SKILLS SUMMARY

• Ecologist/Biodiversity Specialist/Conservation Biologist with strong analytical and quantitative skills, extensive research experience both theoretical and field-oriented
• Project Development and Management: Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, and extensive experience developing, managing and evaluating complex natural resource management interventions, and writing proposals
• Strategic Planning: Strong policy analysis/planning skills in the arena of natural resource management and biodiversity conservation
• Organizational Ability and Task Orientation: Good people management and communication skills and an ability to take initiative, co-ordinate teamwork and deliver work programs under pressure
• Teaching and facilitating: Good teaching and training skills, networking and facilitating skills, and good at organizing teams/task forces/campaigns. Belbin team work roles: Monitor evaluator, shaper, specialist - "Task Master"
• Computer skills: Strong computer skills including programming, analytical tools, web design and list management (networking), and usual office software and hardware (Windows, MacOS, Unix)
• Field experience: Belize, Mexico, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Norway, USA; Shorter visits: Venezuela, Ecuador, Kenya, Uganda, Sri Lanka, etc. Facility with languages