Full-time

Senior ecologist

Posted by Peace Parks Foundation • Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South-Africa

📍 Stellenbosch, Western Cape 🕒 March 01, 2026

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The Senior Ecologist provides ecological and biodiversity expertise across Peace Parks’ operations, ensuring programmes and projects are grounded in sound science, aligned with environmental safeguards, and support organisational goals. Based in the Geospatial, Planning and Science (GPS) Unit, the role strengthens conservation practice and enhances the ecological integrity and resilience of priority landscapes by driving evidence-based decision-making and promoting innovative conservation approaches.
Key functions include providing strategic ecological advice and capacity building; supporting research, monitoring, surveillance, and MEL processes to inform adaptive management and assess conservation impact; overseeing environmental safeguards to mitigate risks and ensure compliance; guiding conservation planning and management of protected areas and landscapes; and contributing to programme de...

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