Job opening ID: 140
Department: Geo Science Laboratory (GSL)
Posting title: IUCN Post-Doctoral Fellow – Restoration Ecology
Designation: Post-Doctoral Fellow – Restoration Ecology
Job Summary
Support cutting-edge research on restoration ecology as part of a Bonn Challenge initiative on ‘filling knowledge gaps on the restoration of degraded smallholder landscape mosaics’.
Deadline: 01/30/2015
Number of positions: 1
Job type: Full time
Location: Nairobi
Country: Kenya
Posted on: 12/15/2014
Job Category: Post Doctoral Fellow
Roles and responsibilities
- Research functional proxies for ecosystem health that can be used to assess land degradation status and for monitoring of progress towards restoration of degraded ecosystems.
- Research opportunities for restoration of degraded land, specifically to:
- Facilitate the maintenance or recovery of biodiversity in mosaics of agricultural and (semi-)natural systems.
- Increase and maintain above- and belowground carbon stocks.
- Enhance water quality and availability.
- Contribute towards the development and implementation of a near-real-time geoscience laboratory that utilizes remote sensing and rigorous statistical approaches for targeting restoration ecology.
Skill set
- PhD in applied ecology, with specialization in Tropical Ecosystems, Biodiversity Conservation, Environmental and Spatial Studies or similar field.
- 2 years’ experience in research. Field work experience will be a plus.
- Strong background in mathematical statistics and modeling, with advanced R statistical programming skills.
- Background in spatial modeling and geo-computing.
- Knowledge and experience in remote sensing a plus.
- Good English language skills, French a plus.
Work experience: 2 years
Duty station: Nairobi, Kenya
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