Research Officer at University of Cape Town

• The Marine Resource Assessment and Management Group (MARAM) invites applications for the position of Part-time Research Officer. MARAM is based in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town and conducts research related to the sustainable use of renewable marine (mainly fish and especially South African) resources. Details of its activities can be found at https://science.uct.ac.za/maram .
• If you meet the criteria listed below, you are invited to apply for this fixed term Academic Research position.

Requirements for the position:

• 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

Responsibilities:

• 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 

Deadline:1st November,2026