SIF’s ARM programme is just around the corner and we are looking for a responsible, hard-working volunteer to join our marine survey team on Aldabra between November 2024 and January 2025 (exact dates to be confirmed but approx. 2 months of work).

What we offer:

• Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to dive and work at the remote Aldabra Atoll UNESCO World Heritage Site – Seychelles
• Scientific diving experience on a world-renowned marine research programme
• Domestic flight to and from Aldabra
• Shared accommodation
• Opportunity for free-time activities, e.g., snorkelling, kayaking, hiking and exploring Aldabra!

Suitable candidates will have:

• Minimum PADI Rescue Diver certificate (or equivalent)
• Minimum 50 logged dives
• Dived in the past six months
• Experience and confidence to dive in strong currents and sometimes unpleasant diving conditions (e.g., bad visibility, swell)
• Experience in scientific underwater surveys, ideally including carrying heavy/cumbersome equipment and either coral and/or fish and/or mobile invertebrate identification skills, in the Indian Ocean, ideally in Seychelles
• Willingness to dive up to three times per day for 5 days a week and work long-hours with multiple duties (e.g., pre- and post-dive equipment care, filling tanks, data entry, general assistance of the Aldabra team)
• Strong team working skills
• Ability to adapt to a flexible working schedule

• Positive, problem-solving and outgoing character
• Physically fit and healthy
• COVID-19 vaccination

To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to Dr Anna Koester at marine@sif.sc and hr@sif.sc. Deadline for applications is 23/08/2024.