South African Environmental Observation Network

Careers

SAEON provides opportunities for career development and advancement in various fields of Environmental Sciences, focusing on long-term observation and monitoring research. These include agro-ecology, climatology and meteorology, coast and marine sciences, conservation ecology, environmental information systems, environmental science education, freshwater ecology, hydrology, modelling, palaeoecology, pollution science, science communication, soil science and terrestrial ecology.

SAEON provides opportunities for graduates to do their internship at the nodes as well as the National Office. It also offers short-term employment contracts to students and unemployed graduates to work on specific projects. It provides substantive employment opportunities mostly to individuals with postgraduate qualifications (MSc, PhD) to work as research scientists, technicians, data and information scientists, data managers, node managers, science education outreach officers, programme coordinators/managers, and science communication practitioners. Once employed, individuals are given different forms of support to enable them to grow in their careers. These include educational support for higher degrees, skills development courses as well as management development programmes.

Available Vacancies

Position Node Business Unit Province Employment Type Closing Date Job Details
Social Ecological Systems Technician
Grasslands
EFTEON
KwaZulu-Natal
Permanent
29 November 2023
Mid-Level Ocean Modeller
Egagasini
OCIMS
Western Cape
Long Term Contract
01 December 2023
Ocean Product Developer
Egagasini
OCIMS
Western Cape
Long Term Contract
01 December 2023
SAPRI Birder Overwinterer
Egagasini
SAPRI
Western Cape
Long Term Contract
07 December 2023
SAPRI Killer Whale Overwinterer
Egagasini
SAPRI
Western Cape
Long Term Contract
07 December 2023
SAPRI Sealer Overwinterer
Egagasini
SAPRI
Western Cape
Long Term Contract
07 December 2023

Past Vacancies

Position Node Business Unit Province Employment Type Closing Date Job Details
Curation Specialist: Biological Data
uLwazi
Curation
Western Cape
Long Term Contract
13 November 2023
Data Science Team Lead
uLwazi
Data Science
Western Cape
Permanent
13 November 2023
EFTEON Administrator
National Office
EFTEON
Gauteng
Permanent
13 November 2023
Helpdesk Administrator
uLwazi
Data Infrastructure
Western Cape
Permanent
13 November 2023
SAEON Linux Administrator
uLwazi
Data Infrastructure
Western Cape
Long Term Contract
13 November 2023
SAPRI Operations Coordinator
Egagasini
SAPRI
Western Cape
Permanent
13 November 2023