Senior Biodiversity Scientist
We are recruiting
for a Senior Biodiversity Scientist
Location: Mutsamudu,
Anjouan, Comoro Islands
Application
deadline: 9th March 2017
Starting date: As
soon as possible
Contract: 18 months
with extension possible
Conditions: Salary
from €1600 month (negotiable), one return flight per year, insurance cover
To apply: Please
send a CV and covering letter to contact@daharicomores.org
Who are we?
Founded in February
2013 following a five-year field programme, Dahari has quickly established
itself as one of the leading NGOs in the Comoros with a multicultural team of
60. Dahari’s holistic intervention model includes agricultural and agroforestry
development, forest management targeting water resources, ecological research,
and biodiversity conservation initiatives based on a Payment for Ecosystem
Services (PES) approach. The NGO also runs complementary ecotourism and marine
resource management programmes. Our work is gaining increasing recognition,
including through the technical support of globally recognised partners such as
CIRAD, ICRAF, and IUCN, and the financial support of international funders such
as the EU, CEPF, GEF-Satoyama, and the Darwin Initiative.
We invite you to
visit our website www.daharicomores.org
to find out more about Dahari. We are also on Facebook at www.facebook.com/daharicomores
Job description
Reporting to
Dahari’s Directors and advised by researchers from our partners Bristol
Zoological Society and the University of Oxford, you will support the team of
Comorian ecological technicians to ensure:
• The
management of a project funded by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund,
whose objectives are: field research and data analysis to identify threatened
species and/ or indicators of natural forest, forest mapping, research on
wood-use, organising a system of participatory monitoring of biodiversity and
forests with local communities;
• Participation
in and support to field activities: biodiversity research and monitoring
projects and their evaluation;
• The
development of future ecological research projects and the drafting of related
funding dossiers including in-depth research on Pteropus livingstonii;
• Contribution
to the strategy and development of Dahari’s natural resource management and
biodiversity conservation activities;
• Strengthening
the technical capacities of Comorian staff in collaboration with technical
partners in Madagascar and more widely internationally;
• Publishing
scientific papers based on the results of the work (Dahari’s work has recently
been published in Oryx and Unasylva).
Candidate profile
How to apply?
Interested
applicants are invited to send their CV and cover letter to the following
address: contact@daharicomores.org Queries about the post ahead of submission
are welcome.
Peter Dickinson
Independent International Zoo Consultant        |
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