BAT internships various positions for 2020-2021

Oct 2020 for 3-4 months

ABC are recruiting for a three intern positions to assist the team in field research work mainly based at the Urban Research Centre based in Lilongwe, and across our field sites including Kuti Widllife Reserve, and around Salima and Lake Malawi. Postions include: Eidolon Project Intern:

Assist the ABC Team in understanding more about Eidolon helvum (Straw coloured fruit bats) in an urban environment. This migratory species takes up residence in Lilongwe each rainy season and to better protect their roosting and foraging sites the Team is conducting weekly roost counts, collecting dietary data and tracking them to better understand their movements across the City.

Bioacoustics Intern:

Help the ABC Team collect bioacoustics data of bat species found in Malawi. There is limited data on African bat species bioacoustics and you will be involved in collecting data with static bat detectors, taking release call samples from bats caught during surveys and conducting call analysis. Assist the Team in creating parameters for individual species by characterising the ultrasound call patterns for bats.

Roost Monitoring Project Intern:

Assist the ABC Team in conducting roost visits for both our roost monitoring project and for our Wildlife Assistance Helpline. You will get experience of roost inspections as well as for conflict mitigation by assisting the Outreach Team. The Team also undertakes roost visits of key sites we monitor for longer term data which also incudes emergence surveys to monitor bat population trends.

If you are interested then download an application pack and also an application form and send it to angelena@africanbatconservation.org

(Advertised 29/7/2020. Closed when position is filled)

BAT Research Assistant

Asap for 1 year

ABC are recruiting for a voluntary Bat Research Assistant to assist the team in all aspects of field research work mainly based at the Urban Research Centre based in Lilongwe, and across our field sites including Kuti Widllife Reserve, and around Salima and Lake Malawi. Work includes harp trapping, mist netting, acoustic recording and roost surveying. We will provide accommodation and food during your contract. The post will require field work at night and in the day and the candidate must be willing to work hard in challenging situations and be based in remote environments. The post offers an excellent opportunity for career development for a researcher who is interested in applied conservation biology, bats and human-wildlife conflict.

If you are interested then download an application pack and also an application form and send it to angelena@africanbatconservation.org

(Advertised 24/06/2020. Closed when position is filled)