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From: Yves de Soye Date: 20. oktober
1998 09:33
Subject: Position vacancy

Dear Colleagues,

The Loro Parque Fundacion would be grateful if you could forward
the following position vacancy to any appropriate candidate,
organisation or job-list server.

Thank you very much,

Yves de Soye
Scientific Director
Loro Parque Fundacion
19.10.98
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POSITION VACANCY

ASSISTANT TO THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR OF THE LORO PARQUE FUNDACION

The Loro Parque Fundacion is a non-profit, non-governmental
organisation legally registered with the Ministry of Education and
Science of the Government of Spain since 1994. Based at Loro Parque,
Tenerife, Canary Islands, it operates on an international basis to
promote the conservation of the environment andsustainable
development in the following ways:

COMMUNITY-BASED CONSERVATION & FIELD RESEARCH PROJECTS
To integrate the needs of people and parrots, by encouraging local
community initiatives aimed at a wiser use of the local environment;
focusing on parrots that can be effective as flagships, to attract
more assistance by local people and relevant authorities and
institutions. To effect field studies which produce the biological and
socio-economic information necessary for the most effective
conservation management and improved land and natural resource
use by the local communities; parrot population monitoring,
ecological and behavioural studies, and reintroduction, protection
measures and defining habitats for preservation and extractive uses
all contribute to this objective.

CAPTIVE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH
To improve the management and reproduction of parrots in captivity,
through a constant evaluation of husbandry techniques and breeding
results of the parrot collection at Loro Parque, and comprehensive
captive research programmes; the information gained can also be
applied to assist with recovery procedures in the wild state. To
organise and participate in coordinated management programmes to
establish and maintain sufficient populations in captivity as a
safeguard against their extinction. To promote training and research
opportunities using the parrot collection collection, as well as
within the in-situ projects that it supports.

EDUCATION PROGRAMMES
To support and implement grass-roots, community education
programmes at project sites and in countries where parrots occur, as
well as broader awareness campaigns by methods which include
publication of a newsletter, Cyanopsitta, and the hosting of International
Parrot Congresses every four years. The Fundacion also develops and
implements the education programme based at Loro Parque, which uses
the collection of flora and fauna as an educational resource.

Loro Parque is a first-class zoological and botanical park, with a
varied collection of fauna, principally Psittacidae. The Loro Parque
Fundacion owns the parrot collection, part of which is exhibited in Loro
Parque, and the larger part maintained in a geographically separate
breeding centre. The Loro Parque Fundacion is constituted with a Board
of Trustees, including the President, and has an international Board of
Advisors. At present, the principal personnel of the Fundacion are the
Director, Scientific Director and Educator.

Loro Parque provides the services of a team of keepers headed by
a Curator, as well as veterinary assistance, to maintain the parrot
collection. The Fundacion now seeks an Assistant to the Scientific
Director.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS
The Assistant should have acquired experience in the conduct,
monitoring and management of field conservation and/or research
projects in countries in the tropics, to assist the Scientific
Director in the day-to-day administration and the on-site
implementation and evaluation of the projects of Loro Parque
Fundacion; experience in the supervision and development of
captive research programmes would be an additional asset. An
appropriate tertiary qualification in the life sciences is desirable. Full
command of spoken and written English is a must, as well as a high
level of understanding of Spanish; knowledge of Portuguese would be
helpful.

The position reports to the Scientific Director of the Loro Parque
Fundacion.

MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES
Depending on the experience and qualifications of the Applicant,
priority will be given to either the on-site development of the field
conservation projects (networking, implementation, monitoring,
reporting) or, based at the Fundacion=92s offices on Tenerife, the
day-to-day management and supervision of the conservation and ex-
situ parrot research programmes (assessment of proposals for
support of conservation and research projects, development of
collaborative ventures, assistance to and administration of in-situ
projects, supervision of ex-situ research projects and publication of
results, drafting of proposals and new conservation and research
programmes).

APPLICATION AND TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
Letters of application, supported by curriculum vitae including a
salary history and contact details of three referees, should be sent
by e-mail, fax or mail to the President of the Loro Parque Fundacion
as soon as possible. Salary level and other terms of employment will
be agreed through direct arrangement with the President.

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Loro Parque Fundacion
Avda. Loro Parque
38400 Puerto de la Cruz
Tenerife
Canary Islands
Spain
Tel: +34 922 374081
Fax: +34 922 375021
E-mail: loroparque.fundacion at jet.es
Website: www.loroparque-fundacion.org
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