Overview

We are seeking Assistant Research Officers to assist with all aspects of Frontier’s terrestrial and marine conservation projects in Costa Rica, Madagascar, Fiji, Tenerife or Tanzania.

 

Established in 1989 as a non-profit conservation and development non-governmental organisation (NGO), Frontier has been an innovator in creating quality volunteer programmes across the globe. Since then, Frontier has grown to operate over 330 capacity building conservation, community and adventure projects in over 60 countries spanning 5 continents. Over the past 26 years, Frontier has volunteers of more than 30 nationalities take part in projects all around the world, making Frontier a truly international organisation with a global impact.

 

The Assistant Research Officer role involves assisting the Principal Investigator with the development and implementation of the research programme, involving the daily training and supervision of volunteer Research Assistants, data collection and analysis, and report-writing.

 

The successful candidate will have a good BSc or MSc in a relevant discipline, experience in field survey techniques and biodiversity or conservation research experience, ideally in tropical environment.

 

This post is an opportunity for less experienced individuals to gain overseas field experience of research, project and volunteer management and training.

 

For further details and a full job description please visit our website: https://frontier.ac.uk/recruit/DisplayJobs.aspx?category=5

If you are interested in applying, please do so via our website or send a CV and cover letter to staff@frontier.ac.uk

About Frontier

Frontier was established in 1989 as a non-profit conservation and development non-governmental organisation (NGO) dedicated to safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem integrity and building sustainable livelihoods for marginalised communities in the world's poorest countries. Originally focused largely on scientific and conservation research, Frontier's mandate soon evolved into one that combined community development, capacity building, ecosystem protection, economic growth, and the development of civil society. This reflected our fundamental belief that the only way to create a mutually-beneficial relationship between man and the environment is to address both human and environmental needs. Today, Frontier projects run the gamut of community development, educational, wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, humanitarian and research and conservation projects. The holistic approach originally pioneered by Frontier has subsequently been adopted as an example of best practice by conservation workers and development professional in government agencies and NGOs worldwide.

 

MISSION STATEMENT
To conserve the world's most endangered wildlife and threatened habitats and to build sustainable livelihoods for marginalised and under resourced communities in the world's poorest countries. To create solutions that are apolitical, forward-thinking, community-driven, and innovative and which take into consideration the long-term needs of low income communities.