Research Officer
- Location
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Minimum qualification
- Bachelor's degree
- Closing date
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In brief
**Overview** This is an explanation of the Research Officer position at the University of Cape Town. The role is a part-time, fixed-term Academic Research position within the Marine Resource Assessment and Management Group (MARAM). MARAM is based in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics and conducts research related to the sustainable use of renewable marine resources, particularly fish and South African resources. More details about MARAM's activities can be found at https://science.uct.ac.za/maram. **What you will do** * Conduct assessments and management procedure simulation evaluations for renewable marine resources, and in particular for the South African hake resource. * Develop technical reports on such analyses and present those to meetings of the scientific groups responsible for providing recommendations for resource management. * Write scientific papers on analyses conducted for publication. * Assist young post-graduates in the group in conducting resource assessments and management procedure simulations. * Assist planning and conduct of activities including workshops etc. in the MARAM Group. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * At least a PhD degree in a related subject area (Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Statistics). * At least five years of relevant experience working on research projects in the field of renewable marine resource assessment. * Skills in quantitative research and report writing. * Skills in computer programming, including R and TMB. * Experience in fitting complex population models to resource monitoring data and conducting simulation testing of “management procedures” to provide a basis for setting catch limits for a resource. **Who should apply** Candidates who meet the listed criteria and are interested in a fixed-term, part-time academic research position focused on renewable marine resource assessment within the MARAM group. **Deadline** 1st November, 2026 **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/research-officer-university-of-cape-town-2 Source: myjobmag
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