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Title | Programme Officer |
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Position and responsibilities: We invite applications from suitable candidates for the position of Programme Officer for our Biodiversity and Resource Monitoring (BRM) Programme that focuses on fisheries, ecosystem dynamics and climate change projects. While this position is a longer term position, we will offer an initial one-year contract to the successful applicant. The contract will be renewed depending on the performance of the candidate. This position demands that the candidate be a highly self-motivated, independent and enterprising individual who will fulfil the following responsibilities of this position:
Location: The position will be based at Bangalore, but will involve considerable travel to specific field sites in the union territories of Lakshadweep Islands and Andaman Islands, and coastal states of mainland India. Candidates must possess the following basic qualifications/skills:
Candidates with the following additional qualifications/skills will be preferred:
Remuneration: Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and work experience within the range of Rs.30,000/- to Rs. 35,000/- per month.
How to apply: * Submit a complete CV along with a cover letter (not exceeding one page) clearly conveying why you consider yourself a suitable candidate for this position. * Provide the names of two referees along with their contact details in the CV. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Last date to apply is July 25th 2016. This position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is identified; interested individuals are therefore requested to apply immediately. Short listed candidates will be invited for a personal interview in the first week of August. Please email your application to jainimahima@gmail.com
About us: Dakshin Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation based at Bangalore, India, with field offices and intervention across the coastline of India and in its oceanic islands. Our mission is to inform and advocate conservation and natural resource management, while promoting and supporting sustainable livelihoods, social development and environmental justice. To learn more about our interventions and research projects please take a look at our website, www.dakshin.org. Our work, in the Biodiversity and Resource Monitoring (BRM) Programme, aims to improve the understanding of marine systems by decentralizing knowledge to empower stakeholder communities and ensure it can directly inform decision-making. Our work involves information generation by both researchers and local communities, networking and outreach. The BRM programme consists of 3 thematic sub programmes:
This position in particular concerns the latter two subprogrammes and currently includes overseeing fisheries and coral reef ecology projects in India’s oceanic islands but may involve geographical and conceptual expansions in the near future. |