R sig jobs - May 2011 - Visiting Researcher, species distribution modelling, Cali, Colombia

Dear All,

The Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) program of the International Center
for Tropical
Agriculture (CIAT), a not-for-profit agriculture, biodiversity and
ecosystems research center,
supported by the Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR), with
headquarters in Cali, Colombia is looking for a visiting researcher to work
on various modeling
projects, primarily related with climate change, biodiversity and
agriculture.

The full job description is attached.

We are looking forward from hearing anyone interested,

Best Johannes

Dear All,

apology four double posting, but I had troubles with the attachments:

The Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) program of the International Center
for Tropical
Agriculture (CIAT), a not-for-profit agriculture, biodiversity and
ecosystems research center,
supported by the Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR), with
headquarters in Cali, Colombia is looking for a visiting researcher to work
on various modeling
projects, primarily related with climate change, biodiversity and
agriculture.
Required skills:

Experience with species distributions modeling (preferably Maxent)

   - High proficiency in R
   - Good understanding of GIS, preferably GRASS GIS (and ArcGIS)
   - Basic understanding of SQL
   - Comfortable with working under Linux OS (Red Hat/CentOS, SuSe Linux)
   - English: very good written/oral and reading skills

Additional skills


   - Good knowledge of PostGIS
   - Basic knowledge of Spanish (not needed for the job, but some basic
   level might be required for living in the city)

We offer a 4-month visiting research position with


   - Flights from country of origin and back
   - 750 USD/month stipend (enough to live in Cali, very comfortably)
   - Health insurance
   - Daily transport from Cali to CIAT and the way back
   - Lunch

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send us a copy of your CV
to jmsigner at gmail.com,
and j.r.villegas at cgiar.org

For more information, please visit:
CIAT?s webpage: http://www.ciat.cgiar.org
DAPA?s webpage: http://dapa.ciat.cgiar.org/about-dapa


On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Corrado Topi <corrado.topi at sei.se>
wrote:
> Dear Johannes,
>
> There is no document attached, could you please resend?
>
> On Tuesday 03 May 2011 18:27:52 Johannes Signer wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > The Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) program of the International
> Center
> > for Tropical
> > Agriculture (CIAT), a not-for-profit agriculture, biodiversity and
> > ecosystems research center,
> > supported by the Consultative Group of International Agricultural
> Research
> > (CGIAR), with
> > headquarters in Cali, Colombia is looking for a visiting researcher to
> work
> > on various modeling
> > projects, primarily related with climate change, biodiversity and
> > agriculture.
> >
> > The full job description is attached.
> >
> > We are looking forward from hearing anyone interested,
> >
> > Best Johannes
>
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