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. The Centre also manages some monitoring schemes to track how biodiversity is changing. Many of these are delivered by an extensive network of citizen scientists.
One of the strategic objectives identified by the National Biodiversity Data Centre for the next five years is “to build capacity within the citizen science network to foster enjoyment, engagement with and appreciation of local biodiversity, promote life-long learning, and improve the quantity and quality of citizen science generated data on Ireland’s biodiversity.” The goal is to provide the citizen science network with a life-long learning structure.
The National Biodiversity Data Centre is seeking to employ a Training and Engagement Officer to lead the development and delivery of a series of training and development programmes to provide this life-long learning structure.
Reporting to the Chief Scientific Officer, the Training and Engagement Officer is responsible for expanding the Training and Engagement activities of the Centre.
The closing date for applications is 5pm on Tuesday the 7th of May 2024