Important Bird Areas Monitoring Officer

Doga, BirdLife Turkey, Job Description

Important Bird Areas Monitoring Officer

Location: Izmir, Turkey 

Duties and responsibilities:

• Form alliances and partnerships with relevant stakeholders for effective monitoring of Important Bird Areas (IBAs).
• Monitor and synthesise studies on conservation status and threat categories of IBA trigger species in Turkey, and, to this end, form partnerships with academicians, national/international CSOs and birdwatchers.
• Contribute to development of the new IBA directory of Turkey
• Design monitoring programs for threatened bird populations at IBAs and for globally significant congregations along Turkey’s flyways
• Annually update status of Important Bird Areas of Turkey and integrate the data in World Bird and Biodiversity Database
• Contribute in the development of regional or national action plans and red-list assessments of IBA trigger species.
• Contribute in national bird monitoring and research projects in Tukey, wherever possible.
• Support all groups and initiatives and active use of eKusBank, to enhance the development of birdwatching in Turkey.
• Support preparation of peer review articles on status of IBAs of Turkey.

Qualifications

• Willingness for forming good relations and partnerships with all groups in Turkey and elsewhere, working for conservation of birds.
• Openness and respect for different views and cultures in Turkey and globally.
• Being able to work as part of team and self-dedication/interest in conservation of birds and biodiversity.
• High flexibility for traveling for job-related field studies or other purposes.
• Being capable of flexible time management.
• Experience in Project Management.
• Fluent in verbal and academic English and preferably in another local language.
• BSc/MSc degree or proven experience in bird research and conservation

Application: Candidates are kindly requested to send their CV and a letter of interest to [email protected].

Deadline: 30 June 2018