The National Biodiversity Data Centre has built and manages an extensive biodiversity digital infrastructure to meet many of the national biodiversity data management needs. This infrastructure is offered as a shared service to partner organisations to assist their biodiversity data management needs and to facilitate data mobilisation. This has resulted in a national biodiversity database which at the end of 2023 contains more than six million species occurrence records of almost 18,000 species.
Despite the large number of datasets with occurrence data, there is still significant gaps in our knowledge of some of the less well studied taxonomic groups. This is particularly true of our knowledge of insects; insects comprise a very large percentage of the species that occur in Ireland and they deliver a range of ecosystem services. For this reason, improving our knowledge on insects has been identified as a priority by the National Biodiversity Data Centre.
The National Biodiversity Data Centre is seeking to appoint a National Insect Database Officer to work with key partners to improve our knowledge on Ireland’s insect fauna.
Reporting to the Chief Scientific Officer, the National Insect Database Officer will have responsibility for developing national insect databases and building capacity for greater recording of insects and their distribution in Ireland.
The closing date for applications is 5pm on Tuesday the 30th of April 2024.
