Scientific Project Manager "Dragonflies As Indicators Of Human Impacts
On European Lands And Waters" (DRAGON)
Location : FRB - Cesab, 5 rue de l'École de Médecine, 34000 Montpellier.
Duration : 24 months fixed term, full-time.
Salary : 2620 to 2801 euro gross per month commensurate with experience.
Starting date : Flexible, between October 2024 and January 2025.
Application closing date : Wednesday, 31st July 2024.
The Dragon Project
The project focuses on odonates (dragonflies and damselflies), a
charismatic and important taxonomic group that offers a unique opportunity
to study the effects of anthropogenic pressures on terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems. In this project, we will mobilise and use opportunistic and
standardised odonate data from across Europe to determine temporal trends
in population and species distributions at different spatial scales. These
trends will be analysed in the context of various anthropogenic pressures,
including climate change, land use change and pollution to identify and
better understand the drivers of change and derive new indicators for
environmental monitoring.
Job description:
The post-doctoral Scientific Project Manager is expected to :
- Assemble and harmonise European datasets on odonates and anthropogenic
pressures.
- Design analyses of opportunistic and standardised datasets to
estimate population and distributional trends at different spatial
and temporal scales.
- Analyse population and community changes and how they relate to
species' life-history traits.
- Investigate how anthropogenic pressure impacts the status and trends
of odonates.
- Work with stakeholders to co-develop a European platform to
standardise data and calculate relevant and robust indicators (e.g.,
vulnerability scores for species or functional groups for different
habitat types) to inform applied conservation, monitor and mitigate
the impact of anthropogenic pressure on biodiversity.
- Actively participate in the development of grant proposals.
- Lead and coauthor scientific publications in international journals
With the support of Principal Investigators (PIs) and the CESAB team,
the postdoctoral researcher will also be expected to organise the
scientific activities of DRAGON consortium workshops at CESAB in
Montpellier (one-week twice a year, with one being online), facilitate
communication within the consortium and actively engage with various
stakeholders.
Requirements :
PhD in ecology, conservation, or a related field, with a strong
background in ecological modelling, statistics, spatial, and quantitative
analyses. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated and have prior
experience working with collaborative scientific teams or consortia.
Essential skills : - Strong quantitative skills: data analysis and
statistical modelling
applied to large datasets.
- Programming skills (R, Python or Julia) for data processing. -
Experience with spatial analysis and geo-computing (GIS). - Ability to
synthesise information and translate ideas and concepts to
multiple audiences, verbally and written.
- Good team player, able to work independently and coordinate with
larger interdisciplinary teams.
- Willingness to engage and collaborate with diverse stakeholders
(scientific experts, NGOs, landscape managers, policy makers, etc.).
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal.
Preferred : Experience working with consortium and collaborative science.
Experience working with version control and cloud, or cluster computing.
Experience with data management and databases (e.g. PostgreSQL).
Competency with Bayesian statistics and hierarchical occupancy modelling.
Experience with odonates, freshwater ecology and/or conservation issues.
Knowledge of French can be an asset.
See full job description
https://www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Offre_CMS_Dragon_VA.pdf
Application instructions :
Applicants should send
1) a cover letter,
2) a curriculum vitae, and
3) the names and email addresses of three references to
colin.fontaine@mnhn.fr and retoschm@ceh.ac.uk Applications must be
submitted no later than Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Interviews are
expected to be held in early September, with a starting date between
October 2024 and January 2025.
see full job description
https://www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Offre_CMS_Dragon_VA.pdf
Aurélie Coulon, PhD
Maitre de Conférences (Associate Professor) du Muséum national
d'Histoire naturelle
Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la COnservation (CESCO)
UMR 7204
Département Homme et Environnement
Muséum national díHistoire naturelle
43 rue Buffon CP 135
75005 Paris
France
et
Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE)
UMR 5175
Equipe Mouvement, Distribution, Abondance (MAD)
1919 route de Mende
34293 Montpellier 5
France
Internet: aureliecoulon.net
http://cesco.mnhn.fr/fr
www.cefe.cnrs.fr
Aurélie Coulon
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