[R-jobs] Visiting Researcher, species distribution modelling, Cali, Colombia

[Johannes Signer]

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 using gmail.com,
and j.r.villegas using 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 using 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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> Corrado Topi
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