Position Summary: The Contractor will serve as the Web Developer for the European Marine Reserve Science Project coordinated by the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO). This is a personal contract position funded by Natural England. The Web Developer will organize, implement, and maintain the web-based tools for a European version of the second edition of The Science of Marine Reserves booklet, which will include interactive data visualization tools for the European case studies and other regional information. This will require working with the PISCO Science of Marine Reserves design team to develop new interactive graphic elements for the Google Earth MPA Layer as well as the European Science of Marine Reserves content to be hosted on IUCN WCPAs Protect Planet Ocean site (http://www.protectplanetocean.org/). These tools will be executed using new Rich Internet Application (RIA) technologies such as Flex, Ajax, and Google Earth mapping tools. The Web Developer will also be responsible for maintaining and trouble-shooting existing Science of Marine Reserves data visualization tools currently hosted online at the Protect Planet Ocean site and at www.piscoweb.org/outreach/pubs/reserves. The Web Developer will work remotely with a team of individuals located at Oregon State University and University of California, Santa Barbara.
Specific deliverables:
Develop Google Earth animations using marine reserve data as in the following examples: http://sites.google.com/site/underbluewaters/smr-tour.kmz?attredirects=0
Work with online content hosting firm to add four case studies to those located at http://www.protectplanetocean.org/somr/CaseStudiesHome.html
Update and maintain existing web resources related to the Science of Marine Reserves project located at http://www.piscoweb.org/outreach/pubs/reserves and http://www.protectplanetocean.org/somr/AboutSMR.html
Required Programming Experience: The Appointee will have extensive experience working with the following programs: Flex, Ajax, Adobe Flash, KML programming, and Google Earth tools including Google Earth API. Should be familiar with Google Fusion Tables, Google Map Data API, and Google Visualization API.
Additional job-related skills and abilities: Ability to work well in partnerships, including as part of a physically dispersed team. Must be organized and demonstrate ability to work collaboratively with multiple partners and efforts; must demonstrate initiative and be able to work both independently and as a member of a team. Familiarity with marine ecosystems is preferred but not essential.
Contract specifics: To begin immediately, the position involves producing deliverables at agreed-upon stages, with completion of all work by February 2011. Compensation for the contracted work is $15,000.
To apply: Please submit a cover letter, resume, contact information for two references, and sample visualizations of web-based work in response to this post. Review of applications will begin August 1, 2010 and continue until the contract is filled.
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