Above photo: Michelle Risi
BirdLife South Africa, via the Mouse-Free Marion (MFM) Non-Profit Company (NPC), is offering an opportunity for two suitably qualified field staff to spend a year on sub-Antarctic Marion Island. The focus of these positions is to continue monitoring studies designed to support the ongoing planning for a mouse eradication operation. Position duties will include collecting field data on mice and bait, preparations for an aerial baiting trial scheduled for April-May 2027, continued monitoring of weather parameters and, in collaboration with the University of Pretoria, contributing to the collection of baseline data on invertebrates and plants. The successful applicants will report to the MFM Project Manager.
The deadline for applications is 21 November 2025.
Download the full position description and application details from here.
Saving Marion Island’s Seabirds: The Mouse-Free Marion (MFM) Project, 29 October 2025
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A Wandering Albatross close to Marion Island, January 2025, photograph by Laurie Smaglick Johnson
The Saving Marion Island’s Seabirds: The Mouse-Free Marion (MFM) is a registered non-profit company (No. 2020/922433/08) in South Africa, established to eradicate the invasive albatross-killing mice on Marion Island in the Southern Ocean. The project was initiated by BirdLife South Africa and the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. Upon successful completion, the project will restore the critical breeding habitat of over two million seabirds, many globally threatened, and improve the island’s resilience to a warming climate. For more information or to support the project please visit mousefreemarion.org.
