The University of Primorska is the coordinating institution of the Horizon 2020 project STEP CHANGE focusing on citizen science for wildlife monitoring. We are looking for a post doc with experience in camera traps and data analysis.
Your tasks:
You should be able to implement a comprehensive approach to combine spatial and presence information with fragmentation of the landscape, timeframe, ecological characteristics of the area etc. You are also expected to be able to run and test models to validate collected data and infer past and future trends and you are expected to contribute to project management. Good communication skills with stakeholders would be appreciated.
Your profile:
- A relevant university education with a completed doctoral/PhD degree and a strong potential in research.
- Relevant knowledge and willingness to work in ecological statistics.
- Willingness to supervise graduation/master theses, and to promote young scientists.
- Excellent spoken and written English is required.
- Slovene would be advantageous.
- The advertised position is for an initial period of 2 years
- The position will be paid according to category of the Collective agreement for employees at Slovenian universities.
Interested applicants are requested to send the application in electronic form to stepchange@famnit.upr.si, and "Postdoc in wildlife management" in the object. Please attach in pdf format:
- A cover letter explaining your interest in the position and how you fit the description
- a CV
- a list of publications highlighting the with five the most relevant ones.
More information about the project may be found here
