Employment Opportunities

The World Conservation Monitoring Centre is the biodiversity information and policy support arm of the United Nations Environment Programme whose aim is to place authoritative biodiversity information in the hands of the world's environmental decision-makers in all sectors. Based in Cambridge, UK, we are now seeking additional enthusiastic people for the following exciting and challenging opportunities within our Centre.

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Current positions available:

Species Informatics Officer
Salary range £19,296 to £41,720 per annum

The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK, is the specialist biodiversity information and assessment centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and is 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.

A position now exists for a Species Informatics Officer to work at the interface between Conservation Policy and Information Technology. The job holder will support the translation of information-management needs into effective IT solutions.

The successful candidate will support the identification, specification and development of web-based applications that address the needs of clients and users, including in particular those related to species-orientated multilateral environmental agreements.

This enthusiastic, self-starter will be able to demonstrate in-depth experience of relevant technology (.NET, ColdFusion; Microsoft SQL Server; HTML; XML) as well as experience in project management, and, preferably, experience in the field of biodiversity conservation.

The salary is negotiable within the Centre's existing bands. Applicants who meet the requirements are invited to send by 4th of July 2008 their CV including full publiction list, a short letter of motivation that specifically addresses the contribution they can make to the role and to the work of the Centre more generally and the names and contact details of two referees, (and whether they can be contacted prior to interview), together with current salary to : recruitment@unep-wcmc.org

Applications are invited from all nationalities, and prospective candidates should note that this is not a UN post. For more information on UNEP-WCMC see vacancies at www.unep-wcmc.org

Trainee Informatics Assistant
Fancy earning some money over the holidays?

We are looking for:

• A keen individual who is either studying towards or has finished studying an A-Level (or something similar) in IT/ Computing
• Someone who is eager to develop their IT skills and knowledge.

• Creating a database tool to store and retrieve our data licences
• Populating the database with the data
• Cataloguing a collection of data and software CD?s
• Performing an inventory of the Centre?s hardware, and the software installed on it.
• Transferring data off old UNIX backup tapes.
• Creating a GIS dataset that documents hardcopy map holdings
• Scanning in map holdings
• Possibly assisting the Informatics team with other projects
• This position is initially for a 6-week period, which could potentially be extended.

What we do:
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK, is the specialist biodiversity information and assessment centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and is 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.

• Excellent salary and benefits
• Tea and cakes every Wednesday.

So, if this is the opportunity you have been looking for then please feel free to apply by sending your CV (including references) together with a cover letter to:recruitment@unep-wcmc.org by 7th July 2008

Applications are invited from all nationalities, and prospective candidates should note that this is not a UN post.