[APES Jobs] FW: Anchor Job Ad

[Bursaries, Employment and Career Opportunities in Environmental Fields]

Dear all

Anchor Environmental Consultants is an independent consulting firm based in Tokai, Cape Town.  We undertake ecological, socio-economic and resource economics research and assessments to inform strategy, planning and decision making regarding the wise use of natural resources, mainly in Africa. Our clients include a variety of stakeholders in the environmental sector including industry, governments and NGOs operating from local to international scales.  We have two positions open:

1.       Consultant position

Anchor has a position available for a Conservation Biologist and/or Natural Resource Economist with interests and experience in ecosystem services and the social and economic aspects of natural resource management.  Applicants should ideally have a minimum of a masters degree with demonstrated qualifications, skills, experience and publications in at least three of the following: economics, resource economics, econometrics/statistics, sociology and conservation biology.  Applicants should be numerate, have a good understanding of environmental policy, be resourceful, have excellent writing skills, good interpersonal skills and be willing to travel.

Some projects on the go that the candidate would be involved in include estimating the impacts of the rehabilitation of St Lucia estuary on ecosystem services, the wellbeing of surrounding rural populations, tourism, the sugar industry and the local economy; the role of forests and REDD+ in the green economy of Zambia; socio-economic impacts of marine protected areas; economic impacts of fishery policies; etc.

Please email cover letter and CV with 3 contactable references to jane at anchorenvironmental.co.za<mailto:jane at anchorenvironmental.co.za> by 30 June 2013, and put “Anchor Job Ad - Consultant” in the subject line.  Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview, in the week of 9 July.

2.       Temp admin assistant
Our office seeks a full–time or 6/8ths time receptionist/administrative assistant for four months from mid-July to mid-November.   Please email cover letter and CV with 3 contactable references to jane at anchorenvironmental.co.za<mailto:jane at anchorenvironmental.co.za> by 18 June 2013, and put “Anchor Job Ad - Admin” in the subject line.


Dr Jane K. Turpie
Director
Anchor Environmental Consultants
8 Steenberg House
Silverwood Close
Tokai 7945
Tel: 021 701 3420
Fax: 021 7015280
www.anchorenvironmental.co.za<http://www.anchorenvironmental.co.za/>



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