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FW: [Fwd: Vacancy: World Database on Protected Areas Content Officer Protected A
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Daniel Gluesenkamp
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Aug 11, 2009 11:00 PDT
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World Database on Protected Areas Content Officer Protected Areas
Excellent Salary and Benefits - Cambridge UK
A position now exists for a Content Officer to provide support to the
Centre's programme of work relating to the protected areas global database
and to contribute to the delivery of innovative, value-added services
linking biodiversity conservation with policy.
The successful candidate will support the acquisition and aggregation of
protected areas data into the World Database on Protected Areas, a joint
project of UNEP and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature
(IUCN) ensuring the highest quality of the overall dataset.
This enthusiastic, self-starter will have good working knowledge of the ESRI
ArcGIS software, and a proven track record and experience in collecting and
managing conservation data.
Who We Are: The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 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. The Centre'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.
Applicants are invited to complete and send by 14th August 2009 an
application form, attaching a CV and including a full publications list, to:
recrui-@unep-wcmc.org
Applications are invited from all nationalities; however, you must be
eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this position. Prospective
candidates should note that this is not a UN post. For more information on
UNEP-WCMC and for the application form, see jobs at www.unep-wcmc.org
<http://www.unep-wcmc.org/>
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