Scientist -Statistical and Modelling Program at Wildlife Conservation Society

Key Responsibilities And Duties

The main responsibilities of the coordinator will be to:

• Maintain WCS Global Marine Program coral reef ecological, fisheries, socioeconomic, and other databases;
• Process and analyze data to create end products that support research, scientific publications, conservation communication, and informs planning and conservation policy and action;
• Ensure integrity and safety of both data collection and data management;
• Assist in the design of conservation project research, experiments and data collection;
• Provide technical, statistical and modelling assistance to research teams as required;
• Work with research scientists and project coordinators to ensure the production of research reports and scientific publications;
• Intergrate new technologies and approaches in data collection, management, analysis and communication of research results;
• Maintain and develop networking with national organizations to keep abreast of databases, statistics, outputs and policy data needs;
• Engage with non-profit organizations and/or social enterprises, or government agencies that are in partnerships with WCS;
• Present ongoing research and monitoring at workshops, seminars and forums;
• Assist with the delivery of other project activities, including training, meetings, workshops, field trips, and community educational activities.
• Undertake any other relevant tasks as required;

Qualification Requirements

• Five years or more work experience with a non-profit organization, or government agency concerned with fisheries or marine management (strongly desired).
• BSc in fisheries, marine science required (MSc or above preferred).
• Fluent in English and excellent verbal and written communication skills as demonstrated by first author reports/publications.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Competent in Google Suite and MS Office and in smartphone based apps.
• Skills in programming language preferred (e.g. R or Python), GIS experience (e.g. QGIS or ArcGIS) and KoboToolbox data collection platform.
• Ability to relate to and work effectively with individuals from a wide range of backgrounds including government, NGOs and coastal communities.
• Experience in developing and facilitating training (strongly desired)
• Problem solving skills and ability to adapt to challenging situations.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as part of a team.