Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Senior Programme Officer for Digitisation of Biodiversity Data

Duration: 3-5 years
Desired start date: April 2007
Location: GBIF Secretariat, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat seeks an experienced individual to further develop and implement GBIF’s activities related to the digitising of primary biodiversity data and making those data available via the GBIF data portal : www.gbif.net.
GBIF is an independent international organisation whose overall mission is to facilitate free and universal access over the Internet to the world’s primary biodiversity data. See www.gbif.org.
The role of the senior programme officer is to promote and encourage digitisation and sharing of primary species-level biodiversity data by interacting with the scientific communities holding relevant scientific data collections.

A more specific job description and application guidelines are available on the GBIF web-site - http://www.gbif.org/prog/digit/digit_vacancy.
GBIF is looking for a programme officer with a deep understanding of and a broad experience in biological systematics, natural history collection practices and procedures, observational data management and biological informatics.

As the programme officer will operate in different community settings, an extensive knowledge is required of existing and planned international activities devoted to managing primary species-occurrence data.

The selected individual for the position will be required to work at the GBIF Secretariat in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The post is available for a period of 3-5 years starting in April 2007.

Salary and benefits are competitive and are comparable to those of other international organisations. In addition, Secretariat staff enjoys diplomatic status in Denmark.

Applications should be submitted in English by e-mail to DIGIT_application@gbif.org.

The closing date for applications is Friday 19 January 2007.