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</span></span></b><b>Employment Opportunity at the International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)<o:p></o:p></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal">IIASA was established in 1972 as an independent
international research organisation based in Austria. IIASA's
interdisciplinary research focuses on finding solutions to the
complex, interconnected global problems confronting humanity
ranging from achieving global food security to transitioning to
sustainable energy systems. The
<a
href="http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/partnerships/international/iiasa/"><span
style="color:windowtext">UK joined IIASA in June 2015</span></a>,
represented by the three research councils, the Economic &
Social Research Council (ESRC), the Engineering & Physical
Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and NERC.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">IIASA is current offering the following
employment opportunity:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Application Developer, Ecosystems Services
and Management (ESM) Program<o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Earth Observation Systems (EOS) Research
Group within IIASA’s Ecosystems Services and Management (ESM)
Program has built and deployed tools and platforms to use citizen
science, crowdsourcing and expert knowledge in order to improve
in-situ data and the overall information base of land cover and
land use globally via product integration and geospatial
approaches and is now looking to recruit an Application Developer.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The successful candidate must have good verbal
and written English communication skills, with a full
understanding and interest in Web and desktop design and
development. An extended understanding of object oriented
programming such as C# or JAVA and PHP5+ with a focus in
geospatial applications is essential, as well as experience in
PostgreSQL/PostGIS, GDAL/OGR and advanced GIS skills. Good
knowledge of HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript, and experience working
with multiple MVC frameworks and designed/consumed APIs are also
required.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Application Developer will work closely
with other developers and scientists, and must have a positive and
professional work ethic. A degree in Computer Science,
Engineering, GIS or similar, or five plus years of experience
developing applications is required.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Further details about this opportunity and how
to apply can be found here:
<a
href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/workingatiiasa/vacancies/ESM-App_Dev_160206.html"><span
style="color:windowtext">http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/workingatiiasa/vacancies/ESM-App_Dev_160206.html</span></a></p>
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