gough Bunting Rowettia goughensis). In addition, it will also involve 3) a limited amount of seabird monitoring, and likely 4) the control of an invasive plant Sagina procumbens. Please note, this is a substantial change to the Field Team Leader work programme on Gough Island compared to previous years, with the focus no longer being on seabirds. The post holder will work alongside a Field Officer. Both posts will be for a period of ~15 months, consisting of pre-deployment training and ~13 months deployment on Gough Island (precise shipping schedules vary from year to year).
Gough Island (6,500 ha) is located in the South Atlantic Ocean 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.