Data and Analysis Officer (Programme Officer) - Ecosystem Assessment Programme

Data and Analysis Officer (Programme Officer) - Ecosystem Assessment Programme

Fixed Term - Two Year Post

Salary Range £20,000 to £36,000 per annum

A full-time fixed-term two year position now exists to work with the Ecosystem Assessment Programme to contribute to the expansion of UNEP-WCMC's assessment work, in particular the National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA) for the UK.

Key duties will include providing core scientific expertise in data handling and analysis, ensuring that the methods for data analysis and interpretation and conclusions are scientifically robust and contributing to the drafting of assessment reports.

The salary is negotiable within the Centre's existing bands. Applicants who meet the requirements are invited to send by 9th April 2009 their CV including full publications list, a short letter of motivation containing current salary, the names and contact details of two referees, and whether they can be contacted prior to interview, to recruitment@unep-wcmc.org. org

Who We Are: The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), based in Cambridge UK, is the specialist biodiversity information and assessment centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), run cooperatively with WCMC 2000, a UK charity. UNEP-WCMC's mission is to evaluate and highlight the many values of biodiversity and put authoritative biodiversity knowledge at the centre of decision-making. Since its establishment in the 1970s, it has been at the forefront of the compilation, management, analysis and dissemination of global biodiversity information, and has an outstanding record of achievement.

Prospective candidates should note that this is not a UN post. For more information on UNEP-WCMC see vacancies at www.unep-wcmc.org