External Opportunities

The following job postings have been submitted to the IOF by employers. The IOF does not endorse the job postings listed on the site, but lists them for the benefit of our students and alumni, as well as those in the broader oceans and fisheries community.

If you have a job posting, please note that we do not upload PDFs; all postings must contain a link. To submit a posting: email iofcommunications@oceans.ubc.ca.


September 2025

MSc/PhD- Whale Conservation Genomics
Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution/ Saint Mary’s University (THE FRASIER LAB)
Location: Halifax, NS
Desired Start: September start
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MS Research Assistantship in Manta Ray Conservation and Bycatch Mitigation
School for Marine Science and Technology at UMass Dartmouth
Location: New Bedford, MA
Desired Start: September start
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Ph.D. Research Assistantship in Fisheries Conflict and Food Security
School for Marine Science and Technology at UMass Dartmouth
Location: New Bedford, MA
Desired Start: September start
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Tenure-track or Senior Scientist position at the Department of Coastal Systems
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Location: Island of Texel Netherlands
Desired Start: September 14 (review begins)
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Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology Department at Oberlin College
Location:Oberlin, Ohio
Desired Start: September 15 (review begins)
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Technical Advisor – Transform Bottom Trawling Coalition
Blue Ventures
Location: Multiple locations
Desired Start: September 16 (review begins)
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Assistant Professor – Environmental Geochemistry
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management – University of California, Berkeley
Location: Berkeley, CA
Desired Start: September 29
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Assistant Professor in Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Doerr School of Sustainability – Stanford University
Location: Stanford, CA
Desired Start: September 30
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Assistant Professor in Sustainable Food Systems
Doerr School of Sustainability – Stanford University
Location: Stanford, CA
Desired Start: September 30
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October 2025

Black Faculty Position: Assistant Professor of Teaching
Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia
Location: Vancouver, BC
Desired Start: October 15 (review begins)
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November 2025

Postdoc – Developing multi-species joint spatial models to characterise Arctic mammals’ hotspots and their sensitivity to oil spills
UBC Department of Statistics, in partnership with Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Location: Vancouver, BC
Desired Start: November start preferred
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December 2025

Postdoctoral Researcher (Ichthyology)
LSU Museum of Natural Science – Louisiana State University
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Desired Start: December 5 (review begins)
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Senior Marine Biologist
Stantec
Location: British Columbia
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Assistant Professor – Fisheries Oceanography
School of Earth, Ocean, and Environment- The University of South Carolina
Location: Columbia, SC
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Postdoc- Modelling impacts of pollutions in global marine ecosystems (hiring ASAP)
MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation Lab
Location: Sète, France
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Postdoc in Nature Based Solutions
University of Florida, Altieri Lab
Location: Gainesville, FL & Panama
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Postdoctoral Fellow – Marine Biomedical Research
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Location: Sarasota, FL
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PhD- Assessing demographic resilience of tropical and temperate reef organisms
University of Leeds- The School of Biology
Location: Leeds, England
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REEF RESTORATION POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
University of Miami- Lirman Lab
Location: Key Biscayne, FL
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PhD- Assessing demographic resilience of tropical and temperate reef organisms
Leeds University- School of Biology
Location: Leeds, England
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Chair Professor/Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor
City University of Hong Kong
Location: Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
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Faculty Research Assistant
Oregon State University
Location: Newport, OR
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Researcher (2)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Postdoctoral Research Program)
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