IMPORTANT: This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders. Other applicants need not apply.
The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is a premier national autonomous Institute of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoE&F), Government of India in the field of teaching, training and research. The WII wishes to engage a Project Personnel (Indian National only) on contractual basis for a period of three months initially for the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) sponsored and South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) collaborated project titled “Development of a National EIA Biodiversity Data Publishing Framework: India Pilot Project”, through a Walk-in-Interview to be held on 30th September, 2011. The Director, WII, reserves the right to reject any candidature in view of incomplete information or any other reason. The details of the position along with essential and desirable qualifications, terms and conditions and how to apply are given below:
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Title of the project, details of position and duration
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Development of a National EIA Biodiversity Data Publishing Framework: India Pilot Project.
O1 – Project Personnel
Duration: Three Months.
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Essential Qualification
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Candidates must possess Masters Degree in Botany/Forestry/Environmental Sciences/ Wildlife Science with a minimum of 60% aggregate marks from a recognized University.
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Desirable Qualification
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Knowledge of biodiversity related data types and sources, working experience in inventorying plant and animals resources; proven experience of conducting environmental impact assessment studies and basic understanding of EIA related legislative requirements and environmental decision-making process in the Indian context. Adequate skills for computer aided data management and analysis is highly desirable.
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Project Description
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The project envisage to collect biodiversity data from EIAs and develop a web based facility for long-term archival, and accessibility through IndBIF and GBIF portals.
Roll- out of EIA biodiversity data archival, and publishing facilities in India
Develop best practice guidelines for EIA practitioners, and document lesson-learnt for establishing and fostering of ‘EIA biodiversity data publishing facilities in other regions
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Job Description
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The job would involve exploring biodiversity data from EIA reports, provide continuous support for data exploration from other known sources, visiting to different institutions to explore availability of recent, relevant and reliable biodiversity data, accessing EIA reports from MoEF, project consultants, electronic sources and sifting these for relevant data that is publishable and working closely with IT professionals to process data for publishing portals.
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