Priority Skills Library
Through sector consultation, GreenMatter has identified the following priority skills areas that we are targeting:
- Agricultural extensionists with biodiversity specialism;
- Bioinformatics: ICT specialists and technicians with biodiversity skills;
- Curators of biodiversity collections;
- Ecologists: esp. in marine but also aquatic and terrestrial systems;
- EIA practitioners;
- Engineers (civil) with biodiversity specialism;
- Geneticists: molecular biology with a specialisation in biodiversity conservation (as opposed to commercial applications);
- GIS specialists and technicians;
- Human Capital Development: High level biodiversity education and HCD specialists;
- Lawyers with environmental specialisation;
- Monitoring specialists, species protection officers and inspectors;
- Policy developers & analysts, urban & regional planners with biodiversity insight;
- Protected area managers;
- Resource economists with biodiversity related specialism;
- Social scientists specialising in environment, indigenous biodiversity knowledge;
- Social ecologists;
- Soil scientists;
- Statistical ecologists & modellers;
- Taxonomists; and
- Wildlife veterinarians.
GreenMatter also recognises the importance of the following:
• Leadership skills;
• Management skills;
• Enabling skills (Social learning facilitation, communication, knowledge brokering and advocacy; mentoring or role modelling);
• Integration skills (Across fields, disciplines, sectors and interests); and
• Adaptive skills (Ability to work in contexts of uncertainty and complexity; critical thinking; systems thinking).
GreenMatter also recognises the importance of the following:
• Leadership skills;
• Management skills;
• Enabling skills (Social learning facilitation, communication, knowledge brokering and advocacy; mentoring or role modelling);
• Integration skills (Across fields, disciplines, sectors and interests); and
• Adaptive skills (Ability to work in contexts of uncertainty and complexity; critical thinking; systems thinking).
