RSPB recruiting for "incredibly exciting" job in the Caribbean - but coy about what is involved

 

Blue waters, sunny skies and exotic birds - the lure of the Caribbean 

THE deadline is looming for applications for an RSPB job based in the Caribbean.

Anyone wishing to be considered will have to notify the charity by 11.59pm on Tuesday May 14.

Says the job description: "We are looking for an organised and effective communicator who will be responsible for driving forward an incredibly exciting collaborative, partnership-based project to protect nature and livelihoods in the Caribbean Overseas Territories."

So far, so good.

But some potential candidates for the post of Biosecurity Project Manager may be put off by the specifics - "implementing measures to minimise impacts from invasive non-native species."

The recruitment ad does not say as much, but the references to "biosecurity" and "invasive non-native native species" indicate that some degree of wildlife-killing may be involved as with the ongoing stoat-culling project closer to home in The Orkneys. 

The recruitment ad continues: "Biodiversity in the five Caribbean UK Overseas Territories  is globally significant and increasingly threatened by the impacts of invasive non-native species.

"We  are looking for  a significant and lasting improvement in biosecurity capacity and capability.

"This goal will be achieved  by strengthening biosecurity,

The salary is in the range £38,389 - £41,212 per annum, and the location is described as "flexible in the Caribbean or  Miami would be considered.

Anyone interested can contact charlie.butt@rspb.org.uk - but hurry!

                                 

The Caribbean Sea and its many islands

The Wryneck says: "The prospect of working in the Caribbean must be enticing for many a birder, but it is a shame that the RSPB is not more upfront about what is involved. Is culling involved - and, if so, to what extent? There is a strong case for such activity, but  the organisation should have offered greater clarity in the recruitment ad. What are the "invasive non-native species" and what is the nature of the "biosecurity" proposal?

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