We are looking for an exceptional full-time Field Researcher (Social Science) to join our team on a full-time basis to contribute to our multi-year ‘High Atlas Cultural Landscapes’ programme.  The position is ideally suited to early-career applicants and Post-Doctoral or Post Masters students.  The ideal candidate will be tasked with ensuring community engagement and delivering participatory action research on cultural practices of conservation, sustainable land use practices and ethnobotanical knowledge in High Atlas Amazigh communities. The candidate must be available for autonomous or team fieldwork amongst Amazigh communities in the High Atlas and be fluent in Amazigh. The ideal candidate will be able to work alone, with minimum supervision, and simultaneously a collaborative and communicative team-worker.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead community engagement processes in Imegdale and Ait M’hamed.
• Support the process of documenting cultural practices of conservation, sustainable land use practices and ethnobotanical knowledge in the High Atlas rural communes of Imegdale and Ait M’hamed
• Communicate fieldwork outputs and processes with GDF-MBLA team
• Capacity building of Community Researchers, community members and authorities, and cooperative members.

How to apply:

Please submit a CV and cover letter (either in English or French) to Christina Ashford (GDF-UK Programme Manager) at christina@global-diversity.org.

Your cover letter should not exceed two pages and must clearly demonstrate how your skills, experience and knowledge meet the responsibilities and requirements of the role (as set out in the job description below).

Deadline for applications: Ongoing

We are receiving applications on an ongoing basis until the position has been filled.