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A graduate in biology or science communication with experience in underwater photography and sampling is sought to join the SEA MARVEL project team between September 2022 – 2023 (400 hours) at 15Euros per hour, inclusive of VAT.

Specific tasks would include:

• Undertake clear and attractive photography of marine habitats and species that will be used to promote the biodiversity conservation targets of SEA MARVEL and the plastic pollution free environment goals.

A total remuneration of EUR 6000 inclusive of VAT will be spread during the year. The payments will be against an invoice and the applicant has to be VAT registered. 

The applicant should be willing to work flexibly and with dedication on the required biodiversity marine conservation photography.

Interested applicants are invited to send in their letter of application with their CV by 10 August 2022 to Prof. Adriana Vella, Conservation Biology Research Group, Department of Biology, University of Malta at the following email address: adriana.vella@um.edu.mt.

Project Summary: 

The Italia-Malta Interreg project SEA MARVEL joins forces between organizations that, in Sicily and Malta, work to reduce knowledge gaps and promote timely, concrete and feasible actions and campaigns to aid nature protection for innovative sustainable development. The geographical position of these islands allows for strategic analyses pertinent to the understanding of Mediterranean pressures and challenges caused by climatic and environmental changes. SEA MARVEL aims to raise awareness of the risks and mitigate the effects of plastic pollution, declining populations of marine species, alien species invasion and climate change effects in order to maintain and reactivate the ecosystem and protected Natura 2000 sites. SEA MARVEL’s fieldwork, under the scientific guidance of the University of Malta, shall assess the presence of and promote actions toward the repopulation of vulnerable indicator species such as cetaceans. It will also target timely interventions to identify and reduce alien species and plastics in the selected Natura 2000 sites in line with the Marine Strategy Framework Directive’s Good Environmental Status. Under the guidance of the University of Catania, challenges that stimulate the participation of the new generation and coastal communities towards the development of sustainable management plans shall be set-up.