A graduate in biology or science communication is sought to undertake educational awareness activities in secondary schools in Malta and Gozo as part of the SEA MARVEL project between October 2021 – 2022 (400 hours) at EUR 15 per hour, inclusive of VAT.
Specific tasks would include:
- Promoting the targets of SEA MARVEL and the plastic pollution free environment goals
- Assisting in the organisation, assessment and reporting of the awareness campaigns and school plastic free challenge and assist in the promotion of the results and prize ceremony for winners of the challenge.
The applicant should be willing to work flexibly and with dedication on the required on environmental education and marine conservation.
Interested applicants are invited to send in their letter of application with their CV by 30 July 2021 to Prof. Adriana Vella, Conservation Biology Research Group, Department of Biology, University of Malta via email, and to Mr Victor Friggieri (Project Support Officer) via email.
Project Summary
The Italia-Malta Interreg project SEA MARVEL joins forces between organisations 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 protect 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.