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Your new companyYou'll be working for a wildlife trust-owned environmental consultancy, independently surveying. This work is being delivered for a larger organisation and inevitably, the end client is DEFRA. There are multiple stakeholders involved in delivering the entirety of the project.Your new roleYou'll be conducting botanical and vegetation surveys in various locations across England for the purpose of increasing the spatial scale of data, assessing ecosystems, providing tools (indicators, models etc.) and bringing together existing data streams.This will have long term benefits for countrywide and local biodiversity. The data will inform monitoring and remote sensing strategies, environmental land management reform, national habitats map for Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) and much more...What you'll need to succeedYou'll need to be willing to travel across the UK to remote locations in order to carry out the work, as well as be competent to accurately take the data and complete the surveys.Essential Requirements:
- Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) - 3
- UK Driving Licence and vehicle
- Able to communicate effectively
- Able to record data using accurate and reliable methods
- Able to use survey equipment and technology
Desirable Requirements:
- Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) - 4 or higher
- Degree in an Ecological/Environmental subject
- Experience leading and organising surveys
What you'll get in return
- Hourly/daily rate dependent on experience: £15 - £45 p/hour
- Project induction / training provided
- Ability to input on a nationally significant conservation project
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