Salary range for a PGRA £23,228 to £25,829 depending on number of years of relevant experience (plus £3,536 London weighting).
Salary starting point for a newly qualified PDRA £26,864 (plus £3,536 London weighting).
A Research Assistant is required to support the work of the Indicators and Assessments Unit on the sampled Red List Index project, at the Institute of Zoology. The remit of the unit is to consolidate ZSL's work on defining the status and trends of biodiversity, in particular in response to global initiatives such as the Convention on Biological Diversity 2010 target, and the UN Millennium Development Goals.
The successful applicant will work with Dr Ben Collen, representatives from IUCN and a network of species experts to deliver conservation assessments of selected taxonomic groups in time to broaden the coverage of biodiversity data for 2010, and produce a number of publications evaluating the geographic and biological components of extinction risk across groups. This will include producing detailed reports as well as reporting for funding commitments, organising workshops and coordinating and liaising with species expert networks.
The Terms of Reference will be:
* To liaise with a network of specialists to oversee the delivery of conservation assessments for 4 taxonomic groups to IUCN.
* Maintain contact with species expert network, establish and manage new contacts where required.
* Combine expert reviews of initial assessments into the SIS database.
* To undertake GIS and further statistical analysis of existing data to contribute to peer reviewed journal articles on threat assessment, as well as more general reports on project findings.
* General assistance of IUCN Red List processes where ZSL is involved.
* To organise and coordinate a symposium on the outcomes of the project.
* To assist in the general management of the project, including report writing to funders.
This position is for 12 months initially, with potential for renewal if funding is secured. We would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.
Please contact Dr Ben Collen at:
ben.collen@ioz.ac.uk for further information.
To apply, please send a full CV and covering letter, with details of two referees, to: ZSL, HR Department, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY (or e-mail your application to hr@zsl.org) by Friday, 20th February 2009.