The South African National Biodiversity Institute is an organisation tasked with research and dissemination of information on biodiversity, and legally mandated to contribute to the management of the country's biodiversity resources.
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Assistant Director 2: Eco-DRR Data Management Specialist
Oversee ingestion, validation, quality control, and curation of biodiversity and spatial datasets;
Ensure metadata standards are applied (e.g., Darwin Core, SANBI metadata standards);
Maintain data infrastructure reliability, versioning, backups, and access control;
Support data contributors, citizen scientists, and internal users, working closely with the BIM Team on hosting, security, user access and system stability; and
Coordinate data lifecycle management from collection, processing to publication.
This position requires a degree in Biodiversity Informatics, Environmental Science, Information Science, or equivalent qualification with NQF 7.
A post-graduate qualification in Biodiversity Informatics, Environmental Science, Information Science, or equivalent qualification at NQF 8 will be an added advantage.
This position also requires 6 years of work experience in the relevant field of biodiversity data management, informatics, or environmental data systems of which 3 years should be in supervisory position(s).
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