About the role
Are you an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and guest-focused person? Then come and join WiseOceans as a Marine Educator based at a prestigious luxury resort!
WiseOceans is looking for someone who is highly motivated to drive progress of a new project and take the lead in developing the program, with the confidence to network and establish a positive relationship with the partner resort and local organizations and community.
Tasks and duties:
Guest engagement and education
- Conduct guided marine activities—the guests can enjoy being joined in the water by a Marine Educator who will identify marine life for the guests and provide extra information to enhance their in-water experience
- Give snorkel lessons
- Help guests to identify fish and other marine life they have seen when out snorkeling, and be on hand to discuss local marine life with them
- Deliver (and generate guest-interest in) regular marine life and conservation talks to resort guests on a range of topics including sharks, cetaceans, coral and coral reefs and turtles
- Deliver fun and educational sessions on marine and conservation topics with the resort Kids Club
- Write regular blog posts, and occasional articles and press releases
- When the resort requests, attend / host evening events with the guests, to discuss marine life and promote the conservation and education activities of WiseOceans and the resort
Resort team member and local community engagement and education
- Engage resort staff in marine education and conservation via a variety of means, bringing new ideas to the table to increase internal awareness of marine life and conservation
- Develop and deliver community outreach events and activities
- Representation of WiseOceans at national events and conferences
Science and Research
- Scientific research activities including, but not limited to, coral reef monitoring dives, coral predator, megafauna and turtle population monitoring. Working on our on-site reef restoration project, including:
- Coral nursery maintenance
- Coral propagation
- Guest engagement on reef restoration
Other
- Development of the Marine Discovery Programme
- General administration including, but not limited to, completing spreadsheets for reporting purposes, data entry and bill payment processing
- Collateral including, but not limited to, newsletters, content for display on noticeboards, marine life guides, signs and other interpretation, content for Resort guides and schedules, and other literature for guests
- Communications including, but not limited to, emails to resort management and all staff, attending and participating in resort staff meetings and sending reports to resort and WiseOceans management
Requirements
Essential
- Educated to degree level in a relevant subject
- Experience of working in a luxury resort
- Rescue Diver (or equivalent) and first aid trained (EFR accepted) or above
- Excellent snorkeling skills including the ability to free dive to 5m comfortably
- Good knowledge of marine life
- A minimum of one years’ experience of marine life monitoring
- Experience in an educating role
- Experience of conducting underwater surveys
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Previous experience giving presentations
- Fluent in spoken and written Englis
Beneficial
- A higher degree in a related subject
- Highly developed identification skills concerning Indian Ocean fish, coral and other invertebrate species
- Experience of and interest in coral propagation and restoration
- Experience of social media, newsletter production and blog writing
