Senior Technician (Marine)UKZN Westville CampusDurban, KwaZulu-Natal5/28/2026
Programme Manager for the International Project Office for Coordinated Regional Downscaling ExperimentWCRPHarwell, UK5/30/2026
OCEANS45 Researcher Position (ECOP)IUCNRemote working5/31/2026
Postdoctoral Fellow in Coastal Biodiversity and EcologyNaturalisLeiden, The Netherlands5/31/2026
Junior Research Officer (climate change and sustainable development)UCT African Climate and Development InitiativeCape Town5/31/2026
Deputy Director: Shipping Operations and Logistics. See page 38.DFFECape Town6/1/2026
Director: Environmental Learning Research CentreRhodes UniversityMakhanda/Grahamstown, Eastern Cape6/1/2026
Senior Forecaster: MarineSouth African Weather Service (SAWS)Cape Town6/3/2026
Curator (Ichthyology)NRF-SAIABMakhanda/Grahamstown, Eastern Cape6/9/2026
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Mussel Bed MappingNRF-SAIABMakhanda/Grahamstown, Eastern Cape6/10/2026
Control Scientific Technician Grade A: Crustaceans (South Coast Rock Lobster & KZN Crustacean Trawl Fisheries). See page 39.DFFECape Town6/15/2026
Marine Researcher (no closing date)Oceans Research InstituteMossel Bay, Western Cape7/31/2026
Support Engineer for scientific coordination and skills sharingPEPR BRIDGES, CNRS-Ifremer-IRDSaint-Denis, Reunion Island11/20/2026

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